Education Secretary: States That Cut School Aid May Not Get Extra Stimulus Money

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Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is warning it may withhold millions of extra stimulus dollars from states that use the money to plug budget holes instead of boosting aid for schools.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan made the threat Thursday in a letter to Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, but his words have implications for Texas, Arizona and other states.

And they raise the stakes for the White House, which will come under intense pressure from Congress if Duncan does hold back some money.

In the letter, Duncan wrote he is displeased at a plan by Pennsylvania's Republican-led Senate to reduce the share of the state budget for education while leaving its rainy-day surplus untouched. To do so is a disservice to kids, Duncan wrote.

Read more: http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-us-stimulus-schools,0,3015189.story

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1. did you hear/read this gropenfailure?

:dem: :kick:

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2. GOOD! The cuts to education are politically motivated

by those who have an interest in replacing publicly funded education with a private profit driven corrupted system that will make our education standards plummet further. The cuts have nothing to do with saving money for a private system will cost us much more in the long term. The upper class knows this too.