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Aid for Poor Students to Drop in 11 States
By BEN FELLER
AP Education Writer


WASHINGTON (AP)--Eleven states will get less federal money for poor students next school year, while the 39 other states and the District of Columbia will get more, new figures show.

The dollar changes come about for two reasons: the use of new estimates of where poor students live, and overall spending increases in the federal aid program known as Title I.

Under law, the Education Department is supposed to use the most current, reliable population data available in determining how to distribute more than $12 billion. So the agency has plugged in census data released last year, reflecting family incomes in 2000.

Lawmakers in some states have objected, saying that the estimates don't accurately reflect their school districts, and that poor schools will suffer as demands on them grow. Senators of both parties have asked the department to reconsider. It does not plan to do so.

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/ap/ap_story.html/National/AP.V4809.AP-Schools-Money.html

[GhengisKhan]

1. absolutely disgraceful..any child in the USA losing out