Name a consequence to a school that was rated as a “failing school” under the No Child Left Behind Act.
What will be an ideal response?
Student can list one of the following:
• Students enrolled at a school that was determined to be failing could go to a different school within the school district.
• If a school did not improve within 2 consecutive years, then it had to offer tutoring to economically disadvantaged students.
• If a school continued to fail, it could be closed.
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A) federal B) competitive C) coercive D) faction E) credit
Throughout most of its history which political office was generally considered insignificant and of little consequence?
a. attorney general b. secretary of state c. Speaker of the House d. vice president
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1.Supplemental appropriations are not scrutinized as carefully as regular appropriations. 2.While traditional incremental budgeting operates from the assumption that the previous year’s budget was justified, and so increments are all that need examination, zero-based budgeting holds that a more comprehensive examination of all expenditures should be conducted. 3.Under Gramm–Rudman–Hollings, if the president and Congress could not reach an agreement on raising taxes or cutting spending to reduce the deficit, sequestrations in spending, taking half from the defense budget and half from the domestic budget, are imposed. 4.Some state governors have the power to veto portions of bills with a line-item veto.
Why have some businesses pushed for greater governmental regulations?
a. Certain regulations are extensive in scope. b. Certain regulations just require paperwork and not much else. c. Certain regulations control excessive competition. d. Regulations increase governmental control of business.