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Outlook for funding
of No Child Left Behind Act
of No Child Left Behind Act
•Federal
funding provides 5% increase for education in 2008
–Funding for state
testing
•Unchanged at
$407.5 million for 2007
•$411.6 million
requested for 2008
–Funding for Reading
First
•Expected to be cut
to $400 million, down from $1 billion because of concerns over
program administration