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Feature the Back to School Energy Survey on Your Website

Posted by Nick on July 30th, 2008

As back-to-school season approaches, House Republicans – led by Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Education & Labor Committee Senior Republican Member Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) – today launched an online survey to collect input from school officials, teachers, and parents impacted by surging prices for gasoline and other energy costs.

If you would like to embed the survey on your website or blog, simply paste the below code into the HTML of your site:

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Auto-Pilot Spending: Dems’ Higher Ed Plan Creates 9 New Entitlements

Posted by GOP Leader Press Office on July 9th, 2007

After breaking their promise to restore fiscal responsibility and reform entitlement spending, Democrats are bringing to the floor H.R. 2669 — legislation forcing beleaguered taxpayers to foot the bill for nine costly new entitlement programs under the guise of helping students.

Wash Times Boehner Op-Ed: Broken Promises

Posted by GOP Leader Press Office on July 2nd, 2007

“In November, House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, triumphantly declared that ‘Democrats are prepared to govern and ready to lead.’ She said Democrats would make the 110th Congress ‘the most honest, ethical and open Congress in history.’ That was then.”

Boehner Praises House Passage of GOP Proposal Protecting State & Local Control of Education Decisions

Posted by GOP Leader Press Office on April 24th, 2007

House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after the House passed a GOP proposal to protect state and local control of education:

“Curriculum decisions should be made at the state and local level, not by politicians in Washington, D.C. The last thing parents and teachers need is another group of bureaucrats telling them how to do their job. Rep. Pete Hoekstra deserves great credit for his leadership on this effort and on behalf of America’s parents and students.”

NOTE: Today, the House adopted a Republican proposal – offered as a motion-to-recommit (MTR) on the 10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act (H.R. 362) – by a vote of 389-22. The proposal would ensure that curriculum decisions are left to states and local school districts, putting parents back in control of their children’s education. The proposal eliminated a portion of H.R. 362 that creates a federal panel to provide “recommendations” on curriculum, which could be misconstrued by schools as endorsements of specific curricula. Passage of today’s GOP proposal marks the eighth motion-to-recommit victory for House Republicans thus far this year.

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GOP Proposal Protects State & Local Control of Education | House Republicans Urged to Vote “YES” On Measure

Posted by GOP Leader Press Office on April 24th, 2007

Today, House Republicans are offering a proposal to protect state and local control of education. The proposal, offered as a motion-to-recommit (MTR) on the 10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act (H.R. 362), would ensure that curriculum decisions are made at the state and local level – not by Washington politicians.

Earlier this year, House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said House Republicans will fight together for expanded local control of schools and increased school choice for parents. Boehner said:

“We need to allow parents to choose the best schools possible for their children, and we need to allow greater freedom and flexibility for states that take the initiative in closing the achievement gap between affluent students and their peers. House Republicans will work together this year to accomplish these goals.”

H.R. 362 creates a federal panel to provide “recommendations” on curriculum, and then requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Secretary of Education to distribute these to schools which could misconstrue these recommendations as endorsements of specific curricula. The last thing parents and teachers need is another group of bureaucrats telling them how to do their job. The Republican proposal ensures that curriculum decisions are left to states and local school districts, putting parents back in control of their children’s education.

Republicans are urged to vote “YES” on the motion-to-recommit.

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