Cutting professional development and assistive technology, freezing open positions, and shifting money from general education are among the ways that districts are coping with the $600 million that across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration have carved out of the nationwide budget for special education so far.
Education Week: 'Sequester' Impact Felt on Special Education Aid - 0 views
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The federal government is taking 600$ million dollars out of special education, and putting that money into general education. They are prohibiting schools to hire special education teachers. Teachers that are currently working are not getting trained on how to teach/help the children in the special ed programs.
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Although the Federal government is cutting the funds for Special Education, they are not saving the real problem (their budget). "stopgap measures can only last so long."
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that don't allow dramatic reductions in special education funding, other educational programs eventually could bear a heavier weight from the reduction in federal support, setting up what could be seen as a damaging competition for resources.
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No Child Left Behind - 17 views
http://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/no-child-left-behind/
Did the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban Work? - 0 views
Republicans Announce Welfare Reform Act of 2011 - Press Releases - Press Office - Mike ... - 1 views
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Over the past two decades the growth in means-tested welfare spending (292%) has outpaced the combined growth of Medicare and Social Security spending (213%) as well as the growth in education (143%) and defense spending (126%). The Welfare Reform Act of 2011 would save $2.43 trillion by 2021 by gradually reducing the costs of the 77 existing welfare programs as unemployment decreases.
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Republicans purposed an act in 2011, called Welfare Reform Act of 2011. The republicans want to cut the funds for welfare and put more money into Medicare and Social Security.
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“We don’t help Americans by making them dependent on Washington for a handout, we need more Americans empowered to stand on their own with a job in a vibrant economy.
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Senator DeMint
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families - 12 views
https://www.google.com/search?gs_rn=27&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=4ZYXSI3oluGG8QNgAhmG8g&cp=8&gs_id=w&xhr=t&q=tanf+temporary+assistance+for+needy+families&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.53217764,d.cGE&biw=136...
Federal Assault Weapons Ban - 7 views
The 1994 federal assault weapon ban was in effect for ten years and made it illegal to manufacture "assault weapons" for private citizens. It also set a limit on only ten bullets to a magazine. The...
Hurricane Katrina Response - 15 views
Federalism: A way of organizing a nation so that two or more levels of government have formal authority over the land and people. Federalism failed in the sense that not a single person/power ...
NSA warrantless surveillance (2001-07) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views
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NSA "accidentally" intercepts domestic (US citizens) communications for surveillance
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Congress passed the Patriot Act, which granted the President broad powers to fight a war against terrorism. The George W. Bush administration used these powers to bypass the FISA court and directed the NSA to spy directly on al-Qaeda in a new NSA electronic surveillance program. Reports at the time indicate that an "apparently accidental" "glitch" resulted in the interception of communications that were purely domestic in nature
US Patriot Act Section 215 - 0 views
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This makes it possible for FBI,CIA,NSA etc. To get anything they want without a required warrent under sectoion 215 of the patriot act and section 501 of the patriot act
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can get what they want for the "protection of the homeland"
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can get what they want for the "protection of the homeland"
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`SEC. 501. ACCESS TO CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS FOR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS.
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Common Core - 9 views
https://diigo.com/015c2t statements of approval for the standards
Patriot Act - 6 views
http://reason.com/blog/2004/06/07/federalism-vs-the-patriot-act
Clean Air Act Requirements and History | Air Pollution and the Clean Air Act | US Envir... - 0 views
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Congress established much of the basic structure of the Clean Air Act in 1970, and made major revisions in 1977 and 1990. Dense, visible smog in many of the nation's cities and industrial centers helped to prompt passage of the 1970 legislation at the height of the national environmental movement. The subsequent revisions were designed to improve its effectiveness and to target newly recognized air pollution problems such as acid rain and damage to the stratospheric ozone layer.
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tates are required to adopt enforceable plans to achieve and maintain air quality
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States are required to adopt enforceable plans to achieve and maintain air quality meeting the air quality standards. State plans also must control emissions that drift across state lines and harm air quality in downwind states.
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Clean Air Act - 8 views
https://diigo.com/015c2f - cleaning up commonly found air pollutants
