After-school Programs Threatened By Federal Budget Cuts

Proposed 2004 budget reductions to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) after-school programs – the only government funding dedicated to after-school programs as part of the federal No Child Left Behind Act – have threatened these programs nationwide. Earlier in the summer, however, congressional committees voted against an initial recommendation by President Bush to cut some $400 million from federal after-school funding. But the budget process certainly isn’t over yet. Here’s what after-school advocates in Georgia had to say about Bush’s initially proposed cuts:

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