Congress appears on track to deal a heavy blow to federal aid for literacy.
The Republican-led House yesterday delivered a bipartisan vote of 335-91 on a stopgap spending measure that would abolish federal funding for several literacy programs at the U.S. Department of Education, part of a planned government-wide reduction of $4 billion.
The proposed cuts include funding for the $250 million Striving Readers program, the $66 million Even Start family-literacy program, the $25 million Reading Is Fundamental program, and the $26 million National Writing Project.
The Democratic-controlled Senate is widely expected to go along with the package, which is intended to keep the government running for two more weeks while lawmakers and the White House continue to negotiate a budget plan. A vote is scheduled there today.
Source: Education Week March 2
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