Other Democrats took shots at
the education portion of the bill, which shifted the regional tallies for charter schools between upstate and New York City, and offered up $ 250 million for private schools in prior - year reimbursements.
Not exact matches
There is still no budget
bill detailing spending for the
education, labor and family assistance
portion of the budget.
Washington — A Senate subcommittee last week adopted a
bill that would revamp the Carl D. Perkins Vocational
Education Act to channel a larger
portion of federal funds directly to local school districts.
The
bill, first introduced last week by Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), would set up
education savings accounts for parents in the armed forces who could divert a
portion of funds that would have been sent to a public school on their child's behalf under the federal Impact Aid program to different schooling options.
The plan links the $ 21 billion public - school
portion of the budget to the passage
of the
education bill.
Congressional insiders report that the
portion of the
bill addressing
education funding is the most contentious because it also includes funding for the new health care law; some suggest bipartisan consensus on this part
of the
bill won't be reached, requiring yet another temporary spending measure while negotiations continue.
These
portions of the
bill will be
of interest to Home
Education Cooperatives and Non-traditional private schools:
That's why a large
portion of America's college students finance some or all
of their
education with long - term student loans that allow them to pay for their tuition
bills down the line, after they've translated their time at university into a career.