A bill (S. 797) to establish a National Endowment for Children's Educational Television was designed to amend the Communications Act of 1934. This report contains evidence presented in support of the bill. Included are: (1) a statement of background and needs; (2) a description of the state of education in the United States, highlighting the importance of supporting children's educational television in the face of declining international competitiveness of the U.S. educational system; (3) a review of the effectiveness of existing children's television programs; (4) data on the costs involved in producing children's television programs; and (5) a summary of existing funding sources. Also included are a statement of the bill's legislative history, a summary of its major provisions, an estimation of costs involved in passing the bill, and a section-by-section analysis of the bill. (GL)
- Authorizing Institution
- Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR CHILDRENS EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION ACT OF 1989 2
- Ideas and Attitudes about Mathematics Childrens Television ming somewhere in the neighborhood of three to four hours a 9
- In fiscal year 1988-89 funding began for the Federal Star 14
- TERC and the 14
- Under the provisions of this legislation during the first two there may be an opportunity to show such programming strictively. To do so would virtually negate the 20
