FILE – In this Feb. 15, 2011 file photo, kindergarden students Gael Alvarado, left, Perla Ortiz, center, and Yahir Perez do school work in a bilingual English-Spanish class at Hanby Elementary School in Mesquite, Texas. Budget experts told Texas lawmakers on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, that the Texas Education Agency alone would lose $167.7 million in grants, due to the budget battle in Washington, mostly in cuts to public education programs. More than 285 schools will lose federal funding on July 1 for special education and classes to teach English as a second language. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)