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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 13, 2001
> CONTACT: Kristin Hansen, (202) 393-2100
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> FRC APPLAUDS SENATE ACTION TO SAVE 'STRAIGHT A'S'
> IN EDUCATION BILL, URGES PASSAGE OF BOY SCOUTS
> AMENDMENT
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> "Rejecting the Dodd amendment -- the right action on an
> otherwise failing bill," says FRC's Erika Lestelle
>
> WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Family Research Council (FRC) applauded
> the Senate Wednesday for rejecting (47-51) the Dodd
> amendment to the Senate education bill (H.R. 1). "The Dodd
> amendment would have undermined the effectiveness of the
> Straight A's legislation, a key component of education
> reform included in the otherwise failing bill," FRC
> education policy analyst Erika Lestelle said. "The action
> today is good news for schools. It means they will have
> greater flexibility to target resources where they are most
> needed and fewer federal regulations and burdensome
> paperwork."
>
> Also today, FRC urged the Senate to pass the Helms
> amendment, scheduled for a vote on Thursday, which would
> protect the Boy Scouts of America from discrimination by
> public schools. "Public schools cannot shut their doors to
> the Boy Scouts if they allow other groups to meet on
> campus," FRC's senior director of Legal Studies Jan LaRue
> said Wednesday. "Although you'd be hard pressed to find
> someone who claims Scouts do not contribute positively to
> the community, it is not the role of the school to decide
> what group is politically correct and what is not. If
> schools don't respect the Scouts' Constitutional right to
> determine its own rules of membership and message, then they
> should no longer be the recipients of federal dollars."
>
> The Helms amendment prohibits the use of federal funds by
> any state or local educational agency or school that
> discriminates against the Boy Scouts of America in providing
> equal access to school premises or facilities. A similar
> amendment to the House version of the education bill
> sponsored by Rep. Van Hilleary (R-TN) passed by voice vote
> in May.
>
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> THE FRC PRESS OFFICE.
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