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April 21, 2005 |
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Dear Colleague: As you may have read in this morning’s Washington Post [“NEA, States Challenge 'No Child' Program”], school districts in Michigan, Vermont, and Texas filed a Federal lawsuit yesterday charging the U.S. Department of Education with underfunding the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). In 2005, these three states received nearly $1 billion less than promised under the education reform law. Unfortunately, the history of NCLB is one of broken promises to America’s
schoolchildren and their parents.
Prospects for education funding under the 2006 Republican budget look grim. The Republican budget would deliver the first cut to total education spending in a decade. As a result:
Attached please find a series of charts detailing the growing shortfalls in NLCB funding and how President Bush and Congressional Republicans have slowly walked away from 2002’s bipartisan commitment to provide more resources for education reform. I have also included a state-by-state analysis of Title I funding – the key driver of education reform – under the 2006 Republican budget. I hope you will find this information of use. Bush Budget Cuts Education
Sincerely,
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Committee on Appropriations Democrats | 1016 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 | (202) 225-3481 |