Politico has a nice
long piece on the many many programs run by the Education Department. A few excerpts:
"WHAT MAKES IT so difficult to eliminate ineffective and
duplicative programs? Politics, mostly. Creating a program can leave a lasting
legacy for a lawmaker, something they won’t give up even in the face of
evidence that the program doesn’t work. Often times, Congress can’t defund the
program until that lawmaker retires.
It's bipartisan--Obama has tried to consolidate but:
The Senate’s
bill[redoing No Child Left Behind], on the other hand, was a compromise between Sens. Lamar
Alexander
(R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the chair and ranking member,
respectively, of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
The GOP draft bill consolidated or eliminated 21 different programs. But
lawmakers effectively renewed most of them during the amendment
process, including Physical Education
and Ready-to-Learn Television.
They also brought back the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and
Talented Students Education Program—renewed thanks to an amendment offered by
Barbara Mikulski. It passed
unanimously.
No comments:
Post a Comment