Improving Title I, reducing class size, improving teacher quality, modernizing our schools and increasing after-school opportunities. While we include 20 new proposals, we terminate 19 other programs. Under this administration, regulatory burdens on states have been reduced by the elimination of about one-third of regulations. The FY2001 budget increases funding for programs that meet a critical national priority while offering the flexibility to be implemented to meet local needs. Research on programs like Class Size Reduction and 21st Century Community Learning Centers during the first years of implementation shows that a broad variety of approaches are being used locally to meet intended national goals.
Research shows that with more individual attention from qualified teachers, students learn best.
Schools are crumbling down in too many places - and the problem has gotten worse while Congress has failed to act. All schools need the technology and training to develop students who can compete in the modern economy. The budget proposes to double funding to train teachers with technology and calls for a strong increase for our Community Technology Centers. This administration has doubled financial aid available for students - but too many are still struggling to pay for college. On the road to college, nothing matters more than the courses students take - new funds support the administration's goal of every American high school offering Advanced Placement courses in the next two years.