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Biden pushes education spending plan at stops in Virginia

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President Joe Biden and the first lady are in coastal Virginia to promote his plans to increase spending on education and children, part of his $1.8 trillion families proposal announced last week

May 3, 2021, 5:38 PM

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Biden and his wife, Jill, visited Tidewater Community College. The president has proposed $109 billion be spent to provide Americans with two years of tuition-free community college. He’s also seeking $62 billion for programs that could improve completion rates at community colleges and institutions that predominantly serve disadvantaged students.

It’s an issue of personal importance to the Bidens. The first lady is an English professor at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria.

The Bidens began their trip by touring a fifth grade class at Yorktown Elementary School.

The president went around asking the students, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

“A fashion designer,” one student responded.

“A chef,” another said, to which Biden replied, “holy mackerel, I’ll be darned!”

“A hairdresser,” one student said. Biden joked: “I could use some, some hair, I mean.”

The president then continued: “I tell you what, you guys are really impressive,” and joked with the kids — “This is 9th grade, right?”

It was, in fact, fifth grade.


ABC News


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