DUNCAN ARNE, United States Secretary of Education since 2009, tells Congress that competitive grants will cure developmental disabilities. We will end need for special education if kids are given enough grit. That is just awesome. ********************************************************** From CECs tedpal alert: Today Secretary Arne Duncan testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor/HHSE/Education. Sec. Duncan was defending the Obama FY 2015 budget request. During the hearing, Rep. Roybal-Allard (D-CA) expressed disappointment that there was no recommended increase for Part B of IDEA, noting that the federal share was supposed to be 40% and is only 16%. She questioned why the budget would recommend $100 million for a new competitive state grant program when funds were so badly needed for Part B. (The Administration’s proposal is to create a $100 million competitive grant program for states to implement the Results Driven Accountability system put forward by OSERS.) Sec. Duncan responded by noting that these are tough budget times and if Congress wants to seriously take on full funding for Part B, he would like to talk. He noted that students never leave special education; that they go into special education, but never exit. He said students need to move out of special education so they can graduate from high school and that innovation is needed to promote this. He indicated that this new program would promote such innovations.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:27:44 +0000
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