The last policy, and the second significant event in the school's early history, was adopting a military program.

This means the Federal or state government adopts programs, and the county has to pay for them.

The Seattle public school system adopted a similar program nearly a decade ago.

South Korea has adopted a new educational program to increase the number of their foreign students through 2010.

Not long after, other municipalities and states adopted similar programs.

Most manufacturers have adopted programs to help their employees balance work and family life.

Despite the mixed evidence, however, several European governments have moved to adopt such programs.

It also reaffirmed the program adopted in the 12th Congress.

Any effort to adopt such a national program will be bucking a long tradition of strong local control over education.

By last July, 90 percent of the world's children were living in countries that had adopted or drafted national programs intended to meet the goals.