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EdTech Funding Cut from Proposed FY06 budget

Posted by Zonk on from the who-needs-mice? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Bush's proposed FY06 budget eliminates a $500M Enhancing Education Through Technology program that is a major component of many schools' tech budgets. Rural school districts that serve underprivileged populations are going to be especially hard-hit, since they rely so heavily on technology to use educational resources that would otherwise be unavailable."

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  1. cuts don't go far enough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Why should I as a taxpayer in California pay for computers for kids in Wyoming? What business does the federal government have taking my hard-earned tax dollars and shipping them across the country??

    Now that we have a conservative president and a conservative congress, it's time to pass a conservative budget. Cut or eliminate all social programs, reduce taxes dramatically, and let issues like EdTech be funded at the local level if citizens choose to fund them.

  2. Well we told them this would happen by dave1g · · Score: 2, Interesting

    People in rural america just don't think about the day to day things the government does for them. Instead they vote on guns, god, and gays.

    They voted for him, i didnt.