[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16826]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING STUDENTS AROUND NEW YORK CITY WHO PARTICIPATED IN CONSTITUTION 
                    EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT PROJECT

  (Mr. WEINER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WEINER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the over 100 
students from around New York City who participated this year in the 
Constitution Education Engagement Project. The CEEP program, of which 
Carl Bonomo is the founder and Dorothy McCloskey is the director, takes 
secondary school students from around New York City and asks them to 
have hearings, discussion and debates and arrive at a piece of 
legislation for this Congress to consider.
  This year, the winner was from the Wadleigh Secondary School. Their 
piece of legislation, which addresses the inequities in education 
funding, I will be introducing in the Record following these remarks, 
as well as the list of students who participated to make this project 
such a success.
  The legislation that they have come up with addresses problems that 
affect over 41 States in the United States, and that is the inequity 
between funding among different school districts. In New York State 
alone, $17,000 is spent per student in one district compared to $6,000 
per student in others.
  Since 1973, 45 different States have had to address the inequities in 
school funding. The students at the Wadleigh Secondary School are among 
our brightest and best. They are members of the CEEP program, which 
seeks to address the problems we have in our country through the 
legislative process.
  I hope this House joins in paying tribute to their successes.

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