beksbks	Re: President Obama and a Democrat Congress Will....
	I haven't looked at your charts and graphs thoroughly yet Burn, but I can't help but wonder if the No Child Left Behind Act is part of that education budget increase.  This is an old article.  We now know that NCLBA is a failure.  Oh but not for Neil.     Published on Sunday, October 22, 2006 by the Los Angeles Times Bush's Family Profits from 'No Child' Act by Walter F. Roche Jr.   A company headed by President Bush's brother and partly owned by his parents is benefiting from Republican connections and federal dollars targeted for economically disadvantaged students under the No Child Left Behind Act. NEIL BUSH: He says Ignite’s growth is not due to political influence. (David Kohl / AP) With investments from his parents, George H.W. and Barbara Bush, and other backers, Neil Bush's company, Ignite! Learning, has placed its products in 40 U.S. school districts and now plans to market internationally. At least 13 U.S. school districts have used federal funds available through the president's signature education reform, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, to buy Ignite's portable learning centers at $3,800 apiece. The law provides federal funds to help school districts better serve disadvantaged students and improve their performance, especially in reading and math. But Ignite does not offer reading instruction, and its math program will not be available until next year. The federal Department of Education does not monitor individual school district expenditures under the No Child program, but sets guidelines that the states are expected to enforce, spokesman Chad Colby said. Ignite executive Tom Deliganis said that "some districts seem to feel OK" about using No Child money for the Ignite purchases, "and others do not." Entire LA Times article here http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1022-02.htm
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