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Of criticism for targeting these programs that provide billions of dollars in federal funding for Public School programs. At the se time, he proposed a investment in School Choice, which is the next spansion the expansion of Charter Schools and private schools, even choice among private Public Schools. Some of the programs targeted that stirred up a lot of controversy included more than 2 billion for teacher training and classroom reduction. It is a Popular Program. Studies about this program have showed mixed results. It is on the chopping block for the Top Administration and trumpicans in Progress Administration and republicans in congress. Congressman like reblican lou barletta, who supported President Trump saying this is a bad idea. You cannot cut these funds for afterschool programs. In general, republicans have shown a hesitancy to fund to back some of these cuts. Earlier this year we saw a republican senator tell education secretary diverse that that hist devos budget is hard t
Conversation with him live sunday at noon eastern on book tvs in depth on cspan2. Detroit news reported this week that some faculty and students at Michigan State University Want the schools president to rescind an invitation for education secretary betsy devos to speak at the grand opening of the universitys grand rapids at Research Center later this month. They say she has an enemy of Public Education. Secretary devos is scheduled to speak september 20. How to fund education, the Education Department, and federal programs in 2018 is pending before congress. Here is an update. President trump has requested 1. 1 trillion dollars and his 2018 federal budget. Of that, the president would like the Education Department to receive 59 billion. That is a cut from 2017. This is just a guideline. Congress gets to decide with what the final number is. Joining us from politico is caitlin emma. With the nearly 14 cut in Education Funding by the president , which programs would be affected . Presid
Educationrelated agencies will come to order. Good morning to everybody, particularly good morning to secretary devos and thank you for appearing before the subcommittee today. Blount blount this is a defend. Budget to the president signed into law an appropriations bill that included 161 billion in discretionary funding for this subcommittee. While that was a billion dollars less than we had the year before, we were able to eliminate programs and prioritize programs in a allowed pell eturn yearround where students will begin this fall to have the opportunity to have a pell grant available to them year round. His year, the fiscal year 2018 budget requests proposes a ignificant funding decrease in laborh. H. S. , 24 billion below what we are spending in the current year in the agencies that are reflected in the work of this subcommittee. That is 15 cut below the bill we passed just last month or past the end of april. For the department of education, the proposal includes 59 billion whi
The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, education related agencies will come to order. Good morning to everybody, particularly good morning secretary devos for you and thank you for appearing before the subcommittee today. This is a difficult budget request to defend. Last month the president signed into law an appropriations bill that included 161 billion in discretionary funding for this subcommittee. While that was a billion dollars less than we had the year before, we were able to eliminate programs and prioritize programs in a way that allows us to do things like return to year round pell. First time in nine years where students who begin this fall will have the opportunity to have the pell grant available to them year round. This year, the fiscal year 2018 budget request proposes a significant funding decrease in labor, hhs, approximately 24 billion below what were spending in the current year in the agencies that reflected in the work of this subcomm