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PARENT ADVOCATE 2011

 

November 2011

 

July 2011

 

April 2011

  • Rally Brings Large Crowd to State Capitol, Page 1

  • Supremely School Choice, Page 2

  • Bell McGahan, An Enduring Example of Service Retiring, Page 2

  • Photo's of Education Freedom Rally, Page 3

  • Advocates for Catholic Schools, Brief School Bits, Prayer for Catholic Schools, Page 4

February 2011

  • New Tax-Credit Scholarship Bill Introduced, Page 1
  • Coverdell Savings Plan Extended for Two Years, Page 2
  • State Legislatures Wrestle With Fiscal Issues, Page 3
  • Skutt Wins State Mock Trial, Page 3
  • Contacting Your State Senator Page 3
  • Surveys Say Yes to School Choice, Page 4

PARENT ADVOCATE 2010

October 2010 click for full issue Volume 18, Number 1

  • Study Says Nebraska Could Save $51 Million
  • Educators Honored
  • Textbook Loan Program Threatened
  • US Supreme court Reviewing School Choice in Arizona Law
  • Lincoln Pius X Mobilizes Strong Supprot, Winning $500,000
  • Education Department Seeks To Improve Partnership With Private Schools
  • Education is an Issue in the Election

May 2010 click for full issue Volume 17, Number 1

  • Apportionment Funding Counts Private-School Students
  • Textbook-Loan Program Appropriation Reduced Again
  • Academic Decathlon Excellence
  • Wind and Sun to Fund Performance Pay
  • Parents Face Challenges from Internet, Other Media
  • 7 Steps to Protect Your Family from Pornography

 

PARENT ADVOCATE 2009

February 2009 click for full issue   Volume 16, Number 1

  • SCHOLARSHIP TAX CREDIT BILL INTRODUCED

  • Textbook Loan Funds

  • Catholic Schools Week

  • Blue Ribbon Schools

  • Contacting Legislators

  • New State Board Leaders

  • 19.8 Billion 4

 

May 2009 click for full issue   Volume 16, Number 2

  • Scholarship Tax Credit Proposal Still Alive

  • Excerpts from Bishop Dendinger’s Testimony on LB 67

  • PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS GAIN

  • NEW ACCELERATED LOAN FORGIVENESS

  • New State Budget Includes Modest Increase in Textbook Loan Funding

  • STATE AID REVISIONS STALL, THEN MOVE THROUGH

  • Nebraska Catholic School Student named 2009 Presidential Scholar

 

August 2009 click for full issue   Volume 16, Number 3

  • The Catholic school is a great part of the solution to our national educational challenge

  • INDIANA PASSES SCHOLARSHIP TAX CREDITS

  • NEW HOPE FOR CONTINUING SCHOOL CHOICE IN D.C.?

  • $5 BILLION FOR “EDUCATION REFORM”

  • Support LB 67-Scholarship Tax Credit

  • SENATOR MIKE FRIEND RESIGNS; ASSUMES NEW POSITION

  • NDE RULE 10 REVISED

 

September 2009 click for full issue   Special Edition

  • STRONG SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL CHOICE IN STATEWIDE SURVEY

 

December 2009 click for full issue   Volume 16, Number 4

  • Our investment in our children will reap dividends

  • IOWA TAX CREDIT EXPANDED TO INCLUDE CORPORATE SUPPORT

  • TEXTBOOK LOAN PROGRAM FUNDING REDUCED IN SPECIAL SESSION

  • STATE AID-TO-PUBLIC SCHOOLS REDUCED TO BALANCE BUDGET

  • BOB KRIST REPLACES MIKE FRIEND IN STATE LEGISLATURE

  • Archbishop’s Dinner for Education

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PARENT ADVOCATE 2008

April 2008   click for full issue   Volume 15, Number 1

  • Legislature modifies public school financing

  • TEEOSA: What Should You Know? Why Should You Care?

  • STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT/TESTING BILL PASSES

  • SPECIAL EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD BILL PASSES

  • WHAT IS TEEOSA? WHY SHOULD YOU BE INFORMED?

  • School Bus Bill Halted; Returning Next Year

  • CATHOLIC EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

  • CHOICE TIDBITS

October 2008   click for full issue  Volume 15, Number 1

  • NEW COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION CHOSEN

  • Education Issues In Nebraska Elections

  • Enroll, Renew, Reduce, Recycle!

  • 2008-09 NFCSP GOVERNING BOARD

  • Creighton’s Institute for Catholic School Initiatives and the Magis Program

  • NFCSP PARENT LIAISONS RETURNING

  • N-CAPE BACK IN BUSINESS, TIES WITH CAPE RESTORED

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