The White House indicated in a statement released yesterday that, the budget resolution passed Congress would slash critical programs while jeopardizing our economic expansion. The spending cuts are so deep and unrealistic and the tax cuts so large that the resolution puts us on a track for another appropriations train wreck in September. The Budget includes 40 million for a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit but ties it to other Medicare reforms. The budget also includes a Sense of the House resolution on funding for the National Science Foundation. The bill includes an amendment to increase funding for IDEA by 2 million a year over a five year period.
Current law provides administrators with flexibility in disciplining children with disabilities.
Title III of the bill includes educational technology provisions. States are permitted to transfer funds between ESEA programs under different titles. This week the Department of Education also released its 21st Annual Report to Congress. The annual report contains data and information on the number of children receiving assistive technology services. This increase was due to increased use of new protocols and awareness of policies by service providers.