Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Edujobs Clears Key Hurdle - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Edujobs Clears Key Hurdle - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Edujobs Clears Key Hurdle

The Senate's version of a $10 billion education jobs package, which looked like it was on life support just a few days ago, has now cleared an important procedural hurdle, smoothing the way for final passage in that chamber.
Senators today voted 61-38 to cut off debate on the measure, meaning that it can receive final consideration. The bill, which would provide aid to states to prevent what supporters warn would be thousands of teacher layoffs, includes some offsets to education programs, albeit not to key administration priorities, such as Race to the