Clinton Renews Call For Construction Funds
Washington
President Clinton is again proposing that the federal government spend $3.7 billion on a five-year program to help districts build or renovate school facilities.
The president's upcoming fiscal 2001 budget proposal will also call for a new, $1.3 billion "emergency renovation fund" that would issue grants and loans to cover urgent school repairs, the White House announced last week.
The $3.7 billion proposal is one that Mr. Clinton, Department of Education officials, and dozens of Democratic lawmakers have promoted to no avail for...
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