CB> AFT'S NAT LACOUR ASSAILS BUDGET CUTS AT BLACK CAUCUS
CB>     Proposed cuts in funding for Title I , Head Start, the drug-free 
CB> school program and other federal education programs by the Republican 
CB> leadership in Congress signals a dramatic shift away from the 
CB> bipartisan support that public education has enjoyed in recent years, 
CB> AFT vice president Nat LaCour told those attending a Congressional 
CB> Black Caucus (CBC) discussion of elementary and secondary education 
CB> last week.
    Title I money has not just gone to school districts lacking the money to 
help their poor students themselves without resort to Uncle Sam.
    When I was a kid in one of Pittsburgh's richest suburbs, the schools 
sought Title I money for the very few eligible students.  That district could 
have _easily_ afforded to fund that help itself.  How much Title I money is 
going to rich districts from taxpayers who, on average, are poorer and whose 
kids go to poorer schools?
CB>     "If we don't lobby Congress to stop the cuts, the 
CB> African-American 
CB> community will be greatly harmed," said LaCour,
    Gimme a break.
    Making rich districts ineligible for Title I money would hardly harm the 
black community.
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