House
Passes GOP Bill to Shut Down Excess Taxpayer Subsidies for Loan Providers,
Use Money to Help Teachers and Poor Schools
October 7, 2004 – The U.S.
House of Representatives has passed legislation proposed by Rep. John Boehner
(R-OH) and Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) that would shut down excess taxpayer
subsidies to student loan providers, and use the money to help poor schools
address a shortage of qualified teachers in math, science, and special
education. The bill, known as the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act (H.R.
5186), is strongly supported by the White House.
Read
more
 Click
here for a fact sheet on how the Gregg-Boehner plan would address teacher
shortages in struggling schools
Click
here for a fact sheet on how Democrats have stalled legislation that
would shut down excess subsidies for student loan providers
Click
here for a fact sheet on non-profit student aid providers'
opposition to retroactive cuts to loan subsidies used for
borrower benefits
Click
here to learn how Republicans would permanently end excess
taxpayer subsidies to student loan providers
Speech
by Chairman Boehner on Airline Pension Troubles, Six Principles to Reform
& Strengthen the Defined Benefit Pension System
Click
here to read the speech
Republicans
Question College Lobbying Groups About Graduation Gap; Back Reforms to Give
More Power to Higher Education Consumers
Warning about “a growing disconnect between
the priorities of the lobbying community and those of parents, students, and
taxpayers,” Republican leaders of the U.S. House Committee on Education
& the Workforce are challenging college lobbying groups to address a
disturbing new report on college graduation rates that exposes the existence
of a significant achievement gap in graduation rates among students at the
nation’s traditional colleges and universities.
Click
here to read the press
release and
Letter
to higher
education-related lobbying organizations
New HHS Report Raises New Questions About Financial Accountability in Head
Start
May 13, 2004 – A new report to Congress by the U.S.
Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) raises new questions about
accountability in the federal Head Start early childhood program.
Click to see the press release and
Secretary Thompson’s letter to Chairmen Boehner and Castle.
House Passes Bipartisan Bill to
Give Uninsured Working Families Access to Affordable Health Care
On May
13, 2004, Republicans and Democrats joined together as the U.S. House of
Representatives passed the Small Business Health Fairness Act (H.R.
4281), a measure that will significantly expand access to health
coverage for uninsured families across the country. Read
more.
Click
here for more information on Expanding
Access to Quality Health Care for Uninsured Families
States
Swimming in Federal Education Cash, Analysis Shows
 States will
receive another hefty increase in federal No Child Left Behind Title I
education aid later this year, despite the fact that many are still sitting
on unspent Title I funds appropriated for their use as long as three and a
half years ago. Read
more.
Click
here to read the new report (pdf)
Public
Support Rock-Solid for 'No Child Left Behind' at Two-Year Mark
 On the two-year anniversary of its enactment, the bipartisan No
Child Left Behind Act’s education reforms continue to garner rock-solid
support from a majority of Americans. Read
more.
Click
here to read
Chairman Boehner’s Statement on the Two-Year Anniversary
GOP
Education Leaders Unveil “College Cost Central” Website to Seek Input
from Parents & Students
Providing a new resource for parents, students, and taxpayers troubled by
dramatically increasing higher education prices, Republicans on the U.S.
House Education & the Workforce Committee today announced the launch of
the College Cost Central website. Read more.
Click
here for the College Cost Central website
House
Approves Major Special Education Reform Bill With Bipartisan Support
Signaling another important step for education reform in America, on
April 30, 2003, the House of Representatives approved the Improving Education
Results for Children with Disabilities Act. Read more.
Click
here for more information on the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
President Bush Signs Landmark
Education Reforms into Law
 On January 8, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into law H.R. 1, the No Child
Left Behind Act, the culmination of a yearlong, bipartisan effort
to bring accountability and flexibility to federal education programs.
The signing ceremony took place in Hamilton, Ohio, in the home district of
Rep. John Boehner. Read
more.
Click
here for more
information on H.R. 1, the "No Child Left Behind Act"
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