Clinton Budget Emphasizes New Plans, Minor Increases
President Clinton's budget proposal for fiscal 2000 accentuates his high-profile school reform initiatives, but Republicans and some education advocates fear that it does so at the expense of existing programs.
The total Department of Education budget would increase 3.6 percent, from $33.5 billion to $34.7 billion, for discretionary education programs, under what the president notes is the first budget plan for the new millennium. Among other provisions, the plan includes $1.4 billion to help school districts reduce class sizes and hire new teachers.
"The federal government puts a lot of money into highways, but frankly, this is our road to the future," Mr. Clinton said in promoting his education blueprint at the National School Boards Association...
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