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House spending bill lowballs key Biden education requests

March 10, 2022

Via: K-12 Dive

The federal fiscal spending bill for 2022, which passed on Wednesday night in the House, significantly lowballed many key education programs that would have aided in K-12’s recovery from COVID-19. The blow comes despite President Joe Biden’s request for ambitious investments in Title I, special education and other programs.

One of Biden’s largest proposals for the 2022 budget was to significantly increase Title I funding to $36.5 billion from $16.5 billion in 2021. The $20 billion increase would have brought Biden closer to making good on his promise to triple the federal program that he touted on his road to the White House.

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