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Local lawmakers are expressing outrage after a new study finds schools aren't getting the funds promised to them by the No Child Left Behind Act.Congressman Anthony Weiner says New York City schools are still waiting for an estimated $3.3 billion, some five years after the bill was enacted.
In the last fiscal year, the city only received about half of what was promised in the original legislation. Other cities are also waiting for funds.
"Many of us took a leap of faith with the Bush administration and our Republican friends in Congress said that they were truly dedicated to changing this notion that the federal government is not really involved, except in a very small level, in education," Weiner said at a downtown press event on Saturday. "And we were burned."
"When our failed government sets regulations in place as sure as No Child Left Behind and then does not provide the resources, we really are providing lip service to providing quality education in this nation," said Rep. Yvette Clark.
Congress is due to consider whether to continue the program later this year.
