The gap between the test group and the control groups of students does not widen in subsequent years, however, indicating no continuing improvement based upon smaller class size. Variations in teacher quality have been shown to be extraordinarily important for student achievement, and the econometric studies providing such results indicate that these variations completely dominate any effects of altered class size. That vote was the first time any piece of gay civil rights legislation had been brought to the floor for a vote. This bill, S. 869, is designed to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The likelihood for lawsuits being filed against employers on the basis of homosexual discrimination is greatly increased because of the proposal.
Enforcement is built into the bill.
With the vote count in the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee currently deadlocked at 9-9, it is uncertain when this measure will go to markup or be sent to the Senate floor for a vote. The bill currently has 35 Senate sponsors and 157 House sponsors. Many home school advocates fear this attitude, which seems to seek increased regulation and government interference in home education, infringes on their rights. The Home School Legal Defense Association, celebrating its fifteenth anniversary this year, and representing more than 55,000 home school families, provides legal and advocacy service for its constituency. EPI's Education Quick Facts Eighty-six percent of principals surveyed say that introducing computers into their school has been beneficial to instruction.