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USCCB Education Agenda for the 111th Congress PDF Print
Monday, 10 August 2009 08:37

 

Below is an excerpt from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Education Agenda for the 111th Congress, which was approved by the Committee on Catholic Education on December 2, 2008:

Governing Legislative Principles
We Support Legislation that:

  • allows all parents, but especially low and middle income parents, to choose the education they believe is best suited for their children.
  • provides services to students and teachers in private and religious schools when services aimed at improving the educational environment or responding to catastrophic events, especially for those most at risk, are available to students and teachers in public schools

 

The USCCB also supports legislation that continues to fund the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, provides tax credits for donations to organizations providing scholarships for children, and provides refundable tax credits/deductions for families with children to help pay for various educational expenses. 

For more information, please go to http://www.usccb.org/education/parentassn/111th2.shtml
 

JPIC Corner August 2009

Catholic Social Teaching Quotes

From Synod of Bishops, Justice in the World

“Education for justice is imparted first in the family.” #54

“But education demands a renewal of the heart.... It will also inculcate a truly and entirely human way of life in justice, love and simplicity.” #51
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