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6A TIMES HERALD, PORT HURON, MICHIGAN National News. SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1999 acoosss (Slliiinita ctf exflaocaftiiai) The Associated Press WASHINGTON Republican Gov. Ed Schafer of North Dakota, in the weekly GOP radio address Saturday, praised a congressional move to free states from some restrictions on federal education while criticizing what he said were President Clinton's attempts to "hijack" the measure. The governor lauded the so-called ed-flex bills, approved Thursday with bipartisan support in both the House Mini Blinds allows the federal government to contribute a maximum of 40 of a state's special education budget. "Republicans believe it is irresponsible to launch new, expensive federal programs without adequately funding existing programs Gov.

Schafer said. He called the administration's plan endemic of the very problem the ed-flex measures try to eliminate: "It doesn't take into account all the differences we have across this country," he said. The president did not immediately threaten a veto this week, but said he would try to eliminate the special education funding provision. his poll-driven plan to have the federal government pay for 100,000 new teachers in local schools," said Gov. Schafer, vice chairman of the Republican Governors Association.

Gov. Schafer said some states, including his own, are meeting the goal of the president's proposal to reduce average class sizes to 18 pupils in early elementary grades. He insisted teachers and schools would prefer spending the money on special education. Republicans complain the federal government, while dictating the rules states must follow on special education, provides only 7 to 12 of the costs of those programs. Current law and Senate, for increasing states' flexibility in spending federal education money.

He said the measures recognize the distinct challenges each state faces in educating its children. Gov. Schafer accused the administration, however, of injecting partisan politics into the education debate. Democratic lawmakers and the president unsuccessfully sought to block parts of the Senate version of the bill that shift to special education programs money expected to help pay for the president's new-teachers plan this year. "The president and his Democrat allies in the Senate should not have tried to hijack this important bill for -v MUorris Denture Clinic A new smile for a new near! Pfff EZJ I Biern OP5 ry i ii i Navy plans to privatize weapons handling 3 1605 PINE GROVE 982-3794 Call TOLL-FREE 1 (888) 578-2748 Located minutes away from the Blue Water Bridge 640 Cathcart Blvd.

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