Y 4.ED 8/1:106-86 DROPOUT PREVENTION FED-DOCS HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION HEARING HELD IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, JANUARY 24, 2000 Serial No. 106-86 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and the Workforce For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-060758-2 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania, Chairman THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina BILL E. BARRETT, Nebraska JOHN A. BOEHNER, Ohio PETER HOEKSTRA, Michigan HOWARD P. "BUCK" McKEON, California MICHAEL N. CASTLE, Delaware SAM JOHNSON, Texas JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri JAMES C. GREENWOOD, Pennsylvania MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana DAVID M. MCINTOSH, Indiana CHARLIE W. NORWOOD, JR., Georgia RON PAUL, Texas BOB SCHAFFER, Colorado FRED UPTON, Michigan NATHAN DEAL, Georgia VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan MATT SALMON, Arizon THOMAS G. TANCRED, Colorado ERNIE FLETCHER, Kentucky JIM DeMINT, South Carolina JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California MAJOR R. OWENS, New York DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey PATSY MINK, Hawaii ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey TIM ROEMER, Indiana ROBERT C. "BOBBY" SCOTT, Virginia LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California CARLOS A. ROMERO-BARCELO, Puerto-Rico CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania RUBEN HINOJOSA, Texas CAROLYN MCCARTHY, New York JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts RON KIND, Wisconsin LORETTA SANCHEZ, California HAROLD E. FORD, JR., Tennessee DENNIS KUCINICH, Ohio RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey Table of Contents OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN PETE HOEKSTRA, SUBCOMMITTEE STATEMENT OF CONGRESSMAN RON KIND, SUBCOMMITTEE ON STATEMENT OF DR. MIQUELA RIVERA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR - EARLY CARE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION DIVISION, NEW MEXICO CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES DEPARTMENT, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO 8 STATEMENT OF LOIS WEIGAND, DIRECTOR, EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND ACADEMY, FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO. 10 STATEMENT OF DR. VIOLA FLOREZ, DEAN, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO..... .............. 16 STATEMENT OF PETER WINOGRAD, DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR TEACHER STATEMENT OF DR. JOSEPH VIGIL, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT, ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOOLS, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO....... 32 |