Word: allowed
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...were checking us, I saw the Palestinians going back and forth without anyone checking them. I felt very bad about that, because I had a badge as a member of the delegation. It happened that I had to go with my briefcase, a brown leather case. I did not allow them to open it. "This is a briefcase with all the documents belonging to the Prime Minister of Israel, and I won't let you open it," I told them...
...Bush's plan combines most existing federal funds for professional development and class-size reduction into a flexible new fund for teacher training and recruitment, and he adds $400 million a year in new money. Bush would allow states to spend the funds as they see fit - so long as they establish teacher-accountability systems. This is similar to what Ronald Reagan did in the 1980s. But then, says Emily Feistritzer, president of the Center for Education Information, "the money disappeared." Under Bush's plan, she says, "I worry that the money won't go where it's intended...
...Experts say Gore's measures wouldn't greatly increase the number of middle-class parents who can afford to send their kids to college, but rather would allow them to do so with greater ease. The credits aren't refundable, however, and wouldn't help the millions of workers who don't earn enough to owe income taxes (even though they pay hefty Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes...
...Vouchers - Michigan and California voters will decide whether to use public money to allow students to attend private school. In the largest such effort to date, all of California's school-age children would eventually be eligible for the program. Michigan would require teacher testing for schools redeeming vouchers...
...Funding - New Mexico, Rhode Island, North Carolina and California would fund capital improvements at education institutions through the creation or sale of bonds; and a South Dakota measure would allow public school money to be invested in the stock market. - Oklahoma would be able to dip into the principal of its education trust fund to supplement funds the income the fund generates. - A Colorado initiative seeks to increase per student spending on education by inflation plus one percent for the next ten years and at the rate of inflation thereafter. The state would also use at least $50 million...