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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqqa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:05 a.m., in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Tom Harkin (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Harkin, Durbin, Landrieu, Reed, Pryor, Brown, Shelby, Cochran, Alexander, Moran, and Kirk. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENT OF HON. ARNE DUNCAN, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR TOM HARKIN Senator HARKIN. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education will please come to order. Secretary Duncan, welcome back to the subcommittee. This is ob- viously a critical moment to be talking about education funding. The Nation will default on its loans in just 6 days unless Congress raises the debt ceiling; we all know that. I believe that to bring Federal deficits under control, we must be willing to make some tough, but necessary, budget choices. But we must be just as will- ing to say no to foolish and destructive choices. And this is espe- cially true when it comes to funding for the education of our chil- dren. 2011 CONTINUING RESOLUTION IMPACT ON EDUCATION BUDGET The fiscal year 2011 continuing resolution eliminated 37 edu- cation programs totaling more than $900 million. Those cuts in- cluded the successful Striving Readers initiative, the Federal Gov- ernment's only comprehensive literacy program. Meanwhile, cash strapped State and local governments are slashing school budgets and firing tens of thousands of teachers. Los Angeles public schools cut their budget for summer classes from $18 million last year to $3 million this year. Philadelphia recently issued layoff notices to more than 1,500 of its 11,000 teachers. Many districts are short-

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