Congress and the White House are working to resolve the “sequestration” threat set up by their failure to agree on a federal budget last year. Without a budget agreement, massive across-the-board program cuts will kick in on Friday. This may include:
- Loss of 100,000 Head Start slots.
- Service cuts to 500,000 special needs students.
- An end to Title 1 grants, affecting 2 million students.
- Huge class size increases and service cuts as districts are forced to terminate tens of thousands of teachers and support staff.
PURE supports saving money by cutting ineffective and damaging programs like Race to the Top, massive new
