Patsy T. Mink: “This is not about Dollars to the Classroom, this is about eliminating programs that have been created by previous…”

“This is not about Dollars to the Classroom, this is about eliminating programs that have been created by previous Congresses that target funding to the local communities, local educational systems to the States for specific purposes. Make no mistake about that. It is the elimination of these important programs. Just take a look at the list that is prepared for us in the committee report. Title I, school-wide programs. Goals 2000. We know that the majority does not like Goals 2000. Why do they not just come forward with a straightforward bill to eliminate it. Instead they talk about Dollars to the Classroom and in the bill is the elimination of Goals 2000. School To Work is also on the list. Eisenhower Professional Development. Every one of the majority members of our committee talks about the importance of teacher training, and they are eliminating Eisenhower Professional Development. STAR schools, magnet schools, gifted and talented, arts and education, civic education, and all of these very, very important things. They have taken the funding, lumped it all together in a $2 billion program and given it to the States.”