Overview of federal budget proposal
Analysis from CSBA’s Governmental Relations Department
By:
Rick Pratt
Published: February 5, 2008
President Bush’s budget request for the 2009 fiscal year, released Feb. 4, proposes to increase total discretionary spending to $987.6 billion. That would be an increase of $46.2 billion, or 4.9 percent, over the enacted budget for 2008.
Discretionary spending for all education programs, however, would remain relatively flat. As seen in the table below, the increase for the major K-12 programs is only 1.86 percent.
Bush administration FY09 budget request
(dollars amounts are listed in millions)
|
|
2008 |
2009 |
Change |
Percent |
|
NCLB |
|
|
|
|
|
Title I Grants to LEAs |
$13,899 |
$14,305 |
$406 |
2.92% |
|
School Improvement Grants |
491 |
491 |
0 |
0% |
|
Reading First |
393 |
1,000 |
607 |
154.45% |
|
Striving Readers |
35 |
100 |
65 |
185.71% |
|
Pell Grants for Kids |
0 |
300 |
300 |
N/A |
|
21st Century Learning Opportunities |
1,081 |
800 |
-281 |
-25.99% |
|
Charter Schools Grants |
211 |
236 |
25 |
11.85% |
|
American Competitiveness Initiative |
44 |
175 |
131 |
297.73% |
|
Teacher Quality State Grants |
2,935 |
2,835 |
-100 |
-3.41% |
|
Teacher Incentive Fund |
97 |
200 |
103 |
106.19% |
|
English Lang. Acquisition Grants |
700 |
730 |
30 |
4.29% |
|
SUBTOTAL, NCLB |
$19,886 |
$21,172 |
$1,286 |
6.47% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sp. Educ. State Grants |
10,783 |
11,285 |
502 |
4.66% |
|
Career/Tech State Grants |
1,182 |
0 |
-1,182 |
-100% |
|
Adult Education |
572 |
568 |
-4 |
-0.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRAND TOTAL |
$32,423 |
$33,025 |
$602 |
1.86% |
California's increase in Title I funding would be only 1.8 percent under the allocation formula. Federal funds for special education in California would rise 2.8 percent.
President Bush proposes to terminate funding for 47 K-12 programs, for a total savings of $3.3 billion. The largest program targeted for termination is the Career and Technical Education State Grants Program, at nearly $1.2 billion. The impact of the major proposed terminations on California are as follows:
· Career and Technical Education State Grants: $126.1 million
· Even Start: $7.2 million
· Education Technology State Grants: $30.5 million
· Tech-Prep Education State Grants: $11.3 million
California's share of funding for Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities State Grants would also fall by $22.7 million, from $35.2 million to $12.5 million—a 64.4 percent reduction. Likewise, California's funding for 21st Century Learning Centers would drop from $132 million to $92.5 million, a reduction of $39.5 million or 29.9 percent.