Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Dept. of Education Cuts:

Here's a list provided by someone at Kos-

Alcohol Abuse Reduction: $32.7
Arts in Education: $35.6
BJ Stupak Olympic Scholarships: $1.0
Byrd Honors Scholarships: $40.7
Civic Education: $29.4
Close Up Fellowships: $1.5
Community Technology Centers: $5.0
Comprehensive School Reform: $205.3
Demonstration Projects for Students with Disabilities: $6.9
Educational Technology State Grants: $496
Elementary And Secondary School Counseling: $34.7
Even Start: $225.1
Excellence in Economic Education: $1.5
Exchanges with Historic Whaling and Trading Partners: $8.6
Federal Perkins Loans Cancellations: $66.1
Foreign Language Assistance: $17.9
Foundations For Learning: $1.0
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs: $306.5
Interest Subsidy Grants: $1.5
Javits Gifted and Talented Education: $11.0
Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnerships: $65.6
Literacy Programs for Prisoners: $5.0
Mental Health Integration in Schools: $5.0
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers: $2.3
National Writing Project: $20.3
Occupational and Employment Information: $9.3
Parental Information and Resource Centers: $41.9
Projects With Industry: $21.6
Ready To Teach: $14.3
Recreational Programs: $2.5
Regional Educational Laboratories: $66.1
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities State Grants: $437.4
School Dropout Prevention: $4.9
School Leadership: $14.9
Smaller Learning Communities: $94.5
Star Schools: $20.8
State Grants for Incarcerated Youth Offenders: $21.8
Supported Employment State Grants: $37.4
Teacher Quality Enhancement: $68.3
Tech-Prep Demonstration: $4.9
Tech-Prep Education State Grants: $105.8
Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program: $3.0
TRIO Talent Search: $144.9
TRIO Upward Bound: $312.6
Underground Railroad Program: $2.2
Vocational Education National Programs: $11.8
Vocational Education State Grants: $1,194.3
Women's Educational Equity: $3.0

Will all these go through? Probably not. But I just wanted to show where Mr. Bush's "priorities" are.