School districts are spending millions on tutoring outside regular school day hours for economically and academically disadvantaged students in need of extra academic assistance. Under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), parents of children in persistently low-performing schools were allowed to choose their child's tutoring provider, and together with…

This is the third hearing in a series of four conducted to exercise con- gressional oversight of the Food Distribution Program of the Department of Agriculture. The following witnesses presented testimony, statements, and exhibits pertinent to this purpose: Honorable Efrain Santiago, Secretary of Social Services, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;…

This review of the Job Corps, the Neighborhood Youth Corps, and the Work Experience and Training Programs, all established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, was part of National Manpower Policy Task Force report requested by the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty. It was believed appropriate to examine, after nearly…