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http://www.edweek.org/ew/collections/schools-stimulus/index.html
February 11. 2009 - Education Week on line
The U.S. Senate’s plan would pour more than $80 billion into education, but differs from the House version on school construction and aid to states.
Senate Cuts Education Aid in Stimulus
By Alyson Klein
“Cash-strapped schools, colleges, and prekindergarten programs would receive more than $80 billion in federal assistance under a version of the massive economic-stimulus package passed by the U.S. Senate today on a partisan, 61-37 vote.
The $838 billion measure, which received only three Republican votes, will now have to be reconciled with an $819 billion House measure that includes substantially more funding for education programs, including for school construction and direct aid to states.
The Senate’s original bill, approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee Jan. 27, would have provided up to $140 billion in education spending…”
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