08-06-2013, 02:37 AM
This is more about sequestration and the Teapublican controlled House of Representatives. The Teapublican platform includes elimination of the Department of Education, as well as the Department of Energy. This is to lessen the tax burden on the wealthy. Sequestration is starting to hit several areas of education beyond busing, with whole programs being wiped out, like some head start and school lunches for the poor programs.
People don't pay attention to government unless they are directly impacted. The effect of sequestration on education was being ignored until, guess what? The school year starting.
The US has not had a budget for almost 3 years now. Obama was forced to accept sequestration or deal with the government being shut down. The end of the FY is Sep. 30. There is no agreement on the FY14 budget, there is no agreement on the level of the deficit, there is no agreement to raise the debt ceiling. If these are not resolved in the next few months, then the sequester becomes automatic across the board cuts. The Department of Education could be looking at across the board cuts of 25%.
These are the House representatives that are the architects for this plan to have no plan:
Paul Ryan, R
Eric Cantor, R
John Boehner, R
Rand Paul, R
http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/1...on-funding
Congressional Tea Party Republicans Vote To Cut Education Funding
http://www.hawaii247.com/2013/07/22/gabb...-teachers/
Gabbard: House-passed education bill guts funding; hurts students, teachers
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
People don't pay attention to government unless they are directly impacted. The effect of sequestration on education was being ignored until, guess what? The school year starting.
The US has not had a budget for almost 3 years now. Obama was forced to accept sequestration or deal with the government being shut down. The end of the FY is Sep. 30. There is no agreement on the FY14 budget, there is no agreement on the level of the deficit, there is no agreement to raise the debt ceiling. If these are not resolved in the next few months, then the sequester becomes automatic across the board cuts. The Department of Education could be looking at across the board cuts of 25%.
These are the House representatives that are the architects for this plan to have no plan:
Paul Ryan, R
Eric Cantor, R
John Boehner, R
Rand Paul, R
http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/1...on-funding
Congressional Tea Party Republicans Vote To Cut Education Funding
http://www.hawaii247.com/2013/07/22/gabb...-teachers/
Gabbard: House-passed education bill guts funding; hurts students, teachers
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*