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The banks and the car companies got big bailouts, so should the public schools be next in line? education secretary, arne duncan estimates that school layoffs could total 100,000 to 300,000, unless congress takes action. senator harkin of iowa is proposing a $20 billion bailout for public schools, using it for compensation and benefits, retaining existing teachers and providing more on-the-job training. senator harkon, the chairman of the senate appropriation committ committee s education. was that not enough money, the president s stimulus package? it was for two years, not all of that went just for education. for the two years, it just targeted towards teachers and the personnel that keeps our schools going, our elementary and secondary schools going. the $23 billion that i m proposing is about half of that. ....

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