Econ-Atrocity: Bad for Children, Bad for the Economy
Wednesday, June 25, 2003Categories: News, Class, Education, Fiscal Policy, Inequality, Politics, Econ-Atrocity
(6/25/03)
By Anita Dancs, Staff Economist for the Center for Popular Economics and Research Director of the National Priorities Project
With great fanfare, President Bush signed the ‘No Child Left Behind Act’ in 2001. Contrary to Administration claims, this Act will leave many children behind. The Act sets out requirements on public schools in an effort to raise student achievement, but it also promises additional funding. Despite these promises, the Bush Administration’s proposed budget for the coming year would underfund the Act by $7 billion. State and local governments mired in fiscal crises in recent years, will have to find ways of meeting the Act’s requirements while also dealing with rising Medicaid costs, underfunded homeland security mandates, and neglected roads.
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