[Winona Online Democracy] Great points. This should be one that's fairly easy to solve. Does anyone know of lobbyists whose job it is to stay informed what's going on at the state level? I know there are different discussion groups online about gov't activities in general, but don't know of a specific one about this topic. In the meantime, here's a page that you may find interesting. It's the U.S. Department of Education Budget Office. http://www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/budget.html The front page says: "Welcome to the Budget home page of the United States Department of Education (ED). Here you'll find a wealth of information about the President's Budget request for ED, including a program-by-program description of the request, accompanied by tables showing program amounts and State grant allocations and a statement by Secretary Riley. In Budget News, we track Congressional action on the Department's budget -- providing detailed tables to show the results at each major step in the process -- and keep you updated on other important budget-related news. ED currently administers a budget of about $38 billion per year and operates some 175 programs that touch on every area and level of education. The Department's elementary and secondary programs annually serve 15,000 school districts and more than 50 million students attending over 85,000 public schools and more than 26,000 private schools. Department programs also provide grant, loan, and work-study assistance to more than 8 million postsecondary students. That said, it is important to point out that education in America is primarily a State and local responsibility, and ED's budget is only a small part of both total national education spending and the overall Federal budget, as we explain in a primer on the Federal role in education. In addition to this historical background, we try to demystify the Federal budget process and show how it is carried out in ED." -Clay Templeton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dwayne Voegeli Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 2:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Winona] New Subject [Winona Online Democracy] Hello Paul and Winona Online Democracy, Paul, your points are great ones. I think one of the most frustrating things for people who are involved with kids and schools is that most people have no idea about the real and concrete implications of all the policy mumbo jumbo. I and many others would love to have these facts and issues made very clear to people. How can we do a better job of that? And, let's not wait until the next election to let our regrets and anger be known. There is still time to change policy now. In this great and wealthy nation, proposing cuts for our kids is embarressing. We should be investing more, not less in education. Are we really that selfish? Is this the "me generation" coming of poltical age? Dwayne Voegeli ========== >Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:31:39 -0600 (CST) >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Paul Double <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Winona] New Subject >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk > >[Winona Online Democracy] > >Karen brings up a great point. With all the legislation proposed and >possibly passed not only for K-12, but Cities, Counties and Colleges, >Seniors and the Health Care Providers is there some way we can see concrete >examples of what it means to real people in their daily lives or our >collective school district or city in terms of new money and programs. > >Doesn't our media and the units of government have the responsibility to >give us the facts, not their wish list or what they didn't get? It is hard >for most people to sort out the proposed, the wish we had, want to have, >must have from what they really will receive. Proposed legislation doesn't >mean squat if it doesn't pass and get put into practice. > >Let the true results be known and the public can fairly pass judgement the >players at the next election. > >Paul Double >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>From: "Karen J. Fawcett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>When the federal government proposes increased funding for k-12 education, >>what does that mean for Winona? If we don't know the details in the current >>budget, tell us what the federal funding has meant in the past? Karen >>Fawcett ---------------- This message was posted to the Winona Online Democracy Project. Please visit http://onlinedemocracy.winona.org to subscribe or unsubscribe. Please sign all messages posted to this list with your actual name. Posting of commercial solicitations is not allowed on this list. Report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
