{"id":15653,"date":"2023-07-18T04:29:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T09:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=15653"},"modified":"2023-07-18T04:30:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T09:30:38","slug":"gop-advances-education-cuts-that-could-remove-220000-teachers-from-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=15653","title":{"rendered":"GOP Advances Education Cuts That Could Remove 220,000 Teachers from Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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House Democrats warned that hundreds of thousands of teachers could lose their jobs if legislation advanced Friday by a Republican-controlled appropriations subcommittee becomes law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panel\u2019s draft<\/a> Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding bill for the coming fiscal year calls for nearly $64 billion in total cuts, a proposal that Democrats said \u201cdecimates support for children in K-12 elementary schools and early childhood education\u201d and \u201cabandons college students and low-income workers trying to improve their lives through higher education or job training.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nonprofit Committee for Education Funding noted<\/a> that the Republican proposal would impact \u201cvirtually all\u201d education programs, hitting teacher funding, student aid, and more. The bill, one of a dozen appropriations measures that Congress is looking to pass by the end of September, would bring Department of Education funding to below the 2006 level, according to the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said<\/a> Friday that \u201cwe are witnessing a widespread attack on public education that should shock every American family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf left to their own devices,\u201d DeLauro added, \u201cRepublicans would gleefully take public education to the graveyard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GOP legislation would slash Title I grants<\/a> to local educational agencies that serve children from low-income families by nearly $15 billion compared to fiscal year 2023 levels. Appropriations Committee Democrats said the massive cut \u201ccould force a nationwide reduction of 220,000 teachers from classrooms serving low-income students\u201d amid a teacher shortage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legislation would also completely eliminate<\/a> funding for a number of Education Department programs, including Federal Work-Study<\/a>, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants<\/a>, Promise Neighborhoods<\/a>, and Child Care Access Means Parents in School<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDisgraceful to say the least,\u201d Rep. Barbara Lee<\/a> (D-Calif.) tweeted<\/a> in response to the GOP measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the bill would inflict major cuts to labor, health, and medical research programs and agencies, slashing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration by $95 million, Job Corps by $1.8 billion, the National Institutes of Health by $2.8 billion, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by $1.6 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill would zero out funding for the CDC\u2019s Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research<\/a>. There have been at least 377 mass shootings<\/a> across the U.S. this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second-largest teacher\u2019s union in the U.S., expressed outrage<\/a> over the GOP funding measure\u2019s \u201cdeep cuts to education, healthcare, and worker programs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the same time, another GOP-led committee is advancing bills to extend tax cuts for the rich,\u201d the union wrote, referring to the House Ways and Means Committee<\/a>, which recently approved a tax-cut package that would disproportionately benefit large corporations<\/a> and the top 1%<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTheir values are showing\u2014and they\u2019re not pretty,\u201d AFT added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed funding cuts for labor, health, education, and related agencies are part of the GOP\u2019s far-reaching assault on federal programs as members of Congress race to approve a dozen appropriations bills by September 30\u2014the end of the current fiscal year\u2014to avert a government shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The debt ceiling<\/a> agreement reached in late May by the Biden White House and Republican leaders set caps<\/a> on non-military discretionary outlays, but GOP appropriators are working to cut spending as much as possible, targeting clean water funds<\/a>, IRS enforcement<\/a>, public housing<\/a>, and other critical programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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