The State of Kentucky should use every availible piece of legislation handed down from President Obama to save and advance our children's education into the 21st Century. As well as help end No Child Left Behind, insuring all children recieve an equal and world leading factually based education. With the very best teachers to proceed with the projected measures to put our kids far into the 21st Century and ahead of the rest of the world. All parents, community leaders and educators should sign this petition. as well as those in our local and state governments.

Fund for Community Centers and Defund for Prisons

Budget cuts to Florida Atlantic University and the State University System are short-sighted and will have long-term detrimental effects to both higher education and the economy. Florida Atlantic University has an estimated economic impact of $4 billion annually in its six-county service region. Economists estimated that the universities and related businesses are responsible directly and indirectly for about 771,000 jobs in the state, or 7.9 percent of the state's work force. 1. Cutting FAU's budget will hurt not only the students, faculty and staff directly, but also the community at large..."Florida Atlantic University has an estimated economic impact of $4 billion annually in its six-county service region, according to a recently released sponsored project report to the Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida. The study was led by Alan W. Hodges, Ph.D., at the University of Florida, and Julie Harrington, Ph.D., at Florida State University. To put it into perspective, the $4 billion economic impact is the equivalent impact of 10 Super Bowls, 15 Oasis of the Seas cruises or seven Fort Lauderdale boat shows. The report also states that FAU has had a positive direct or indirect impact on 59,000 full-time and part-time jobs across the service region. According to the study, present value over a 30-year period of a bachelor’s degree from a state university in Florida is $550,000, while a graduate degree is worth $1.87 million." In terms of percentage of gross national product, the economic impact resulting from an SUS-earned degree is comparable to the economic impact of all defense spending in Florida — 7.25 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively," Harrington said.” “The study found that the 11 public universities had a nearly $52 billion value-added economic impact on the state's economy during the 2009-2010 fiscal year, which ended in June 2010. That represents a little more than 7.25 percent of the state's total economic activity and includes regional multiplier effects produced by government and household spending by those who work for, attend or conduct business related to the State University System. The economists estimated that the universities and related businesses are responsible directly and indirectly for about 771,000 jobs in the state, or 7.9 percent of the state's work force. The study did not include spending on college sports events, nor did it include spending by university technology "spinoff" companies.” Since 2008, state spending on education has dropped by 24 percent. 2. Budget cuts to FAU and the State University System will affect the long-term development of industries and jobs and the earning potential of Florida's residents for years to come. If well-educated workers are unavailable companies won't be attracted to Florida. If Florida doesn't have well-paying jobs the individual earning power of Florida residents will be affected. This in turn will affect their spending power and Florida’s overall economy. “A new economic study suggests that having a degree from one of Florida's 11 state universities can be a financial lifesaver — equivalent to more than $1 million in a worker's lifetime earnings. Using data from the state's Department of Education, the study found these average annual earnings for Florida high school and university graduates in fiscal year 2009-2010 who were employed in Florida that year: those with a high school diploma, $20,924; those with a bachelor's degree, $36,520; those with a master's degree, $58,698; those with a doctorate, $66,743, and professionals, such as physicians or attorneys, $70,716. The salary gap between college degree holders and those with high school diplomas was not unexpected, but the results were substantive nonetheless, Harrington said. The Board of Governors of the State University System (SUS) requested the economic study to update earlier figures, said Julie Harrington, director of Florida State University's Center for Economic Forecasting and Analysis. The team included economists from FSU and the University of Florida.” Sources: http://www.fred.ifas.ufl.edu/economic-impact-analysis/pdf/SUS-of-Florida-FY-2009-10.pdf https://fauf.fau.edu/wordpress/?p=3648 http://www.fsu.edu/news/2012/02/14/bog.study/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/20/us/florida-set-for-new-cut-in-spending-on-colleges.html?_r=1&hp http://www.fau.edu/mediarelations/releases0212/021222.php

This is important for the future of our children.

For the past few years, there has been a great push by politicians, mostly Republicans but also Democrats, to "reform" the education system. Many people that have never stood in front of a class or even been part of a school system, decided that the problem of our schools are the teachers. In New Jersey, governor Chris Christie have joined hands with others, who don't really have the interest of the students in mind, in an attempt to privatize public schools and destroy teachers and their union, the NJEA. Christie refuses to raise taxes on the rich people of New Jersey, but has no problem of requiring teachers to pay more for their health insurance and pension. He is also attempting to change the evaluation of teachers to include results of test scores and is trying to eliminate tenure. Teachers around the world are usually held in high esteem. It used to be like this in The U.S. and in New Jersey. Today, many experience teachers, administrators and superintendents of schools are retiring, living a big gap in education. Please help change the trend, so the education in the U.S. and especially in New Jersey would not be compromised.

Kool Herc founded the international phenomenon called hip hop. It was created to foster peace, respect, and unity in his neighborhood. The culture was to serve as an alternative to gang life that plagued his community, the South Bronx. Hip hop has been misused by corporate greed to sell products, promote violence, and self-worthlessness. We are here to take back the name hip hop, reinstate its original purpose, and honor its founder, Kool Herc.

My petition is about educating our children in another language. We have many languages in our world today. In our schools, we have to learn some of them to graduate. I want to make American Sign Language one of these languages our children have to learn. As a mother of a deaf child, I know first hand what happens when people don't take the time to try to understand him. Many problems can and have occurred. It's not like, " you live in America, so learn English! " Deaf Americans don't have a choice to learn another language ! Please sign my petition to have American Sign Language taught to our children in our schools .

Governor Nixon outlined a goal in the 2011 summit on higher education to give greater weight to revise funding to give greater weight to measurement and performance from institutions of higher education. Budget cuts have forced universities to reorganize their operating models to meet this new standard. The Missouri Academy of Science Mathematics and Computing is a high performing institution that deserves funding to operate at this excellent level of performance.

Another American school-aged child died at school because there was no way to use the lifesaving EpiPens that were being held for other students at her school. (She had an allergic, life-ending episode.) We as a nation should enact requirements that there be a few of these available in every school, and also, that school personnel not be held responsible if they must administer one, to either a student or a school employee, and something goes wrong.

The Track & Field and Cross Country programs at Millersville University have been a valuable and competitive part of the University for almost 60 years. On February 14th around 2:00 P.M. the coaching staff was notified that Men's Cross Country, Indoor, and Outdoor Track & Field as well as the contract of Head Coach, Scott Wieser, would all be terminated at the completion of the 2012 outdoor season. The University gave no warning, as well as no alternative financial plan for the already cost-effective teams. This is about more than one program at a D2 institution; this is about the budget cuts being made all over the country. These cuts to state universities inhibit us, as paying college students, from experiencing everything that college has to offer. Sign this petition not only if you support the re-institution of the Men's Cross Country and Track & Field programs, but also if you believe that cutting money from state universities and education is unjust and unfair.

Our Lady of Fatima High School in Warren, RI is not only a safe and faith-filled educational facility, but a home-away-from home for all the students, parents and alumni that walk through its doors. However, the Sisters of Saint Dorothy have decided to close these doors for good due to what they claim as "lack of funds." In a recent interview, assistant principal Mr. Ascoli has said otherwise. "The principal actually had a budget going forward for next year, a budget that would have enabled us to open the school in September. However, the council that governs the affairs of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy nationally felt as though it might have been a band-aid," he says. This petition is to show the Sisters that Our Lady of Fatima means too much to too many people to simply give up.

About provideing everychild that can meet the standards with free tuition.