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21st Century Community Learning Centers in P.L. 107-110: Background and Funding (open access)

21st Century Community Learning Centers in P.L. 107-110: Background and Funding

Most Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) programs, including the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program, expired at the end of FY2000.1 Included in the No Child Left Behind Act is the reauthorization of the 21st CCLC, with, a new location (Title IV, Part B, 21st Century Schools), and several substantive changes. On December 13 and 18, 2001, respectively, the House and Senate adopted the conference version of H.R. 1, The No Child Left Behind Act. The President signed H.R. 1 into law (P.L. 107-110) on January 8, 2002. This report summarizes the major provisions of the reauthorized 21st CCLC program. The reauthorized program is structured as a formula grant program to states, in response to concerns that a program as large as the 21st CCLC could no longer be equitably administered as a competitive grant program. In addition, the reauthorized program formally endorses an exclusive focus for the 21st CCLC on after-school hours activities for children and youth.
Date: March 4, 2002
Creator: McCallion, Gail
System: The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues (open access)

Broadband Internet Access: Background and Issues

This report is about the Broadband Internet Access, The Background and analysis of Broadband. It's importance, and about broadband technologies like Cable, Satellite and other technologies. The status of Broadband Deployment and Development Issues.
Date: March 4, 2002
Creator: Angele. A
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Internet and the USA PATRIOT Act: Potential Implications for Electronic Privacy, Security, Commerce, and Government (open access)
U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges (open access)

U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges

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Date: March 4, 2002
Creator: Ahearn, Raymond J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations Process: A Brief Explanation (open access)

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Appropriations Process: A Brief Explanation

This report examines The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) which is funded by fees collected from customers. However, appropriation measures limit USPTO use of all fees accumulated within a fiscal year. Critics of this approach argue that because agency operations are supported by payments for services, all fees are necessary to fund these services in the year they are provided.
Date: March 4, 2002
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library