House demands student search policies
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The House issued an ultimatum to school boards Tuesday: Establish policies on student searches or risk losing federal funds.
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The Conservative party has tabled 120 requests to government departments under a new freedom of information law, it said, a move it hopes will embarrass the government ahead of a looming election.
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Students urge politicians to safeguard fair and equal access to Britain's elite universities.
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Lawmakers rewriting the No Child Left Behind law want to loosen testing rules for students with limited English skills.
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Republican U.S. House leaders faced mounting pressure over a congressional sex scandal on Tuesday, with Speaker Dennis Hastert rejecting calls to step down for his handling of sexual messages sent to teen-age boys by Rep. Mark Foley.
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Just no time The question of whether it's necessary or desirable to take school children's fingerprints has not made it on the agenda for Parliament.â¦
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A backlash brews as parents are asked to write checks for school activities.
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Parents face fines of up to Â£1,000 if they fail to keep children who have been excluded from school indoors.
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The leading House Democrat on education issues proposed revisions yesterday to the No Child Left Behind law that would ease the penalties for public schools that barely miss academic testing targets but tighten another rule that has helped the District and Virginia.
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The US House of Representatives was forced to pass a temporary measure keeping the government open on Wednesday after one embarrassing clause allowing lawmakers to see
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An international campaign has been launched to demand that four Palestinian students deported from their West Bank university to the Gaza Strip be allowed to return to complete their studies.
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The chairman of the House education committee called yesterday for an investigation into whether nonprofit student loan companies are abusing their tax-exempt status.
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House Republican leaders are urging members to alter one of the chamber&#39;s fundamental ethics rules to make it harder for lawmakers to discipline a colleague.
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U.S. retailers and police called on  Congress on Thursday to require online auction sites such as  eBay to post the serial numbers of items for sale to help crack  down on gangs of professional shoplifters.
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Key House leaders are pushing to sharply limit the scope of the alternative minimum tax, providing relief to many families who already pay the unpopular levy as well as millions more who would be hit for the first time next year.
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There are calls from the Conservatives to stop the removal of student funding for second degree courses.
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Republican and Democratic members of   the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday   demanded Republican leaders allow a floor vote on legislation   that would ban the use of deceptive means to obtain private   telephone records.