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Senate gets it right, will the House?

Last week we previewed important pre-Memorial Day-recess votes in the Senate. The good news? The Senate by a wide margin approved H.R. 2642, the supplemental appropriations bill, with 2 crucial pro-education provisions supported by NSBA included: $400 million in additional funding for the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act, and an extension of the current moratorium to allow districts to receive school-based Medicaid reimbursement. The inclusion of these important domestic issues was by no means a sure thing and is testament to the outreach of local board members and other public school supporters. Additional details on those programs are available in NSBA's Advocacy Office Weekly Highlights. When Congress returns next week, the House is expected to vote on the supplemental. NSBA is urging that those two provisions remain in the bill.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).