President Seeks Bigger Budget For Research
Federal spending on education research would see a sizable increase under the fiscal 2001 budget proposal President Clinton delivered to Congress last month, though the level would remain far below that recommended by a White House panel three years ago.
The Department of Education’s main research arm, the office of educational research and improvement, would receive an additional $30 million for research, for a total of nearly $200 million, under the plan.
This comes as part of an overall budget proposal that contains the largest single increase in discretionary spending in the department’s history. The president requested $40.1 billion, an increase of $4.5 billion or 12.7 percent over the department’s discretionary...
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