Bush Slashed Funding For School Violence Prevention

[donsu]

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/04/school-violence-funding/



FACT CHECK: Bush Slashed Funding For School Violence Prevention


In the past few weeks, the nation has been stunned by the rash of school shootings in Colorado, Wisconsin, and at an Amish schoolhouse in Pennyslvania. President Bush said he was “saddened and deeply concerned” about the shootings and plans to convene a summit of education and law enforcement experts to discuss federal action that can help communities prevent violence.

Bush’s rhetoric doesn’t match his record. He has consistently recommended pulling funding for school violence prevention programs:

– In 2006, Bush proposed a five percent cut for youth and crime prevention programs. Bush’s 2005 budget proposed a 40 percent drop in juvenile-crime prevention, following a 44 percent cut in 2004.

– The Bush administration has repeatedly recommended eliminating federal funding for the Safe and Drug-Free Schools
and Communities State Grants program, which works on juvenile-crime prevention.

– Since 2001, Congress has voted to retain the Grants program over the administration’s objections, but at reduced levels. Funding for the program was $439.2 million in 2001 but fell to $346.5 million this year, with $310 million recommended for 2007.

– More than half the nation’s school districts receive $10,000 or less per year to fight violence and substance abuse — “too little to make a difference” according to an Education Department official.
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and there you have it

[Iwasthere]

1. He is essentially begging kids to come in shoot up the schools..distractio

Just like he is doing with our country. Our ports are wide open thanks to his cuts.

[progressivebydesign]

2. THIS shoudl be on the front page of DU. Front and Center.

I reccommended it.

[gratuitous]

3. Oh come on! Focus on the good news, you libruls!

How many schools didn't have a crazed gunman come in and shoot up the place yesterday? Why are you always so focused on the negative? You're just giving encouragement to the next nut by publicizing this, you know. Maybe if lunatics don't know there's no security at schools, they won't be so likely to attack schools. Or maybe they'll forget if you libruls will quit playing the blame game whenever Republicans can fairly be blamed for something.

[dback]

4. Kick

May be hard to cut through all the Foley fog, but this is more important.

[TheGriz]

5. While I understand the reasoning...

behind the OP I wonder what everyone here thinks that money would have done for any of the students/teachers being threatened by gunmen. ?

This article doesn't tell us:

1. What the programs actually are/were
2. How they work(ed)
3. If they work(ed)