House Passes Education Funding Bill With Boosts for After-school Programs Threatened by Proposed Cuts

“The education spending measure is part of an omnibus package with other agency funding; it would cut $2.4 billion from the Education Department, largely by ending funding for teacher training grants, commonly known as Title II, and making smaller cuts to other programs. Notably, the bill does not include the school choice funding the Trump administration requested, including $1 billion in Title I ‘portability’ for public school choice or a $250 million pilot voucher program.”