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99 CIS S 43135
TITLE: School
Facilities
CIS-NO: 99-S431-35
SOURCE: Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-153
DATE: June 30, 1999
LENGTH: iii+60 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1043-A; 1043-B
SUDOC: Y4.L11/4:S.HRG.106-153
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Hearing to examine issues related to
public school facilities, including use of public schools as community learning
centers, and Federal spending for facilities construction and maintenance, in
connection with upcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act.
Supplementary material (p. 37-60)
includes witnesses' written statements and replies to Committee questions and
submitted statements.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Elem and
secondary educ aid programs, extension and revision, school facilities issues
DESCRIPTORS:
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES;
FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION; PUBLIC SCHOOLS; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION ACT
99-S431-35 TESTIMONY NO: 1
June 30, 1999 p. 8-25
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
JEWELL-KELLY, STARLA (Executive Director, National
Community Education Association)
SINNOTT, SARAH (Family
Site Coordinator, Visiting Nurse Associations)
VALIQUETTE,
EDITH (4-H Youth Development Educator, University of Connecticut Cooperative
Extension System)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Benefits of community school programs for families and
community members; description of community learning center programs at
Burlington, Vt. and Danbury, Conn. public school facilities receiving Federal
grants.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Elem and
secondary educ aid programs, extension and revision, school facilities issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
NATIONAL COMMUNITY
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION; CONNECTICUT; FAMILIES; BURLINGTON, VT.; DANBURY, CONN.
99-S431-35 TESTIMONY NO: 2 June 30,
1999 p. 25-36, 52-60
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
ZIMMERMAN, DENNIS (Public Finance Specialist, CRS)
HARTER, IDELLA (President, Maine Education Association;
representing National Education Association)
STATEMENTS AND
DISCUSSION:
Comparison of Federal, State, and local
government spending on public school facilities construction and renovation,
with details on municipal bonds; need to increase Federal contribution to public
school facility maintenance to improve education quality.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Elem and secondary educ aid programs, extension
and revision, school facilities issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION; CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH
SERVICE; STATE AID TO EDUCATION; MUNICIPAL BONDS 
