Thursday, May 10, 2007

Education in the third world - follow up

I have done some more research and located the actual bill that is in the US House of Representatives. You can read the bill on their website at www.house.gov. It's Bill H.R. 2092 (Education for All Act). Just glancing at it quickly it looks pretty good. It authorizes the President to give $1 billion starting next year, increasing by half a billion dollars for the next six years. This is something we should ALL support. Write your congressman and have them approve this bill so that we can give kids a chance in countries with little or no basic education. . .countries like Bolivia. There is a parallel bill introduced in the Senate as well, Senate Bill #1259, but if it never passes the house it doesn't matter.

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