Bush Unveils Outline For Ed. Spending
The budget blueprint President Bush proposed last week calls for an increase of nearly 6 percent for the Department of Education over this year's appropriation, but it leaves many questions unanswered about how he would allocate those dollars.
Mr. Bush provided specifics on a few select areas within the department, such as $900 million for reading, but left out details for many others. For example, he did not spell out spending levels for the two largest K-12 programs: Title I and special education, nor did he indicate how much he would provide to help states pay for his proposed annual testing requirement for grades 3-8.
Those figures won't be released until the White House issues a detailed, program-by- program budget...
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