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White House pushes for Race to Top 2.0 in budget talks
- 12-08-2010
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By Alyson Klein/Education Week
As lawmakers struggle to complete some sort of federal spending plan, the Obama administration is pushing for another year of Race to the Top. The administration has asked the House of Representatives to include $800 million for the competitive grant program in a fiscal 2011 spending bill that would extend funding for most federal programs at current levels until next fall, according to documents circulating on Capitol Hill. The administration also wants to see the Race to the Top competition opened up to districts. But it sounds like lawmakers are not sure if they can afford that much. A draft of the bill that was also circulating this week included $300 million for Race to the Top 2.0, plus money to help fix a shortfall in the Pell Grant program. Congress would have to make a special exception to fund Race to the Top, since it was financed in the recovery act, not the regular fiscal year 2010 budget bill. The bill isn't likely to be released until later this week, and drafts can change pretty quickly on Capitol Hill, so that $300 million may not be the final word. (more…)
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