[CPEO-IRF] BRAC and schools - study planned

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BRAC study OK'd by committee
House Appropriations Committee agrees to federal study on impact in 
Columbus, other areas affected

BY HARRY FRANKLIN
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA)
June 16, 2006

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has a federal study on the 
impact of Base Realignment and Closure Commission decisions on schools 
in the Columbus area and other communities similarly affected, said U.S. 
Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Columbus, a committee member.

Bishop has worked closely with the Muscogee County School District to 
help find a solution for the impact of the influx of students that will 
result from the expansion of Fort Benning. The Columbus area expects to 
receive as many as 9,000 new students after the completion of troop 
redeployment, between now and 2012, with the largest numbers expected in 
the later years.

The appropriations bill, which passed the full committee Tuesday, 
includes language inserted by Bishop directing the Government 
Accountability Office to study the effects of rebasing and relocation of 
military personnel. It specifically instructs the agency to research 
"the projected number and percentage increase in student enrollment and 
the economic impact which may result from increased student enrollment."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/14829502.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
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