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# [5 things to know about funding compromise](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/5-things-to-know-about-funding-compromise)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 09/20/18

A compromise Education Department spending bill, the first year-long funding bill for the department to be passed in nearly a decade, is speeding toward final passage ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline.

By a [vote](https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00212) of 93-7, the Senate on Tuesday passed the bill, a compromise between the two chambers that also funds the Labor and Health and Human Services departments and is coupled with a Defense Department funding measure.

 

[Read the full article here.](https://www.the74million.org/5-things-to-know-about-the-education-funding-compromise-moving-through-congress/?utm_source=The+74+Million+Newsletter&utm_campaign=7072dd7d1e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_19_06_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_077b986842-7072dd7d1e-176270725)

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