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Catholic Schools
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Total Catholic school enrollment:
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2,484,252
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Elementary school enrollment:
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1,842,918
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Secondary school enrollment
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641,334
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Minority students:
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656,991
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(26.5% of total enrollment)
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Non-Catholic:
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334,445
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(13.5% of total Enrollment)
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Total number of schools
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7,955
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Elementary schools
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6,727
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Secondary schools
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1,228
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Co-educational
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65.70%
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Single sex male
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14.00%
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Single sex female
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20.30%
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New schools in 2003/4
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34
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New schools in last 5 years
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257
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Schools with waiting lists for admission
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2,801
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Full-time professional staff
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162,337
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Laity
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94.90%
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Religious/clergy
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5.10%
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Student/teacher ratio
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15:01
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Average Tuition
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Elementary $2,178
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Secondary $4,075
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Religious Education Programs
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Non-parochial school
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Catholic elementary students
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3,582,943
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Non-parochial school
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Catholic secondary students
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767,739
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Number of parishes
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19,500
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Directors of Religious Education
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13,000
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Boards, Commissions, Councils
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of Catholic Education
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Number of boards
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6,513
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Schools with boards
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81%
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Board members
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65,130
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Catholic Colleges and Universities
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Number of colleges/universities
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212
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Students
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720,000
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Seminaries
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Total Seminary enrollment:
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5,598
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Diocesan and religious in Theology
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3,414
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College level
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1,376
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High School
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808
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Theologates
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47
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Freestanding colleges
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13
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Collaborative colleges
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24
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Houses of priestly formation for
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115
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institutes of religious men
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High schools
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6
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President Bush on Catholic Education
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Title V In Jeopardy!!
7/9/2004
On July 8th, the House Appropriations Labor, HHS, and Education Subcommittee unanimously approved a budget bill that contains the FY 05 education appropriations.
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Title V, Part A (Block Grants for Innovative Education) was eliminated. Title V ( the old Chapter II or Title VI) is a program that benefits all of our students and teachers with the provision of library materials, computer hardware and software, support to hire nursing and counseling staff, CPR training, etc.
This is the program that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 in the Mitchell v. Helms decision but can be effectively eliminated by not appropriating funding for it.
Before this gets to a full vote of the House, and then into the Senate, it is important that each representative becomes aware of the significance of this program for the Catholic school community. Please alert principals, teachers and parents to this fact and urge them to contact their senators and representatives and request that funding be reinstated.
A quick way for people to contact their representatives is to use the CAPE (Council for American Private Education) website legislative link at http://capwiz.com/cape/home/ and enter a zip code to be connected by e-mail to members of congress.
Let your representatives know of the importance of this program to your students!!
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