On the recordApril 29, 2014
The 2015 proposals take the discretionary grant funds from 10 percent of the budget to 16 percent of the budget, which is the opposite of the direction my school districts would like to see us go.
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congress.govJeff Merkley: “The 2015 proposals take the discretionary grant funds from 10 percent of the budget to 16 percent of the budget, which…”
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Merkley criticizes the increase in discretionary grant funds affecting school districts.
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