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THE DAILY MIS-LEAD
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THIS WEEK, BUSH GIVES LIPSERVICE - NOT FUNDING - TO AMERICA'S SCHOOLS
President Bush this week is touting his education record, claiming he has
seriously increased funding for various programs. But his rhetoric is at
odds with the budgets he's proposed.
In St. Louis, Bush said, "Teacher training money is up. We've increased the
teacher training and recruitment budget significantly." But in his most
recent budget, Bush proposed to freeze Teacher Quality State Grants -
cutting off training opportunities for about 30,000 teachers, and leaving
92,000 less teachers trained than called for in his own No Child Left Behind
bill.
Bush also said, "Schools need mentors. We all need to be out encouraging
people to volunteer." But again, his budget proposed to eliminate all $48
million for Youth Opportunities Grants - the Department of Labor's major
program to "provide youth seeking assistance in achieving academic and
employment success."
Finally, Bush said, "Title I money [for disadvantaged students] is up." And
while Bush did propose increasing this program by $1 billion - he proposed
paying for the increase by eliminating 45 education programs and slashing
another 18 for a total cut of nearly $3 billion in funding for these same
disadvantaged students.
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