Stimulus in NC
Gov. Bev Perdue's office just sent this list of what stimulus spending will mean to North Carolina.
The thing that jumps out at me right away is it doesn't look like there's any money for school construction, which just strikes me as odd. There is money for Head Start, Special Education and Educational Technology.
Update: That's no mistake. School construction funding was eliminated from the bill. From the Washington Post:
House Democrats were particularly incensed that language relating to school construction had been eliminated -- along with nearly $20 billion in funds -- and that governors would be restricted to paying for school renovations and repairs out of a $54 billion pot of money that included other education projects.
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