Laura Bush: Putting Boys in the Spotlight

(Substitutes sixth paragraph to correct to $150 million nationwide effort instead of $50 million.)
Posted on Tue, Feb. 15, 2005

First Lady Focuses on At-Risk Youth
JENNIFER LOVEN
Associated Press
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WASHINGTON - First lady Laura Bush united a longtime cause and a new one on Tuesday, urging community college leaders to help ensure better futures for at-risk young people.

"Encouraging young people to see beyond a world of hopelessness is part of a national effort to help all children reach their full potential," Mrs. Bush told a national meeting of the Association of Community College Trustees and American Association of Community Colleges.

Mrs. Bush, a former teacher and public school librarian, has made education and reading her signature issues as first lady.

"When young people get to high school, you can help them see that higher education doesn't have to be just a dream, but it can be a reality," she said, promoting President Bush's plans to boost funding for community colleges. "Many young people who struggle in school believe that dropping out is their only option."

For his 2006 budget, Bush proposed continuing a $250 million program that gives grants to community colleges that train workers for the jobs needed by industries in their area. He also proposed another $125 million to expand community college programs, including dual-enrollment courses that allow high-school students to earn college credit.

In his State of the Union address, Bush also announced that his wife would lead a three-year, $150 million nationwide effort to reduce gang violence by encouraging young people to remain crime free.

Mrs. Bush has said she wants to focus more on young boys - particularly those in poor urban neighborhoods like those she taught in the beginning of her teaching career - who don't get enough attention. Her aim: encouraging programs that keep them out of gangs and a criminal life and give them a brighter future.

"Children want us in their lives - they need us in their lives," she said. "Each of us has the power to make a difference in the life of a child."

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