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The Council unanimously approved the budget and scale of contributions for the financial year 2003 after having heard the Executive Committee 's proposals for the programme and budget of the Union for 2003 , presented by Mr. G. Versnick ( Belgium ) , rapporteur of the Committee . In preliminary concluding observations , Committee Expert Yanghee Lee , Rapporteur for the report of Kyrgyzstan on the Optional Protocol on children in armed conflict , said she was left with the impression that much was being done to implement the Optional Protocol in Kyrgyzstan . During this visit , the rapporteurs met with representatives of the various departments ( ministries ) and public administrations responsible for issues relating to ECRI ’ s mandate . Before country group discussions begin , the Rapporteurs of the country groups will meet to finalize a consistent approach to the detailed review process , taking account of any trends in the questions and comments of Contracting Parties on national reports already received . One , as John Tierney of The New York Times points out , is that , on average , private-school tuition is about half of what the average public school spends per student ( no , most private schools are not fancy New England prep schools ) . On Friday , Rapporteur Mbengashe presented scenarios in an appendix to the amended annex . In the past year , rapporteurs been active in Uzbekistan , which was recently subject to scrutiny by an independent UN expert and by rapporteurs concerned with torture and extra-judicial executions . When it did that , the private-school advantage disappeared in all areas except eighth-grade reading . " The literalist mentality does not manifest itself only in conservative churches , private-school enclaves , television programs of the evangelical right , and a considerable amount of Christian bookstore material ; one often finds a literalist understanding of Bible and faith being assumed by those who have no religious inclinations , or who are avowedly antireligious in sentiment . Moreover , the performance of children in the program was indistinguishable from that of high verbal , private-school children who also watched the video and answered questions about it . In Milwaukee , private-school competition ( at the 4th grade level ) and charter-school competition ( at the 10th grade level ) were found to cause significant improvements in public school test scores , again controlling for demographics and resources . Both Chairs agreed to serve until 2004 ; however , the Rapporteurs both indicated that they could not continue to serve beyond the current meeting so new candidates would therefore have to be identified . In any event , rapporteurs or special rapporteurs are entrusted by the Sub-Commission with a research mission . During this visit , the rapporteurs met with representatives of various ministries and public administrations responsible for issues relating to ECRI ’ s mandate . A tight-knit pack of horny , happy-go-lucky adolescent skate punks ventures out of their South Central hood and into Beverly Hills for 24 hours of curb jumping , private-school girl nailing and Hollywood Hills party crashing . Following the lunch period , rapporteurs for each working group reported back to plenary . Thank you all , chairs , speakers , rapporteurs , and participants for your contribution to this most successful High Flyers Think Tank . Since federal Pell grants and many state grant programs distribute money based on a formula that increases grants when tuition is higher , the private-school model allows colleges to charge wealthier students more and use that money for extra aid to low-income students . In the period up to two months before a review meeting , all Contracting Parties may submit written questions and comments on individual national reports to the country group co-ordinators , Rapporteurs and Contracting Parties concerned . Moreover , the private-school advantage only increases with consideration of the differences in an unusually rich array of characteristics of the students , their families ’ economic status , and the resources available at their schools .