The AP (8/6, Taylor) reports, "Congress is moving rapidly just weeks before the start of the school year to speed billions of dollars in emergency education aid to states in hopes of reversing the layoffs of tens of thousands of teachers." The AP adds that "some $10 billion in aid to school districts is set to flow after a 61-39 Senate vote Thursday -- to be followed quickly by a House vote next week -- in hopes that it will come in time for many school districts to reconsider teacher layoffs." The New York Times (8/6, Hulse) notes, that the $10 billion is meant "to retain teachers who might otherwise lose jobs to cutbacks."
Education Week (8/5, Klein) reports that language in the bill specifies "that the money would have to be used for salaries, benefits, and support services for school staff." School systems "also could use it to recall or rehire former staff members, or to bring on new employees for K-12 schools and early childhood programs."
The Los Angeles Times (8/6, Mascaro) reports that "the bill is paid for by the food stamp cuts, closing foreign tax loopholes, eliminating advance filing of a low-income tax credit that President Obama had sought to end, and trims in various other government programs." The Christian Science Monitor (8/6, Khadaroo), Washington Times (8/6, McLaughlin, Bloomberg News (8/6, Faler), Reuters (8/6, Lambert, Cowan) and KGO-TV San Francisco (8/5, Ishimaru) also covered this story.
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