The Senate earlier this week approved a leaner education budget for 2006 that includes what could be as much as a $780 million cut to NCLB-related programs and a $221 million hit to the Enhancing Education Through Technology state block-grant program, the primary mechanism for funding school educational technology.
For more information see the eSchool News article at this link:
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=6010
*Noted in CEC SmartBrief, Dec. 23, 2005

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