Under the leadership of Majority Leader DOLE and Minority Leader DASCHLE. the children and education cuts were limited to $400 million. In the end. the Senate took a strong position in support of students and children. a position that we expected would be held in conference. Head Start. WIC. Safe and Drug Free Schools. Title I. Goals 2000. School to Work. Immigrant Education. Trio. and National Service all received important infusions of funding that made the final Senate packagewith $405 million in education cutsstand in stark contrast to the House package. with $1.6 billion in education cuts. The Senates intention on education could have not been more clear.
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