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: BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily WeblogDuncan addresses education funding in the President’s budget
The U.S. Senate Budget Committee held a hearing today and received testimony from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about the President’s FY 2012 education budget.
View the video below of committee chairman, Senator Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), opening remarks and questions for Duncan.
BoardBuzz believes in these extremely challenging economic times, we can?t lose sight of the federal government?s responsibility to support and fund the efforts of local school districts to achieve the necessary reforms and innovations to advance public education. Additionally, as school districts are struggling to maintain key programs, Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in particular, larger funding increases are necessary to prevent school districts from cutting other important programs to meet these federal mandates.
Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on March 01, 2011 (boomark / email).
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