Biden coming to Orlando to brag on Florida’s share of education stimulus dough
by Dara Kam | August 17th, 2009
Vice President Joe Biden will visit an Orlando middle school on Wednesday to tout Florida’s $3.5 billion share of the economic stimulus package for education.
Biden will be joined by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. They’re scheduled to appear at Jackson Middle School in Orlando at 10 a.m.
Not all of the money is being spent in schools or on teachers, however.
Florida’s three-year education stimulus cash includes money for school lunch equipment, homeless education, independent living programs and services for older blind individuals.
Perhaps the White House duo will receive a warmer welcome than Congressional members touting the president’s health care package at raucous town hall meetings throughout the country.
Tags: Arne Duncan, Barack Obama, education, Joe Biden, schools, stimulus
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