Edujobs, ESEA Renewal, and Miller's Latest Take
Yesterday, Congress officially passed an emergency spending bill—without the edujobs money. Right now, there just doesn't seem to be a legislative vehicle for the $10 billion that supporters say is needed to help prevent hundreds of thousands of layoffs around the country. That despite fervent lobbying efforts by education organizations.
As we mentioned earlier, advocates were eyeing legislation giving aid to small businesses as a potential next vehicle for the education jobs funding, but it's not clear if that's going to work out.
The jobs money is stuck partly because of opposition from moderate Republicans and conservative Democrats in the Senate. The reasons include the bill's price tag, not just those controversial offsets involving high-profile Obama administration education priorities.
One of the bill's key House champions explained the situation this way:
"The Senate is completely dysfunctional on these issues," Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., said in an interview
As we mentioned earlier, advocates were eyeing legislation giving aid to small businesses as a potential next vehicle for the education jobs funding, but it's not clear if that's going to work out.
The jobs money is stuck partly because of opposition from moderate Republicans and conservative Democrats in the Senate. The reasons include the bill's price tag, not just those controversial offsets involving high-profile Obama administration education priorities.
One of the bill's key House champions explained the situation this way:
"The Senate is completely dysfunctional on these issues," Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., said in an interview