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Article: Graduation Promise Act to quell dropout crisis.(BRIEFINGS: Inside the Law)(Brief article)
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- August 1, 2007
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REPRESENTATIVE RUBEN HINOJOSA (D-Texas) recently introduced the Graduation Promise Act (GPA), which would set aside $2.5 billion each year to transform the nation's lowest-performing high schools into effective centers of teaching and learning.
The legislation's largest component is a $2.4 billion High School Improvement and Dropout Reduction Fund that focuses on the nation's 2,000 "dropout factories." According to researchers from Johns Hopkins University, dropout ...
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Article: REP. SCOTT INTRODUCES YOUTH PROMISE ACT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
October 16, 2007 ;
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... ... Intervention, Support, and Education ("Youth PROMISE") Act. The Youth PROMISE Act will provide resources to communities to engage ... criminal street gang activity. Under the Youth PROMISE Act, communities facing the greatest youth gang ...
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