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The American Schools at War program was a program during World War II run by the U.S. Treasury Department, in which schoolchildren set goals to sell stamps and bonds to help the war effort. The program was also administered by the U.S. Office of Education , the Federal government agency that interfaced with the nation's school systems and its ...
Federal Impact Aid is designed to assist United States local school districts that have lost property tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt Federal property, or that have experienced increased expenditures due to the enrollment of federally connected children, including children living on Indian lands.
$1000 U.S. government loan for the Mexican–American War. Governments throughout history have needed to borrow money to fight wars. Traditionally they dealt with a small group of rich financiers such as Jakob Fugger and Nathan Rothschild, but no particular distinction was made between debt incurred in war or peace.
As the school began to grow, a larger building was needed, and on June 23, 1906, a vote was cast and an independent school district was formed. A bond election was held for the purpose of constructing a free public school building of stone material. The bond election passed on September 22, 1906, and a new stone building was built.
School bond supporters say the LAUSD measure, which would increase property taxes, is needed to repair and modernize campuses in the nation's second-largest school system.
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Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States entered World War II to fight against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan, known as the "Axis Powers". Italy surrendered in 1943, and Germany and Japan in 1945, after massive devastation and loss of life, while the US emerged far richer and with few casualties.
Last month, voters in the overcrowded Sumner Bonney-Lake School District approved a $732 million bond measure, with 64.02% of voters saying yes to Proposition 1. This is the largest bond measure ...