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Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
Mission Statement
is to put tax dollar expenditures and other monies used or spent by our federal, state and/or city governments before your eyes and in your hands.
Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
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The E-Accountability Foundation announces the
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
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Current Events
Child Nutrition Bill Passes House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) --
About 50,000 poor children would receive free school meals under a child nutrition bill passed by the House and sent to President Bush for enactment. The child nutrition bill, passed Thursday, extends for five years the school lunch program, the Women, Infants and Children program and a bundle of other programs that jointly cost about $16 billion a year. The Senate passed the legislation Wednesday. Bush is expected to sign the bill into law, according to legislative aides. Under the bill, children would automatically qualify for free meals if their families receive food stamps. This move was estimated to add 50,000 children to school lunch lines. Other changes reduce the amount of paperwork that parents must file so their children are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The changes will mean "many tens of thousands of children" will receive school meals, said Jim Weill, head of the lobbying group Food Research and Action Center. Lawmakers and anti-hunger groups hailed the rare moment of bipartisan agreement during a congressional session filled with acrimony. "Here, we have made major improvements," said Rep. George Miller, California Democrat. The federal school lunch program provides hot meals to about 27 million American children every day. Nearly 60 percent of the children get the meals for free or at a reduced price. Eleven million children are enrolled in school breakfast, after school snack and summer meal programs. FACT BOX The federal school lunch program provides hot meals to about 27 million American children. More than 7.6 million people are enrolled in the Women, Infants and Children program, which provides supplemental food to poor pregnant women, new mothers and infants. The bill would also renew two popular pilot programs. One eases bookkeeping rules for summer food programs. The other provides free fruits and vegetables to schoolchildren to encourage them to adopt healthier eating habits. The summer food pilot program operates in 13 states and would expand to Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio and Oregon in 2005. The fruit and vegetable pilot, now in four states and the Zuni Pueblo, would expand to three additional states and two Indian reservations in 2004-2005 school year. |
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