Background (What circumstances necessitate Congressional action?/What happened to the Bill in Congress? Did it pass, or die in committee?): H.R.597 was created “To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for core curriculum development.” This act was referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor on January 15, 2009.
Goal of Action: “To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants for core curriculum development”
Specifics/Means of Goal: To give grants to local educational agencies in order to strengthen school subjects such as music and arts, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, history, geography, and physical education and health
Type of Power (Is Congress acting according to an expressed or implied power? If it is implied, what expressed power grants it? - Check the Constitution to figure this out!): Congress is using an expressed power to “To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts,”
Analysis (Do you think Congress should do this according to its Constitutional powers?) Yes because in powers given to Congress to support education
3 comments:
I'm surprised the federal gov. is giving grants and aids directly to the local educational programs, rather then the state itself, where most school districts receive their funding.But I agree there needs to be an increase in funding for schools, and surprisingly, I think this is one of the few bills that completely falls under the expressed powers of the constitution (to promote the progress of science and useful arts).
I didn't realize that the government gave the money directly to the schools either. I agree with you that yours is an expressed power because of the power that you stated.
I would have to look at the bill, but by local they could be referring to the district, or board of education. I think it is interesting that they are including art and music as part of the "core curriculum". Typically people think of the 3'R's. reading, writing and math as the core.
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