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Lawmaker wants to shift some 'Race to the Top' funds to prevent teacher layoffs

  • 07-01-2010
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By Nick Anderson/Washington Post

A senior House Democrat proposed Wednesday to slice President Obama's Race to the Top fund and other school reform initiatives to help pay for a $10 billion measure to save education jobs. The proposal by Rep. David R. Obey (Wis.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, would eliminate about $500 million from the $4.35 billion Race to the Top fund and another $300 million in other education programs through an amendment to a supplemental war spending bill. (more...)

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