Budget negotiators have taken a great leap backward for children and public education. Reform without resources does not equal results.
Real accountability means first providing the tools and then measuring results.
The Budget Resolution begins the process of providing the dollars for all of the programs created by Congress. Budget negotiators, ignoring Senate action, deleted it from the spending plan. Authorization, without a plan to actually provide the dollars, becomes a hollow promise. This week, as the Senate and the House Committee were increasing the authorization levels for services to children, budget negotiators were lowering the funds available for education in the FY 2002 spending plan. Title I support for our neediest schools.