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The problems that states have faced implementing the federal 69传媒 First program are outlined in a report by the Congressional Research Service, the policy-research arm of Congress.
The report notes that the $1 billion-a-year program to improve research-based reading instruction in schools required 鈥渟ignificant start-up time 鈥 because the program is complex and many of its requirements are new.鈥 It also highlights criticisms of the program, which has been called overly prescriptive, and allegations that contracts issued under 69传媒 First favored certain consultants and publishers.