Thursday, September 24, 2009

High School Connections: 'Graduation Promise Act' Introduced in Senate

Your duly elected representatives are forging ahead to conquer the graduation-rate problem.

Yesterday, a passel of senators introduced the "Graduation Promise Act," which would authorize $3 billion to combat the dropout problem. About $2.4 billion would create a fund to help states develop systemic, differentiated ways of bolstering struggling high schools. About $60 million would be available in competitive grants to expand the supply of secondary school models that would best help students at high risk of dropping out, or those who have already dropped out.

Read more:

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high-school-connections/2009/09/graduation_promise_act_is_intr.html

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