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2017 Budget Deal Defers Fierce Fights Over K-12 Funding

May 12, 2017

Despite talk of significant education budget cuts on the horizon under President Donald Trump, the agreement reached in Congress for the rest of the federal spending year provides increased funding to the two largest programs for public schools at the U.S. Department of Education: aid for disadvantaged students and for students with disabilities.

And several smaller line items that appeared to be on the chopping block would either escape the budget ax through Sept. 30 or receive small increases, although the same can’t be said for a large teacher-oriented portion of the K-12 budget.

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