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ciat ion says too many demands are President Bush's Proposed Budget for faced with too many cuts. Too many Fiscal Year 2007: demands are already being placed on schools to improve student achieve- SEL EC T EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN MILLIONS ment , without sufficient resources % Change to hire qualified teachers, expand Selected Program 2006 2007 Request Over `06 compensatory education programs, T i t le I Grants to LEA .............................$12,713 .................................. $ 12 , 9 13 .............. 1. 5 7 % upgrade technology, implement par- Special Ed Grants ................................. $ 10, 5 8 3 .................................. $ 10, 6 8 3 ..............0.94% ent involvement, and repair facilities, Teacher Quality State Grants .............. $ 2 , 8 8 7 ...................................... same ................... 0 % the PTA states. Reading First Grants .............................. $ 1,13 2 ...................................... same ................... 0 % A big cut in the proposed educa- English Language Acquisition .................$ 6 6 9 ...................................... same ................... 0 % t ion budget comes with eliminating Vocat ional Education ............................. $ 1,19 2 .............................................. 0 ..............-100% the Enhancing Education Through Technology program, which allows New Programs for 2007 all children access to technology High School Reform ................................................................................. $ 1, 47 5 and the Internet. It also undermines A merica's Opportunity for Scholarship for Kids ...................................$100 efforts to improve science and math A merican Competitiveness Initiatives: skills, according to the Consortium Mat h Now For Elementary Students .......................................................$125 for School Networking. Mat h Now for Secondary Students .........................................................$125 EET T gives schools discretion to Adjunct Teacher Corps .................................................................................$25 spend their money on a wide range of technology acquisition, enrichment Nat ional Mathematics Panel .......................................................................$10 and integration purposes with at least E valuat ion of Math and Science Education Programs ............................$5 25 percent required for professional Total American Competitiveness Initiative: .........................................$412 development. S ourc e : Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, www.ascd.org El i m i nat i ng those funds would mean that technology-specific inte- g rated services and offerings like software to improve student achieve- Reg ula stated. Since 1980, the num- A nd Bob Wise, president of the ment is essentially at risk, says ber of science and engineering jobs Alliance for Excellent Education, Harry Barfoot of Vantage Learning, has grown at more than four times says the proposed budget indicates the online assessment and instruc- the rate of the U.S. labor force, which that high school improvement is no t ion company that sees strong student Bush's proposed budget tries to longer a priority. By introducing a achievement using MY Access writ- answer. The proportion of foreign- slightly revised set of initiatives that i ng tool. There's not a kid in the bor n students in science and engineer- he proposed to pay for with the same country not using computers signifi- ing fields is rising dramatically. Global program cuts that were disregarded ca nt ly throughout the day. competition for science and engineer- by Congress last year, President Bush The proposed budget also includes ing talent is intensifying, such that is offering false hope to millions of $100 million for a new program that the U.S. may be unable to rely on the American students, the alliance would allow students at some schools international science and engineering states. Although the budget requests nationwide to receive $4,000 schol- labor market to fill needs, Regula says. increased funding for urgently a rships for private-school tuition. In needed initiatives including better Florida, after the state Supreme Court Competitiveness data systems to track the progress this year struck down state vouch- and Improvement of students and hold their schools ers for children at struggling schools, T he Association for Supervision and more accurately accountable and children in public schools could get up more funding for rigorous Advanced Curriculum Development is also to $3,000 for outside tutoring under disappointed, saying cutting educa- Placement classes the president has Bush's education proposal. DA t ion funding by more than 3 percent reduced his call for support for lit- w w w.ed.gov / about / over view / budge t / erac y intervention by half from last won't meet the goal of increasing b u d g e t 0 7 / in d e x . h t ml year's request level. competitiveness, let alone accom- pl ish our ultimate goal of ensuring Angela Pascopella is senior Demands and Cuts that our students are knowledgeable, features editor. motivated, healthy and engaged. T he National Parent Teacher Asso- April 2006 37 www.DistrictAdministration.com budgetstory.w.indd 37 3/20/06 10:41:09 AM http://www.ascd.org http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget07/index.html http://www.DistrictAdministration.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - April 2006

Contents
Editor's Letter
Letters
Update
Inside the Law
Curriculum Update
Administrator Profile
District Profile
Measuring Value
Budget Talk
Underfunded
Are Your Schools Competitive?
Back from the Brink
Rigorous Expectations
Getting Connected
How to Get Your Bond Passed
The Online Edge/Odvard Egil Dyrli
Speaking Out/Gary Stager
Research Corner
Problem/Solution
Leadership Books
New Products
By the Numbers

District Administration - April 2006