Where's the Senate's Education Spending Bill? Will the Holdup Affect Schools?

Education Week: The House spending bills, including an all-time high for federal education aid, have generated a great deal of interest this year. It's the first time in a decade Democrats control the chamber, and they want to draw sharp distinctions between their priorities and the Trump administration's. But with all that done and dusted weeks ago, you might be wondering: Where's the Senate school funding bill for fiscal 2020?

Good question. By late June last year, the Senate appropriations committee had already passed its legislation to fund the U.S. Department of Education, along with other agencies, for fiscal 2019.

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