The Maroon. (Atlanta, GA) 1996-????, November 04, 1996, Image 15

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Page 15 Monday, November 4,1996 EDUCATION Proposes a scholarship that resembles Georgia's Hope Scholarship. This proposed scholarship would guaran tee students two years of post- secondary education plus their high school education. Plans to increase the minimum Pell Grant Scholarship Pro gram to $2700 by 1997. Proposes a dramatic expansion of the Work Study Pro gram from the current 700,000 students to 1,000,000 stu dents over the next five years. ECONOMY Proposes to balance the budget in a way that protects our values without undermining Medicare, Medicaid, educa tion, and the environment. This balanced budget would have targeted tax cuts that are fully paid for, which in cludes his $500 per child tax, credit. Proposes to consolidate the funds of over 70 overlapping federal job training programs into a single $2600, allow ing each unemployed and underemployed worker the op portunity to choose the training programs that are right for them. ENVIRONMENT Plans to issue a "Pollution Disclosure" Executive Order requiring industries to disclose information on their toxic waste sites. Plans to change EPA rules to reduce paperwork for busi nesses by 15 million hours and allowing the businesses to write their own rules if they can do it cleaner and cheaper. fn TJ Ti%) : : : : :: : : : : : : ■ : : ; :: ■ : :: :. :: : ■ : : , ■iiiigiiipiiiiaai I:.::: .: : : : : : : : : - : : ^ :