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ERIC Number: EJ570360
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1083-5415
Education Under Fire: Changes in the 105th Congress? Not Hardly!
Edwards, J. David
Learning Languages, v2 n2 p16-17 Win 1997
Examines federal legislation related to education over recent years, highlighting the 104th and 105th Congress and discussing bills to make English the official United States language and to deny public education to children of undocumented aliens. Also discusses funding allotted to various educational endeavors, including foreign-language study, and addresses budget cuts and reform efforts. (SM)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Official Languages, Politics of Education, Public Education, Retrenchment, Second Language Instruction, Undocumented Immigrants
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Congress 105th