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The National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS) is a non-proft, non-partisan corporation of school districts from throughout the United States, organized primarly to educate Congress on the importance of Impact Aid. Founded in 1973, the association works to ensure the needs of federally connected children are met with adequate federal funds. NAFIS represents children residing on Indian Lands, military children, children residing in low-rent housing projects, and children whose parents are civilian but work and/or live on federal property. NAFIS is governed by a board of directors elected from its membership. The association is located in Washington, D.C., with a full time professional staff under the leadership of an executive director. |
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NAFIS district representatives attending the NAFIS Spring Conference earlier this month (March 30 - April 1) approved a reauthorization formula allocation plan that had been approved by the NAFIS Board of Directors at their March 30 board meeting. Responding to the request of the Senate authorizing committee to submit a proposal that would address the LOT pro-ration issue, the board See the numbers here...
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On the same day President George W. Bush held a press conference in Chicago to defend the failing No Child Left Behind, and on the eve of NCLB's sixth anniversary, a federal appeals court delivered yet another major blow to the controversial law. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled today that Secretary Spellings is violating the Spending Clause of the Constitution by requiring states and school districts to spend their own funds to comply with the law. Read more here. View the National Education Association's primer on Pontiac v. Spellings...click here. |
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