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PAGE 16 — The Georgia Bulletin, July 23,1987 New Law Helps Catholic Schools WASHINGTON (NC) — A U S. Catholic Conference of ficial has praised new legislation enacted by Congress to restore the federal school lunch plan to parochial schools regardless of tuition levels. The new provisions recognize “the reality that private schools, including those which charge higher levels of tui tion, tend to enroll significant numbers of lower-income students, many from minority groups, who are on scholar ship,” said Frank J. Monahan, USCC director of govern ment liaison. The measure, part of the National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Acts, became law July 11. Monahan’s views were cited in a USCC press statement July 13. As part-of the federal budget-cutting process, Congress in its 1981-82 term had stipulated that private schools charging $1,500 or more in tuition were excluded from the federal lunch program. The level was later extended to tuition of $2,000 or more. Congress' action, however, “rode roughshod over the principles of equitable and fair treatment of both public and private schools’ students,” Monahan said. Moreover, he continued, it incorporated into federal statute “the idea that in the private sector of education schools can be determined to be either wealthy or poor ac cording to the level of tuition they charge." Yet, “no similar standard is applied” to public schools, “where the general pattern of enrollment is often governed by geography and housing patterns that are segregated by racial and social- economic factors,” Monahan said. In 1983 the USCC noted in congressional testimony that for 35 years, until Congress changed the rules, all students, whether attending public or private schools, had been allowed to share in the school lunch program. Monahan said the recent, successful effort to change the school lunch law has helped alter other programs as well. For example, a new teaching scholarship program, thanks to an amendment by Rep. Thomas Tauke, R-Iowa, will allow the participants to teach in public or private schools on the same basis, he said. Until amended, the pro posal only allowed private schools to participate if they served poor children but permitted any public school to par ticipate. Another program, dealing with deferral of repayment of student loans for beginning teachers, also has been amend ed, by Rep. Mario Biaggi, D-N.Y., to provide equal treat ment of teachers in both private and public schools, Monahan noted. Bob Todd Gulf Service Gulf Tires Batteries Accessories AC Tune Up & Diagnostic Center Mechanic on Duty All Minor Repairs Lubrication Road Service Wheel Alignment Brake Work Tires Balanced Cars Washed 160 Ponce De Leon Ave. N.E. Atlanta, Ga. 30308 874-6310 874-9250 your/independent ] k Insurance/Ia qcnt j MMVU V6u fcKJfc /utter and fTlcLellan Insurance 711 Lenox Towers, 3400 Peachtree Road, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30326 (404) 261-7212 "The only insurance people you 'll ever need' KLMUHftW Special Olympics Training Down To The Wire “LET ME WIN, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt,” is the Special Olympics’ motto. Training to win in the International Special Olympics Games, Paul Cook races toward a waiting hug from his mother, Bitsy, as Don Crawford, executive director of Georgia Special Olympics and Don Herbein, an IBM volunteer, cheer him on. IBM is a primary sponsor of the International Games con tributing $1 million in equipment and support. The games wili be held July 31 through Aug. 8 at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. THE MARIAN YEAR PAPAL COIN ORDER NOW AND ENJOY SPECIAL PRE-MINTING PRICE Limited Edition. Each coin accompanied by a numbered certificate of authenticity. Once the Marian year ends, the die will be destroyed. The coin of the 1987-1988 Marian year is delicately and painstakingly created from the finest mint quality metals. The Marian Coin may be ordered now at the pre-minting price of only $20.00 each. Please send me coins (limit 5 ). I further understand that, if I am not satisfied, I may return them within 30 days for a full refund. (Each coin is $20.00. Please add $3.00 for shipping and handling per coin.) C3 My check or money order is enclosed for $ Make check payable to and send to: CHURCH POINT MINT, 1920 E. Hallandale Bch. Blvd., Suite 708, Hallandale, FL 33009 Name: Address: Telephone Number: City: State: Zip: _ PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY. PLEASE ALLOW 6-8 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY.
