Edward M. Kennedy: “I would like to call the Congress' attention to one of the most successful parent involvement projects in the nation.…”

“I would like to call the Congress' attention to one of the most successful parent involvement projects in the nation. Over 5 million American students and parents in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and overseas (Germany, England, Scotland, Italy, Portugal, Bahrain, France, Holland, Japan, Korea, The Marshall Islands, Guam, The Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico) participated in the 1992 National Student/ Parent Mock Election. They met all across the country and around the world to cast their votes on who would win the national elections and to vote their ``recommendations to the President and Congress'' on six key national issues. Every state had a ``State Election Headquarters.'' ``State Election Headquarters'' called their votes in to ``National Election Headquarters'', as over 20 million viewers watched on national television. A national television program was aired for two hours on C-SPAN, showing students, and parents all across the country participating in the project's activities Scholastic Magazines has joined the Mock Election coalition and by 1996 will provide Mock Election materials to 20+ million students, elementary through high school.”