Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 12. April 2013 01:18
In an April 10, 2013 press release, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that the Obama Administration’s FY 2014 budget proposal continues to “prioritize education.” The budget proposal, released on April 10th, includes discretionary funding for ED at $71 billion, reflecting a 4.5 percent increase over the FY 2013 pre-sequester level. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 16. November 2012 00:55
On November 13, 2012 Congress began efforts to come up with an agreement on a deficit reduction budget bill to avoid the sequestration process scheduled to begin on January 2, 2013. If Congress fails, sequestration will automatically begin cutting $109 billion from [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 15. June 2012 00:32
In a June 12, 2012 press release, a Senate Appropriations subcommittee announced its approval of a budget proposal that would include modest increases in the FY 2013 funding for the education of students with disabilities and disadvantaged students. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 17. February 2012 01:38
In a February 13, 2012 press release, the President Obama Administration outlined the $3.8 trillion 2013 Education budget proposal it sent to Congress on that date. Among other things, the Administration is requesting $69.8 billion in funding for competitive grant programs, $1.7 billion more than Congress awarded for 2012, while proposing no increase in 2012 funding levels for key formula grant programs [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 15. April 2011 02:43
On April 12, 2011 Congressional leaders unveiled an FY 2011 budget compromise reportedly reached over the prior weekend. In a press release the House Committee on Appropriations reported that the final Continuing Resolution (CR) contains close to $40 billion in spending cuts. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 9. April 2011 00:10
Under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) states must use the majority of the $100 billion awarded for education by September 30, 2011. According to an April 5, 2011 Education Week online article, most states will have expended their respective awards by the end of the current school year. The depletion of ARRA funds has been dubbed the “funding cliff.” The Education Week article reports that, although state economies are [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 11. March 2011 20:17
On March 9, 2011 the House Republicans’ FY 2011 budget proposal that included a $5 billion cut in education funding failed to pass in the Senate. A proposal by Senate Democrats also failed to pass, leaving the budget and education funding in a state of uncertainty. The stop-gap budget bill signed by the President on March 2nd authorized government spending through March 18th, avoiding a shut-down of the federal government. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 16. February 2011 21:05
Although the federal budget for the 2011 federal fiscal year, which began on October 1, 2010, has not yet been approved by Congress and remains under heated debate, on February 14, 2011 President Barack Obama released his administration’s budget proposal for federal fiscal year (FY) 2012. The proposal includes a request for Congress to allocate $77.4 billion for education funding, which is about a 4% increase over the FY 2010 education budget. According to documents available from the Office of Management and Budget, the FY 2012 budget proposal for education includes, among other things: $900 million for a new K-12 Race to the Top competitive grant program – this time for individual school districts rather than states; a $280 million increase for programs for children and infants with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) [More]
