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You are here: Home / Politics / Obama’s 2013 Education Budget and Blueprint: A Costly Expansion of Federal Control

Obama’s 2013 Education Budget and Blueprint: A Costly Expansion of Federal Control

April 16, 2012 by Daniel

by Lindsey Burke and Rachel Sheffield, Heritage.org

Abstract: President Obama’s FY 2013 budget request includes another major spending increase for the Department of Education—2.5 percent more than last year—to nearly $70 billion. American taxpayers are calling for spending restraint in Washington, yet President Obama’s proposals would exacerbate the existing bureaucratic maze of federal programs and further remove educational decision-making authority from state and local policymakers. Decades of increased federal spending have done little to benefit American students. Continuing to pour more taxpayer dollars into failed programs is unlikely to improve educational outcomes. Rather, it will lead to more federal involvement in state and local education systems. Reforms that roll back spending and reduce the federal role will help restore educational authority to state and local leaders where it rightly belongs.      Continue reading . . .

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