The budget resolution put forward by Congress each year sets out a budget plan for the next five to ten years. The budget resolution and the ensuing budget process itself can have significant effects on education funding. The arcane procedures Congress uses to produce and act upon the budget resolution, however, are often confusing to the media and education advocates alike. This confusion is made worse by political rhetoric and partisan spin.
Congress completed the fiscal year 2009 appropriations process on March 10th, 2009, finalizing annual funding for nearly all federal education programs through September 2009 at $62.6 billion, up $3.4 billion from the prior year. Making sense of the federal education budget and the appropriations process can be a frustrating task for education advocates, state and local policymakers, the media, and the public. The now concluded fiscal year 2009 appropriations process is no exception due to numerous stopgap funding measures and… more
The money each state would receive varies widely on a per-student basis, according to an analysis by the New America Foundation, a research group that monitors education spending. Original article
The New America Foundation has set up a blog to monitor the eduction side of Obama's economic recovery plan.
Yesterday, the "nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute" examined the stimulus estimates by district, looking specifically at funding per student...Original article
Because guaranty agencies often have federal, state, and agency-specific responsibilities, it is in the interest of federal taxpayers that money designated for the FFEL program, such as default payments, not be used for other activities. To address this issue, Congress enacted a change in the 1990s that required guaranty agencies to hold funds in one of two discrete accounts: the federal fund and the operating fund.
... it could boost Fairfax schools by $75 million by the end of fiscal 2010, according to an analysis of the House package by the New America Foundation. ...
“In no way is the House legislation written to guarantee that the funds will be used in ways that are status-quo changing,” said Jennifer Cohen, an education policy expert who helped compile the New America analysis. ...
According to New America Foundation’s analysis of the House plan, Mississippi would receive $323.6 million in 2009, with $72.7 million of that going toward ...
Another report on college readiness, "Bridging the Gap," issued Jan. 29 by the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank, finds that while the entire precollegiate pipeline contributes to a lack of readiness, colleges and universities themselves have contributed to the problem. Those institutions, it says, have not been clear about which skills graduating seniors need, and have done a poor job of providing effective remedial studies.
