Received: from mail06.mail.aol.com (mail06.mail.aol.com [152.163.172.108]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.6.8/940311.01ccg) with ESMTP id RAA03302 for <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov>; Fri, 8 Dec 1995 17:46:36 -0500 From: NCFLRGS@aol.com Received: by mail06.mail.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA25579 for nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov; Fri, 8 Dec 1995 17:48:19 -0500 Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 17:48:19 -0500 Message-ID: <951208174818_48596468@mail06.mail.aol.com> To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Subject: D.O.E. FY 96 Budget Info Status: O X-Status: Note: This is a crossposting from edinfo -- and then from nifl-workplace, thanks to Barb Van Horn. (RGS) > FISCAL YEAR 1996 > DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUDGET > > *Impact* of House and Senate Appropriations Action > (Comparison with 1995 Revised Appropriation) > > ------------------------- > OVERALL DEPARTMENT BUDGET > ------------------------- The House version of the > appropriations bill would reduce 1996 total discretionary > funding for Department of Education programs by $3.7 billion > or 15 percent -- from a 1995 post-rescission level of $24.5 > billion to $20.8 billion in 1996. The Senate bill would > provide $22.3 billion, a cut of $2.2 billion, or 9 percent, > below the 1995 level. Either bill would constitute the > largest single-year cut in history for Federal education > programs. Reductions of this magnitude can only be seen as > the first step toward the elimination of effective Federal > support for education, and as an attack on programs that will > improve academic achievement, create safer school > environments, improve the quality of our teachers, promote > parental involvement, and provide innovative technology in > our classrooms. By contrast, the President has requested > $26.1 billion for education in 1996, an increase of $1.6 > billion or 6.5 percent over the 1995 level. > > ---------- > GOALS 2000 > ---------- (-$372 million in House bill, -$62 million in > Senate bill): The House bill would eliminate all Goals 2000 > funding -- a cut of $372 million from 1995 and $750 million > less than the President's 1996 budget request -- severely > undermining State and local efforts to reform elementary and > secondary education and achieve the National Education > Goals. This would terminate funding just at the point when > communities and States have completed their planning and > begun to implement comprehensive reforms based on their own > high academic standards. An estimated 17,000 schools would > be denied funding designed to help them better use their > resources to improve teaching and learning. The House also > would eliminate funding for the new Parental Assistance > Centers -- 28 new centers designed to strengthen the > involvement of parents in the education of their children. > These Centers received their first year of planned four-year > awards this summer. > > ---------------------------- > SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES > ---------------------------- (-$27.5 million in House bill, > level funding in Senate bill): The House would cut funds to > States ready to implement school-to-work systems by $20.6 > million or 18 percent from the 1995 level, and by $90 million > or nearly half from the President's 1996 budget. These > systems are already starting to help smooth the transition > for youth from schools to rewarding careers and further > education and training. Under the President's budget, with > combined funds from ED and DOL, 27 States would be entering > their second or third years of 5-year Federal commitments, > and 15 additional States would begin their 5- year grants. > > ------------------------ > TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION > ------------------------ (+$2.5 million in both bills, but > $58 million below the President's 1996 budget request): The > Senate would provide only $15 million of the $50 million > requested for the K-12 Technology Learning Challenge, > denying at least 14 communities the opportunity to form > partnerships with business and higher education to develop > new and effective applications of technology in schools. > Neither the House nor the Senate bill funds the $20 million > Adult Technology Learning Challenge, which would support > innovative approaches to using technology for adult > education. In addition, the House bill eliminates the $25 > million Star Schools distance education program; the $7 > million Ready to Learn program, which helps fund television > programming designed to enhance the development of young > children; and the $1.1 million Telecommunications > Demonstration Project for Mathematics, which supports > professional development for teachers. > > ------------------- > BILINGUAL EDUCATION > ------------------- (-$104 million in House bill, -$34 > million in Senate bill): The House would cut Federal support > for the education of limited English proficient students by > nearly $104 million or 66 percent from the 1995 level, and > $147 million or 74 percent from the President's 1996 budget. > This clear attempt to eventually eliminate this program -- > as called for in the House Budget Resolution passed earlier > this year -- would deny services to almost 240,000 children > and eliminate support for bilingual teacher training and > research. > > --------------------------------------- > VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BASIC STATE GRANTS > --------------------------------------- (-$173 million in > House bill, -$83 million in Senate bill): The House would > cut Basic State Grant funding by $173 million or 18 percent, > denying assistance needed by communities and States to > prepare youth and adults to pursue productive careers in a > changing economy. > > ADULT EDUCATION > --------------- (-$20 million in House bill, -$7.7 million in > Senate bill): The House would consolidate most Adult > Education funding under the Basic State Grant -- as proposed > by the Administration -- but would reduce overall funding > from the 1995 level by $20 million or 7 percent, eliminating > services to 78,000 adults. > > --------------------------------- > DEPARTMENT DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS > --------------------------------- The House would implement > a new overall policy of eliminating or consolidating > discretionary grant programs that support research, > demonstration, training, technical assistance, and > evaluation activities that help States, communities, and > higher education institutions improve education at all > levels. The bill would eliminate $300 million to $400 > million for such activities, while providing merely a small > $20 million increase in Education Research that might be > used for similar projects. This new approach essentially > ends one of the oldest, most efficient, and cost-effective > Federal roles in education: supporting State and local > development and dissemination of effective educational > practices throughout the Nation.
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