Architects Call for Congress to Help Improve Nation's School Facilities.WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 12, 1999-- AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture Releases Pictorial Booklet Depicting Key Legislators' Schools, Need for Modernization and Construction Funding With the release today of a pictorial booklet aimed at capturing the attention of key tax committee legislators, The American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Organized in 1857, the Institute conducts various activities and programs to support the profession and enhance its public image, including periodically awarding the AIA (AIA) challenged members of the House and Senate to focus their attention on the dire need to pass legislation that will fund school construction and modernization. Good Enough for Congress? A Pictorial Representation of Why Americans Deserve Better School Buildings visually depicts the former public high schools of various members of the House Ways and Means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. and Senate Finance Committees. Included are revealing photos, statistics, and facts about each school and other public education facilities in each member's respective state. "The photos in the booklet--and the sometimes startling star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. information that accompanies them--will no doubt personalize the issue for these legislators and really drive home the need to do something to save our nation's schools," said Michael J. Stanton, FAIA FAIA Florida Association of Insurance Agents FAIA Food Additives and Ingredients Association (Kent, UK) FAIA Fellow, American Institute of Architects (honorary position) , president of the AIA. "Our intention is not to blindside or embarrass anyone, but simply to demonstrate in a creative and provocative way why this is such an important issue." Stanton added that advance copies of the pictorial were provided to the featured legislators. The AIA, added Stanton, believes that America must upgrade and modernize its K-12 schools in order to create learning environments that are conducive to stimulating intellectual excellence. The General Accounting Office (GAO) reports that one-third of the country's public schools, which house more than 14 million children, are in need of "extensive repair or replacement." H.R. 1760 "America's Better Classrooms Act of 1999" introduced by Rep. Nancy Johnson Nancy Lee Johnson (born January 5 1935, Chicago, Illinois) is an American politician. Johnson was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007, representing first the 6th district and later the 5th District of Connecticut following the (R-CT), H.R. 1660 "Public School Modernization Act of 1999" introduced by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), and S. 1454 "Public School Modernization and Overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. Relief Act of 1999" introduced by Sen. Charles Robb (D-VA) would boost the incentive for school construction by providing tax credits, generating an estimated $25 billion in school construction activity. The AIA's Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. ) advances design excellence and quality construction in all types of educational, cultural, and recreational facilities. According to the AIA's Center for Livable Communities, schools are emerging nationwide as key elements of local initiatives to enhance community quality of life, serving as centers where residents can come together to further explore shared interests. |
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