EdWeek - Federal Budget Update: K-12 Funding to Stay Flat—For Now

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2010/12/federal_funding_for_k-12_to_st.html
After Democratic leaders failed to enact a giant spending bill that would have included a modest boost for education, the U.S. Senate has agreed to pass a temporary measure that would freeze spending at current levels for most of the federal government, including the U.S. Department of Education, until March 4.