Senators Assail Education Budget

With the secretary of education, Margaret Spellings, there to brief them, members of a U.S. Senate subcommittee expressed concern last week about whether federal student-aid programs provide enough support to help students afford college.

They also said they had reservations about the Bush administration's proposed cuts in the Education Department's 2007 budget, including the elimination of a vocational-educational program.

Ms. Spellings faced criticism about student aid and the

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