Will Congress Follow Trump’s Lead, Cut Back on Invasive Education Programs? | The National Pulse

Will Congress Follow Trump’s Lead, Cut Back on Invasive Education Programs? | The National Pulse:

"In a disappointing move, the U.S. House Education Appropriations Subcommittee made only minor cuts to the overall budget for the U.S. Department of Education (USED) and to numerous invasive and ineffective programs in their bill writing session held last week. The subcommittee also increased funding for some very worrisome programs. This is quite disheartening given the hope engendered by the Trump administration budget blueprint.

The good news is that almost all of the requests for expansion of federal school choice programs — which have the strong potential to expand federal regulations like mandated Common Core-aligned testing to private schools or continued control of charter schools — were denied.

Here are some major highlights, "