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House Dems trim Race to Top, TIF to make room for Edujobs
- 06-30-2010
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Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week
The $4.35 billion Race to the Top fund might be about to get a little smaller. Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, just introduced the latest version of the edujobs bill, which would appear to skim some $500 million from the administration's signature education reform initiative in hopes of coming up with $10 billion to help stave off layoffs. And that's not all. From my reading of the draft now up on the House Rules Committee website, it seems another $200 million would come out of the Teacher Incentive Fund, which helps districts create pay-for-performance programs. (more...)
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