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Pelosi and Miller Announce $1.2 Billion in Emergency Education Jobs Funding for California
August 27, 2010Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Congressman George Miller (D-CA), Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, today issued the following joint statement announcing that the U.S. Department of Education approved California's application to receive $1.2 billion as part of the recently passed Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act, which will fund an estimated 16,500 teacher jobs in California. "As soon as today, California will have access to more than $1.2 billion dollars in emergency aid to help save education jobs-keeping our teachers in their classrooms and our students learning. This is great news for California's struggling economy, and it's a critical win for California's families, teachers and students. This investment ensures California's students do not become victims of this economy." Full release.
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