GOP stopgap proposal would slash history, tech programs

04-06-2011

By Alyson Klein/Education Week

Lawmakers and the administration are getting down to the wire when it comes to avoiding a government shutdown. If Congress can't pass a new spending bill by Friday, there will be at least a temporary shutdown. To put that off for at least another week, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would fund the military for the rest of fiscal year 2011, which ends on Sept. 30. It would fund the rest of the federal government, including the U.S. Department of Education, for just one more week. And it includes $12 billion in cuts. At least one education program would be eliminated under the measure, the $119 million Teaching American History program. President Barack Obama had proposed consolidating that program into a broader, $246 million funding stream aimed at helping students get a well-rounded education. The measure would also eliminate the $100 million Educational Technology State Grants programs. (more...)

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