Education
House committee approves center funding
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved $200,000 in funding to help Southwestern Adventist University in Keene expand its Entrepreneurship Resources Center, said U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco.
The funding was included in the Financial Service Appropriations Bill for fiscal 2010, Edwards said.
“I am grateful to [SWAU President] Dr. Eric Anderson and the Southwestern Adventist community for bringing this important project to my attention,” Edwards said. “The mission of SWAU to mold today’s students into the entrepreneurs and small business leaders of tomorrow is key to economic growth.”
The funding, which must still pass the House and Senate and be signed by President Obama, would help SWAU purchase a wide range of educational sources from books and journals to electronic data bases.
It would also include appropriate information technology for the university’s library and business department.
One current signature course in SWAU’s program is “Profiles in Entrepreneurship,” a course that brings successful business leaders and students together. As a part of enhancing the program, the university hopes to create a resources center focused on entrepreneurship, business ethics and small-business enterprise.
Military construction bill
The House, by a 415-3 vote, passed funding for troops, veterans and their families under the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill for fiscal 2010.
The bill builds on the $17.7 billion in increases for veterans passe into law by Congress since 2007, Edwards said.
“This bill sends a clear message to America’s servicemen and women, their families and our veterans that we deeply respect their service and sacrifice,” Edwards said. “With passage of this bill, Congress has provided a 58 percent increase in funding for veterans health care and benefits since Jan. 2007.
The bill is strongly supported by major veterans service organizations such as the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, AMVETS, and others, Edwards said.
“This is a huge step forward for disabled veterans, and the historic funding increases the House provides will dramatically improve the health care programs our nation delivers to her defenders,” said Glen M. Gardner Jr., national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
- Cleburne ISD
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CISD officials ponder remedy
Determining an enrollment problem at a number of Cleburne ISD elementary schools is not complicated. Fixing it may be slightly more complex.
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- Brushing up the walls
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CISD officials ponder remedy
- Alvarado ISD
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Friday night sights
Football was in the air this weekend as Johnson County teams hit the field for the first time in 2010.
- Verizon Foundation gives to initiative
- The welcome mat
- Alvarado trustees call for November bond election
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- Burleson ISD
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Trustees select Crummel as lone candidate
The Burleson ISD school board announced during a special meeting Thursday morning the appointment of Richard Crummel as superintendent finalist to replace Mark Jackson.
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- Burleson school board appoints interim superintendent
- BISD names interim superintendent
- Jackson retiring from Burleson ISD
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Trustees select Crummel as lone candidate
- Godley ISD
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Godley father says son’s rights are being violated
Allen McGregor moved his family to the Godley school district this year because he wanted the best education possible for his children.
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- Family says son banned from Godley school because of hair
- Two Godley school buses involved in wreck
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Godley father says son’s rights are being violated
- Grandview ISD
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Friday night sights
Football was in the air this weekend as Johnson County teams hit the field for the first time in 2010.
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- Practice makes (almost) perfect for gold medalist
- Donors line up for Grandview’s jewel, Ruby
- Voters weighing merits of new elementary school
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- Joshua ISD
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Friday night sights
Football was in the air this weekend as Johnson County teams hit the field for the first time in 2010.
- Duty earns Joshua student prestigious ROTC award
- Ex-CHS interim principal Patterson leaves for Joshua
- Joshua board expects to give teachers a pay raise
- Super Kids Day at Staples Elementary
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- Keene ISD
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Friday night sights
Football was in the air this weekend as Johnson County teams hit the field for the first time in 2010.
- Keene growing, building
- Write on, Keene
- Magazine calls high school one of America’s best
- Keene eighth-grader wins county spelling bee
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- Rio Vista ISD
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Friday night sights
Football was in the air this weekend as Johnson County teams hit the field for the first time in 2010.
- Happy days are here again in Rio Vista schools
- Superintendent: Rio Vista back in the black
- Rio Vista students donate animal food
- School soliciting donations for after-prom
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