June 1, 1988, Portland Observer, PaQe 19
Mr. Vernell West
Selected As 1988
Toll Fellow
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LEXINGTON, KY — Mr. Vernell
West of Salem, Oregon was one
of 32 emerging state leaders from
across the nations selected for
the prestigious Toll Fellowship
Program sponsored by The Coun­
cil of State Governments.
The Toll Fellowship Program is
a week-long seminar on policy
issues and leadership develop­
ment named in honor of Henry
Toll, the Colorado state senator
and visionary who founded the
Council of State Governments in
1933.
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ments nationwide from 29 states.
Those selected were nominated
by governors and legislative
leaders in their states as the
potential future leaders of state
government.
1988 International Air Academy
Vernell West Is a former Legislative
Assistant to Senator Bill M cCoy.
D-Portland, during the 1985 and 1987
Legislatures. He is currently employed
w ith th e Oregon DeDartment of TransDor-
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tatlon, Highway Division, as a Pr° 9 r“ ™
Coordinator. He administers one of he
Division’s three federally mandated exter­
nal affirmative action programs.
West was the first to earn three B A
degrees (in French, Spanish and Italian) at
the Univesity of Oregon within four years.
He has lived and studied in several foreign
countries and hopes to eventually become
involved in international politics or
business.
He resides in Salem with his wife and
son.
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NSBA TELLS GOP PLATFORM COMMITTEE:
Education is Top Priority
HOUSING AUTHORITY
OF
KANSAS CITY, MO — The
National School Boards Asso­
ciation today called upon the
Republican Party to give “ the
highest” priority to education
in its 1988 national Platform.
In testim ony before the Re­
publican Platform Committee in
Kansas City, Mo., NSBA Presi­
dent Leonard Rovins declared
that "education is the key to
our progress as a nation and as
a free people.” He warned that
the “ world is quickly becoming
more technological and more
com petitive.” This results in
“ a much more dangerous and
precarious position for any na­
tion that fails to value and build
its com m itm ent to the next gen­
eration of citizens,” he said.
To safeguard democracy, en­
sure individual achievement and
strengthen the nation from w ith­
in, Rovins said, requires a
"national com m itm ent to pro­
vide full educational opportunity
for all citizens, regardless of
race, sex, or e th n ic back­
ground."
To achieve these goals, the
NSBA president urged that the
federal government increase its
support for elementary and sec­
ondary education in eight major
areas, as follows:
• International com petition —
I Provide resources for the full
I integration of technology into
education, generously support
c u rric u lu m im p ro ve m e n t in
areas needed for international
I
I
I
com petition, and invest in the
w o rk fo rc e th ro u g h ‘ second
chance’ programs for young
people and increased adult
literacy programs.
• Equal opportunity — Provide
adequate funding to carry out
federal mandates in providing
equal educational opportunities,
and concentrate research and
policy efforts on goals that
benefit all students.
• Technology — Underwrite and
evaluate software development
in the schools, conduct re­
search on the effects of tech­
nology on classroom instruc­
tion, support a satellite-based
education service, and support
teacher training and model pro­
grams in the uses of instruc­
tional technology.
• Teachers — Establish incen­
tive programs to attract teachers
to schools w ith the most severe
staffing problems, help improve
teacher training especially in
critical subject areas, and sup­
plement reward programs for
outstanding teachers.
• A t-risk students — Increase
federal funding for programs tar­
geted at students with special
needs, initiate literacy programs
for at-risk youth and their par­
ents, and develop new programs
for dropouts and youth with
lim ited English-speaking ability.
• Rural e d u c a tio n — Provide
federal funding for an expanded
curriculum in vocational educa­
tion, Drovide for Greater mter-
agency coordination, and sup­
port research in innovative uses
of technology in rural areas.
• Urban edu cation — Expand
early childhood education for
the neediest, provide funding
for expanded use of school
buildings by urban families, and
develop policies that encourage
intergovernmental support.
• F e d e ra l
le a d e r s h ip —
Strengthen federal research and
dissemination of research find­
ings, provide resources to im­
prove school instruction and
teacher training in critical sub­
ject areas, and provide supple­
m ental funding for needed
capital improvements.
Rovins, who is a school board
member in Westport, Conn.,
said the school board associa­
tio n ’s recommendations would
require “ a minimum federal in­
vestment of $25 billion a year.
But he said that is a modest
amount compared to the “ com­
pelling” needs. He pointed out
that federal expenditures for ed­
ucation between 1981 and 1987
increased only $2 billion, or just
one-half of one percent.
The NSBA president also re­
quested that "the next President
appoint a White House coun­
selor for education, who can
help establish education as a
high priority and who can help
the Secretary of Education co­
o rd in a te fe d e ra l e d u c a tio n
policies and agencies.
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