Education Week: IG Questions Use of Stimulus Aid for Education:
"President Barack Obama did not intend for state lawmakers to simply cut state education spending and replace it with stimulus dollars.
But Congress made that tough to enforce, and the Education Department's inspector general said in a memo Thursday that some states are doing it.
That means instead of getting extra help to weather tough times, school districts and colleges could wind up with the same level of state aid or with cuts, even as local tax revenues plummet.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said some states are flouting the president's wishes."
"President Barack Obama did not intend for state lawmakers to simply cut state education spending and replace it with stimulus dollars.
But Congress made that tough to enforce, and the Education Department's inspector general said in a memo Thursday that some states are doing it.
That means instead of getting extra help to weather tough times, school districts and colleges could wind up with the same level of state aid or with cuts, even as local tax revenues plummet.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said some states are flouting the president's wishes."