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Education, K-12
Senior Manager, Media Relations
eespey@americanprogress.org
Associate Director, Media Relations
snadeau@americanprogress.org
Director, Federal Affairs
mshepherd@americanprogress.org
Associate Director, State and Local Government Affairs
elofgren@americanprogress.org
Despite rhetoric to the contrary, the administration is leaving millions of children behind with respect to education by failing to fully fund the programs he signed into law in the No Child Left Behind Act ("NCLBA"). The president's budget contains $9.4 billion less than the levels authorized under NCLBA. The president also eliminates funding for 38 existing education programs and level funds critical programs such as those supporting after-school care and teacher quality initiatives. Despite the funding crisis in our public schools, the president has proposed diverting millions of dollars in federal resources to voucher proposals that exempt private schools receiving federal funds from the accountability in the No Child Left Behind Act.
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