Below are highlights of the agreement. Here you'll find this
year's *final appropriation levels* for 18 programs. You'll
also find, for these 18 programs: (1) last year's funding
levels (FY 95), (2) House & Senate positions before the
compromise was struck, and (3) the President's request for each
program for the coming fiscal year (1997, which begins October
1). A table showing FY 1996 funding levels for all U.S.
Department of Education programs will be available in our
Online Library within 1-2 weeks at:
http://www.ed.gov/news.html#budget
gopher.ed.gov --> Updates on Legislation, Budget, &
Activities of the Department
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"Education Budget Protected in 1996, President Seeks Investment in
1997" -- Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill Compared to President's
FY 1997 Budget Request (in thousands of dollars)
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GOALS 2000 -- Helps 12,000 schools raise academic standards and
~~~~~~~~~~ achievement.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371,870
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . 350,000
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . 350,000
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . . 491,000
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Title I Grants to LEAs -- Helps 7 million children learn the basics
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and advanced skills in 50,000 schools.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,698,416
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . 6,833,887
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,555,000
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . 6,730,348
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . 7,165,000
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Safe and Drug Free Schools -- Helps schools become safer, more
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ disciplined and drug-free.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465,981
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . 400,000
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . 465,981
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . . 540,000
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Special ED Grants to States -- Helps provide services for almost 6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ million children with disabilities.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,322,915
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . 2,323,837
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,323,837
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . 2,323,837
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . 2,603,247
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Charter Schools -- Expands public school choice for parents.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . .16,000
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . .18,000
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . . .40,000
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Technology Challenge Grants/Nat. Programs -- Local competitive
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ grants for exemplary
programs.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22,500
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . .35,000
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25,000
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . .48,000
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . . .75,000
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Technology Literacy Fund -- Provides students access to computers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ and teachers training for technology
use.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . . . N/A
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . . 250,000
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ED Research and Statistics -- Finding and sharing what works in
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ education.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,105
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . 186,464
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186,464
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . 186,464
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . . 190,750
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Bilingual/Immigrant Education -- Helps children learn English and
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ other subjects.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206,700
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . 150,000
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . 178,000
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . . 261,700
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School to Work -- Provides support to local partnerships to
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ strengthen students' workforce skills.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,500
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . 186,000
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95,000
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . 180,000
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . . 200,000
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Vocational Ed Basic Grants -- Provides students career and
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ occupational skills.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972,750
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . 972,750
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 890,000
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . 972,750
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . 1,100,000
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Adult ED State Grants -- Provides literacy skills to 4 million
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ adults.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252,345
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . 250,000
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,000
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . 250,000
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . . 290,000
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Pell Grants -- Provides aid for 3.6 million low-income college
~~~~~~~~~~~ students.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . .5,756,000(1) $2,340 max grant
Senate Bill with Bipartisan
ED Amendment FY 1996 . . . .5,798,000(1) $2,500 max grant
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . .5,624,000(1) $2,440 max grant
-> Final FY 1996
Appropriation Bill. . . . . . .5,747,000(1) $2,470 max grant
FY 1997 President's
Budget Request. . . . . . . . .6,425,000(1) $2,700 max grant
(1) Appropriation plus carry-over funds
used to support maximum grant.
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Perkins Loans -- Provides campus-based loans for needy students.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176,000
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . 178,000
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20,000
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . 113,297
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . . 178,000
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College Work Study -- Provides students with employment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ opportunities to earn financial aid for
college.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616,508
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . 616,508
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616,508
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . 616,508
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . . 679,000
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TRIO -- Provides additional academic preparation to help 700,000
~~~~ students enter and complete college.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463,000
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . 463,000
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463,000
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . 463,000
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . . 500,000
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Presidential Honors Scholarships -- Provides a $1,000 scholarship
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to 130,000 students graduating
in the top 5% of their high
school class.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED Amendment FY 1996. . . . . . N/A
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
-> Final FY 1996 Appropriation Bill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A
FY 1997 President's Budget Request. . . . . . . . . . . 130,000
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Direct Lending -- Streamlines student loans allowing students the
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ opportunity to borrow money for college.
FY 1995 Appropriation . . . . . .Allows choice for schools and
maintains funds to run program
Senate Bill with Bipartisan ED
Amendment FY 1996 . . . . . . .Allows choice for schools and
maintains funds to run program
House Passed Bill FY 1996 . . . .40% Cap on loan volume and
inadequate funds to run program
-> Final FY 1996
Appropriation Bill. . . . . . .Allows choice for schools and
maintains funds to run program
FY 1997 President's
Budget Request. . . . . . . . .Allows choice for schools and
maintains funds to run program
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April 26, 1996
Kirk Winters
Office of the Under Secretary
U.S. Department of Education
kwinters@inet.ed.gov