President Obama: Don't Cut Race to the Top
President Barack Obama is urging Congress not to cut his signature education reform initiative.
"The President believes that we need to keep teachers in the classroom, and we have worked with Congress to find a way to pay for it. But the President also feels very strongly that we should not cut funding for Race to the Top, one of the most sweeping reform initiatives in a generation," said Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the White House, in an email.
Still, the version of the $10 billion edujobs bill the House will vote on will include the $800 million in cuts to the Race to the Top, the Teacher Incentive Fund, and charter schools that Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, proposed. There are only five amendments set to be considered and none of them change the offsets.
The cuts will help pay for a $10 billion fund to help states stave off teacher layoffs and $5 billion in new money for Pell Grants.
The House could also consider a change that would boost funding for summer youth jobs by $1 billion. That was
"The President believes that we need to keep teachers in the classroom, and we have worked with Congress to find a way to pay for it. But the President also feels very strongly that we should not cut funding for Race to the Top, one of the most sweeping reform initiatives in a generation," said Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the White House, in an email.
Still, the version of the $10 billion edujobs bill the House will vote on will include the $800 million in cuts to the Race to the Top, the Teacher Incentive Fund, and charter schools that Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, proposed. There are only five amendments set to be considered and none of them change the offsets.
The cuts will help pay for a $10 billion fund to help states stave off teacher layoffs and $5 billion in new money for Pell Grants.
The House could also consider a change that would boost funding for summer youth jobs by $1 billion. That was