PHILADELPHIA, PA -- One of the nation’s top legislators in education addressed Temple University’s College of Education’s "Education 2000: Challenge in the New Millennium" conference today. 

Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), who has made a career out of championing public education and college matriculation, will speak about the problems and the possibilities of public education.

Congressman Fattah gained national prominence with the passage of his GEAR UP legislation.  This $200 million appropriated program will help over one million children go on to college.

Congressman Fattah has also introduced the Equal Protection School Finance Act. Cosponsored by over three dozen Members, the Equal Protection School Finance Act seeks to level funding disparities created in our current system of education school finance.  

Almost 200 Members of Congress voted for Congressman Fattah’s equity amendment last Fall.  
Modeled after the Equal Protection School Finance Act, this amendment would require states to either fund their public schools equitably or prove that the students have equal achievement levels. 

Today is Congressman Fattah’s second major university address in as many weeks.  Last Wednesday, Congressman Fattah was honored by the Fels School of Government at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received the first alumni achievement award.
   
Temple University's College of Education is ranked in the top 20 of highly respected College's of Education by the U.S. News and World Report.