They forgot to appropriate the money. They forgot to appropriate the money. It slipped their minds. The bill was designed to fail. Reform like this is a threat to America's economy.
Politicians constantly haggle about how best to reform education.
But since the attempts are enough to placate the masses, nothing changes. And this is as it should be. We have a standard of living to maintain. Governments from the beginning have treated their citizens this way, and look around you. All of our current prosperity is due to this method of discouraging education.