The Senate Appropriations Committee last week unanimously passed a spending bill that would provide a $3.2 billion increase, or 5.7 percent, for the Department of Education in fiscal 2005. The House of Representatives passed its version on Sept. 9. Highlights include:
FY 2004
FY2005
Final Budget
President’s Request
House bill
Senate Committee Bill
Title I grants to districts
$12.34 billion
$13.34 billion
$13.34 billion
$13.46 billion
Special education state grants
10.07 billion
11.07 billion
11.07 billion
11.23 billion
Assistance for local school improvement
0
0
0
100 million
Striving Readers
0
100 million
100 million
25 million
State Grants for Innovative Programs
297 million
297 million
20 million
0
Statewide data systems
0
0
30 million
40 million
Teacher-quality grants
2.93 billion
2.93 billion
2.95 billion
2.98 billion
Even Start
247 million
0
227 million
0
TOTAL Department of Education discretionary spending
$55.65 billion
$57.34 billion
$57.68 billion
$58.85 billion
SOURCE: Department of Education
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President Donald Trump speaks in Emancipation Hall after the 60th Presidential Inauguration on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. His administration's order to pause potentially trillions of dollars in federal spending this week sent school districts scrambling to figure out which funds might be halted.
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