Higher education for the deaf receives the same lukewarm support.
Special education receives almost one of every four dollars spent on the city's schools.
The education I received there gave me the opportunity to take on my first managerial responsibilities and provided early lessons in leadership.
Hale recognized the importance that an education provided and also the need for an opportunity to receive one.
Under her budget, higher education would receive $1.38 billion, a loss of $8 million from the current year.
"The more education these women receive, the more money they will make," he said.
"There is a lot of talk about the 'me' generation returning some service to the community in return for the public education received," she said.
Over 13% of the students receive special education, a high mark.
Little is known of what further education he received.
Research, education and lifelong learning all received a boost.