Obama Budget Says ‘No’ to DC’s Low-Income Families

John Hames shared with you:   Obama Budget Says 'No' to DC's Low-Income Families federationforchildren.org - WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 4, 2014)—President Obama's Fiscal Year 2015 budget provides no new scholarship funding for the highly successful D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), despite the program's proven results in improving the lives and educational outcomes for children in low-income D.C. families. The President's budget includes funding only for the statutorily required evaluation and program administration costs. "Despite continuing evidence that the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program has a positive academic and social impact on the lives of children from very low-income D.C. families, the Obama Administration has once again said no to these families," said Kevin P. Chavous, executive counsel for the Federation. "It is a specious argument to suggest funding already exists when the Administration has failed to use carryover funding to award new scholarships and has denied entry for other eligible children. The existing carryover funding is a direct result of poor implementation of the program, which was among the findings in a recent Government Accountability Office report (GAO)."     Available on the App Store.

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