You can be sure that I will track many of the events and actions that are bound to take place with the Department of Education now that Ms. DeVos is the head of the agency. I will be sure to keep a close eye on a number of things particularly when it comes to discretionary spending. These are funds that can be shifted around or altered more easily than the mandatory dollars for various programs.
I will want to keep close tabs on the $69.4 billion that is discretionary spending this year for Title I. These are the monies provided for children impacted by poverty. I also want to watch for what happens to the $1.7 billion that is mandatory funding for pre-school children for the current year. These kids are the group who are 4 years old.
Cuts to these and other education programs must not be tolerated and those responsible, if cuts are made, need to be called out.
Dick
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