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March 11, 2005

More on the president's proposed cuts

Good recap in School Board News on NSBA's views regarding President Bush's proposed education budget. Money graph:

NSBA Executive Director Anne L. Bryant says the President's budget "fails to meet the growing needs of our students, local schools, and school districts."

The number of students speaking a language other than English at home has more than doubled, and the percentage of disabled students in public schools has grown by more than 35 percent since 1990.

"It is also troubling that while one-third of the President's total budget cuts involve education," Bryant says, "the President has proposed a $50 million increase in private school vouchers."

Posted March 11, 2005 12:00 AM