...it would cut 48 education programs totaling $4.3 billion, including $2.2 billion for high school programs, mostly state grants for vocational education.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3319-2005Feb6.html

American education ranks among the most expensive in the world, yet the results are already terrible. Can you imagine how bad it's going to get with this?

The budget would cut $440 million in Safe and Drug-Free School grants, $500 million in education technology state grants, $225 million for the Even Start literacy program, $280 million for Upward Bound programs for inner-city youths and a $150 million talent research program, according to the documents.