St. Florian School: LAP~LINKS

Catholic Church Related Websites

The Vatican http://www.vatican.va  
Archdiocese of Chicago http://www.archdiocese-chgo.org/  
Archdiocese Office of Catholic Schools http://www.techvision.org/ocechicago/  
United States Catholic Conference Parent Association http://www.nccbuscc.org/education/parentassn/ The home page is also very informative
Rhode Island Catholic Schools Parent Federation http://www.catholicschools.org/parents federation/index.html  
Massachusetts Catholic Conference http://www.macathconf.org This site has links to other states’ Catholic conferences. It also has a site called PACE describing its parent group.
Florida Federation of Catholic Parents http://www.ibmc.com/ffcp/ The state of Florida and also California have very informative legislative updates.

State of Illinois Websites

State Home Page http://www.state.il.us/  
State Board of Elections http://www.elections.state.il.us/ Candidates for an upcoming election can be found under "Candidate Filing" Representative or Senate Districts can be located with an address or zip code under "Find Districts/Officials"
Illinois Department of Revenue Bulletins for Schools(#17) and for Parents(#19) on the Education Tax Credit http://www.revenue.state.il.us/publications/bulletins/2000/Fy2000-17.pdf http://www.revenue.state.il.us/publications/bulletins/2000/Fy2000-19.pdf  
Illinois State Legislature http://www.state.il.us/state/legis/  
Roll call of votes on legislation in the Illinois House http://www.legis.state.il.us/lgsltvrcrd/hrollcalls91/hrc.html  

Miscellaneous Websites

Institute for Justice http://www.ij.org This organization is litigating the tax credit in Illinois
Heartland Institute’s School Reform News http://www.heartland.org/  
Council of American Private Education http://www.capenet.org  
Children First CEO America http://www.childrenfirstamerica.org/scnews.html  
Government site http://www.stateline.org/education/ General educational news
News magazine site http://www.edweek.org/clips/ General educational news
American Federation of Teachers http://www.aft.org The other perspective
Special thanks to the Legislative Advisory Board of the OCS for providing us with these links.