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  
 
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L. 107-110

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; VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATIONS; 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

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