Congress Adjourns -- Education Programs Funded Under "Continuing Resolution"  

Congress adjourned without passing an education funding bill for the 2009 fiscal year, which began October 1, 2008.  Instead, Congress passed a "continuing resolution," (CR) which funds programs at the same level as FY 2008 until March 6, 2009.  The next Congress, which begins in January, 2009, will decide whether to extend the CR further or pass a funding bill.

NEA's priorities for eduction funding including:

• Funding critical programs such as Title I, Title II, and School Improvement Grants at the levels necessary to ensure great public schools for every child, including increasing Title I by $3 billion (from $13.9 billion to $16.9 billion) and putting it on a path to be doubled in funding over five years.
  
  
• Increasing funding for IDEA special education by $2.3 billion (from $10.9 billion to $13.2 billion). This increase would raise the federal share of special education costs from 17 to 20 percent.
  
  
• Significantly increasing the funding for Pell Grants and career and technical education programs to train our workforce to deal with the realities of the 21st Century, including increasing the Pell Grant maximum to $5,100 (from $4,310).
  
  
• Rejecting any efforts to divert scarce resources to private school vouchers;
  
  
• Limiting funding for the unauthorized Teacher Incentive Fund so that funds can instead be targeted to Title II Teacher Quality State grants. This will allow all states, rather than just a few select districts, to increase investments in teacher quality.
  

I need more information:

• Department of Education Fiscal Year 2009 Congressional Action (, 65K, 21 pp) (7/8/08)
• NEA's "ask" to Congress for FY09 education funding (, 16K, 1 pp) (6/20/08)
• NEA's Position on Education Funding  
• Letters to Congress
• Statement of John Wright, President of Arizona Education Association on Improving Teacher Quality before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, United States Senate, 4/16/08   
  

Funding Charts

• School Modernization: Making the Case for Federal Investment
  • Part I: Need vs Current Spending ( PDF, 24KB, 1pp) (10/9/08)
  • Part II-A: Federal Aid to Eliminate Deferred Maintenance ( PDF, 24KB, 1pp) (10/9/08)
  • Part II-B: Federal Aid to Reduce Disparity in Low-Income School Districts ( PDF, 24KB, 1pp) (10/9/08)
  • Part II-C: An Ongoing Federal Commitment for Facilities Support ( PDF, 24KB, 1pp) (10/9/08)
  • Part III: Benefits from Federal Aid ( PDF, 24KB, 1pp) (10/9/08)

• Education vs. Defense Funding, FY 2001-09 (, 22K, 2 pp) (5/9/08)
•  Investing Five Cents of the Federal Dollar in Education and Training (, 27K, 2 pp) (2/4/08)
• Total Education Department Discretionary Funds - Percentage Change by Fiscal Year, 2002-09 (, 26K, 1 pp) (7/8/08)

The Federal Budget Process, FY 2009
Use these charts to see your state's and your congressional district's share of funding under major federal education programs at each key stage of the federal budget process.

• House Subcommittee and Senate Committee Appropriations   (7/16/08)
• President's budget request (2/4/08)

NCLB Funding Gaps
Use these charts to see how states are struggling to implement the No Child Left Behind Act without the full federal funding promised in the law.

• NCLB Funding Gap – Funding Promised in the Law vs. Funding Actually Received, FY 2002-09 ( PDF, 27K, 2 pp) (7/8/08)
• NCLB Percentage Change in Funding by Fiscal Year, 2002-09 ( PDF, 16k, 1 pp) (7/8/08)
• NCLB Annual Appropriations by Fiscal Year, 2002-09 ( PDF, 24k, 1 p) (7/8/08)
• NCLB Funding Gap by State – Funding Promised in the Law vs. Funding Actually Received, FY 2002-08 ( PDF, 20K, 1 pp) (3/6/08)
• The Gap Between Authorized and Actual Rural Education Funds, FY 2002-09  ( PDF, 27KB, 1 pp) (2/4/08)

ESEA Title I, Part A Funding Gaps and Related Data
Use these charts to see how states are struggling to close the achievement gap without the full federal funding in the law.

• The Gap Between Authorized and Actual Title 1 Funds, FY 2002-09  ( PDF, 27KB, 2 pp) (7/08/08)
  • The Gap Between Authorized and Actual Title I Funds by State, FY 2002-09
• Maximum Required Expenditure for Choice-Related Transportation & Supplemental Educational Services under Title I by State, FY 2008 ( PDF, 24KB, 2pp) (7/16/08)
• Impact of Revised State Allocations for FY 2008 ( PDF, 24KB, 1pp) (10/17/08)
• Final ESEA Title I, Part A State Allocations, FY 2008-09
  • State Rank by Percentage Change ( PDF, 24KB, 1pp) (6/16/08)
  • State Rank by Dollar Change ( PDF, 24KB, 1pp) (6/16/08)
  • State Rank by Percent of the U.S. Total (both dollars and poverty population) ( PDF, 24KB, 1pp) (6/16/08)
  • State Rank by Percentage Change in Poverty Population ( PDF, 24KB, 1pp) (6/16/08)
  • State Rank by Percentage of LEAs with Funding Cuts ( PDF, 24KB, 1pp) (6/16/08)

Other Federal Education Funding Gaps
Use these charts to see how funding for major federal education programs continually falls short.

• Special Education Grants to States (IDEA Part B-611) – Federal Payment vs. Federal Promise, FY 1981-2009  ( PDF, 21KB, 1 pp) (7/8/08)
• IDEA Funding Gap - Funding Promised in the Law vs. Funding Actually Received, FY 2005-09  ( PDF, 27KB, 2 pp) (7/8/08)
• Federal Pell Grants Maximum Awards - Actual vs. Authorization & Total Cost of Attendance FY 1976-2009 ( PDF, 27KB, 1 pp) (8/14/08)
• Federal Underinvestment in Education Research ( PDF, 27KB, 1 pp) (6/13/08)