A 6year freeze for Head Start. resulting in a 20 percent cut by 2002. Elimination of the Goals 2000 public schools reform which currently helps 5 million students in more than 8.000 schools across the country raise their academic achievement. Their proposal eliminates all Federal funding for bilingual and immigrant education. It eliminates new funding for Perkins student loans which provide lowinterest financial assistance to thousands of college students. and eliminates the direct loan program which helps 2.5 million students receive college loans more quickly and less expensively than traditional loans. It eliminates AmeriCorps. the national service program that gives 200.000 young people the chance to serve their communities while earning money for college.
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