Panel's Budget Singles Out Spec. Ed. for Boost
Washington
The House is expected this week to take up a Republican budget blueprint that backs President Bush's plans to increase education spending, but with one catch: More than $1 billion in the budget would be available only if it's used to increase funding for special education.
Either way, Democrats said, the proposed budget plan for fiscal 2002 falls short of the much larger increase they would like to see for the Department of Education.
On a party-line vote of 23-19, the House Budget Committee last week approved the nearly $2 trillion budget resolution, a document designed to guide action on spending and tax legislation. It does...
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