"I'm sure you've heard by now that many states are still having to lay off teachers and cut programs, despite $48.6 billion in aid to help shore up state budgets in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Well, there may be more federal relief coming down the pike.
Congressional leaders and the Obama administration are considering increasing aid to states and localities to prevent layoffs as part of a new 'jobs package'. (They're not using the term 'second stimulus,' but it sounds kinda like that to me.) Obama laid out the plan in a speech today. He also highlighted the need to pour more money into building the nation's infrastructure. Some folks are wondering whether that could include school facilities, even though a planned school construction grant program nearly doomed the original stimulus. No word yet whether construction's on the table."
Congressional leaders and the Obama administration are considering increasing aid to states and localities to prevent layoffs as part of a new 'jobs package'. (They're not using the term 'second stimulus,' but it sounds kinda like that to me.) Obama laid out the plan in a speech today. He also highlighted the need to pour more money into building the nation's infrastructure. Some folks are wondering whether that could include school facilities, even though a planned school construction grant program nearly doomed the original stimulus. No word yet whether construction's on the table."