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WASHINGTON,
D.C. – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued “The Bush Administration
Misstatement of the Day” on education.
Speaking
today to students, teachers and parents at Butterfield Junior High School
in Van Buren, Arkansas, President Bush touted the No Child Left Behind
law. He said:
“Under
the new law, when we discover that children are falling behind -- that
are not meeting standards, those schools get extra help, extra money to
make sure that people are brought up to the standards.” (AP, 5/11/04)
But
in his FY’05 budget, President Bush fails to offer the “extra help”
and “extra money” that schools need to meet the standards of the
No Child Left Behind law. An
analysis by the Democratic staff of the Education and the Workforce
Committee finds:
President
Bush shortchanges his own No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) by $9.4 billion-including
$7.2 billion for Title I. The President breaks his promise to provide
$20.5 billion for Title I under NCLB. His Budget will deny nearly
5 million disadvantaged children critical education services, such as extra
help to become proficient in reading and math. Since NCLB was
signed into law President Bush has underfunded the law by $26.5 billion
or 21.7 percent.
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