Education

• The government plays and important role in education and provide help to local schools in several forms. In the recent year more than 1 billion dollars in direct aid was contributed as well as more than 10 billion additional funds distributed throughout the states. Throughout the years the government has had lots of programs that aid higher eduction. For example congress passed the Morrill Act in 1862 which granted the states about 11.3 million acres of public land for endownment of colleges.