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By Vernard T. Gant

The White House Summit on Inner City Children and Faith Based Schools was a very exciting and encouraging event. Five panels presented on various aspects of the urban education.

The highlight of the event was the address by President Bush emphasizing his commitment and the commitment of his administration to addressing the problems confronting inner city faith-based schools. The President reiterated his pledge to establish a Pell Grant that would provide 300 million dollars in tuition assistance to low-income children to attend non-public schools including faith-based ones.

Education Secretary Spellings and Acting Secretary of Housing and Urban Development also presented on one of the panels.

I presented on the importance of faith-based education for urban, under-resourced, and minority children and the impact the school closings are having. I was introduced by Jay Hein, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Faith Based Initiatives.

Below are pictures of the event.

Attached:

• Dr. Gant’s full speech presented to the White House Summit
• Urban Update Summit Report

Urban School Services Department delegation met with Jack Klenk, Director of the Office of Non Public Education at the Department of Education

President Bush addresses the Summit

Dr. Gant addresses the Summit

Dr. Gant shaking hands with the President

Introduction by Jay Hein, Deputy Asst. to the President

Dr. Gant addresses the Summit

Under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law nonpublic schools in addition to individuals may provide services (Supplemental Educational  Services /SES) to children attending failing schools. The service a school or individual provides is paid for by the local school district.

For detailed information view the article titled: A “Jochebed Opportunity” in The Meantime volume 5.3 under the “News You Can Use” section.

Now there is a way for the school population to increase the budget by using the computer. GoodSearch.com is making it possible for nonprofit entities to raise funds for their cause by using GoodSearch.com as their preferred search engine.

Last year search engines generated close to $6 billion in revenue from advertisers. GoodSearch will direct part of this advertising revenue to your school. For detailed information visit www.GoodSearch.com

This information from Guide Star will help you when writing your next grant. In this article they cover what major donors expect and which organizations receive the large donations.

Visit GuideStar for information to increase your chances of receiving the next grant written for your school.