Fact Check: Education, Spending and Terror

[steve2470]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2004/story?id=190050&page=1

Oct. 22, 2004 — In the closing days of the campaign, the misstatements and misleading remarks are flying.

In Milwaukee, Wis., today, Sen. John Kerry slammed President Bush on education. "George Bush talks a lot about 'No Child Left Behind,' but what he doesn't tell you is that he's left the funding behind, and that's wrong," Kerry said.

Has Bush left funding behind for that bill?

Not exactly. According to the Department of Education, funding for programs covered under the new law has been around $24 billion — a dramatic increase in new education spending. But Democrats claim they were promised $27 billion more than that, and they point out Congress authorized more than the president requested.
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this is just an fyi on what ABC is saying