ERIC Number: ED540838
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
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Analysis of President Bush's Education Budget Request: Fiscal Year 2009
New America Foundation
President George W. Bush submitted his eighth and final budget request to the Congress on Monday. Under the proposal, fiscal year 2009 discretionary spending--spending subject to annual appropriations--would be at the same level as in the prior year for domestic programs and agencies not involved in homeland security efforts. The budget request for the Department of Education fits this general theme. Fiscal year 2009 discretionary spending at the Department of Education would total $59.2 billion, the same level of funding provided in 2008. Despite requesting level funding for the agency as a whole, the administration proposes increases for a number of its existing priority programs, as well as significant funding reductions or eliminations for others. In general, there are few new initiatives or programs proposed--most of the "new" education proposals have been included in previous budget requests.
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Budgets, Presidents, Federal Aid, Public Agencies, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Special Education, School Choice, Teacher Effectiveness, Reading Programs, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Student Loan Programs, Grants, Program Termination, Retrenchment, Budgeting, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: New America Foundation
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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