Sunday, December 19, 2010

No federal consolidated spending bill as yet

The Senate failed to act last night on a consolidated spending bill; there'd been a move afoot to get one through at FY10 levels (for FY11), but that apparently lost support as the week went on. There's a murmurings that the new Congress may try to fund some parts of federal programs at 2008 levels (a move which, for example, would cut $600 million out of special education, which is federally mandated and underfunded already).
If you're interested in what the current funding levels are and where some proposals have gone, the National School Boards Association offers this chart.
Note that nearly every single line on this chart would hit the Worcester Public Schools budget.

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