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Federally
Funded Education Programs |
With
the approval of the 2006 Federal Education Budget, public education will
see the first reduction in funding in ten years. An across-the-board cut
of 1% was applied to federal discretionary programs to help fund the new
Hurricane Education Recovery Act. As a result, many programs listed below
are impacted by the 1% decrease, and you’ll see for some programs
even greater decreases. Programs with increases/decreases of less than
1% are considered “no change” (NC).
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| Adult
Education and Family Literacy Act |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$569.7
2006..........$564.0
Increase/Decrease -1% |
This
program provides formula grants to states for adult basic and secondary
education and English as a second language (ESL). Programs are designed
to help adults achieve their GED and obtain basic skills needed to attain
employment and functionally contribute to society. Programs also integrate
literacy projects designed to provide childhood education for children and
literacy training for parents.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/index.html |
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Advanced Credentialing |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005............$16.9
2006............$16.7
Increase/Decrease -1%
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The
Advanced Certification or Advanced Credentialing program authorizes competitive
grants to state education agencies (SEAs), local education agencies (LEAs),
the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), the National
Council on Teacher Quality, or other certification or credentialing organizations.
This program supports activities to encourage and assist teachers seeking
advanced certification or advanced credentialing.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/credentialing/index.html |
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Character Education |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005............$24.5
2006............$24.2
Increase/Decrease -1% |
This
is a discretionary grant program that provides financial assistance for
character education activities in elementary and secondary schools and institutions
of higher education. These activities may be carried out by state and local
education agencies and by other public and private nonprofit organizations.
The grant stipulates that the character education program: 1) is able to
be integrated into classroom instruction and is consistent with state academic
content standards and 2) is able to be carried out in conjunction with other
education reform efforts.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/charactered/index.html |
| Charter
Schools |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$217.0
2006..........$214.8
Increase/Decrease -1% |
This
program provides funding for the design and implementation of public charter
schools. Increased emphasis is being placed on the success and accountability
of these schools. Grants are provided on a competitive basis to states with
charter school laws; states, in turn, make subgrants to authorized entities.
Funds may be used for activities, such as purchasing equipment, materials,
supplies, or dissemination of information about the charter school or the
evaluation of their effectiveness.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/charter/index.html |
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Comprehensive School Reform |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$205.3
2006.............$7.9
Increase/
Decrease -96% |
Comprehensive
school reform programs focus on schoolwide efforts to improve education.
Funds may be used to select or design a school reform model that is research-based
and will best help all students reach state performance standards.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/compreform/index.html |
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Early Childhood Professional Development |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005............$14.7
2006............$14.5
Increase/Decrease -1% |
The
program purpose is to enhance the school readiness of young children, particularly
the disadvantaged. In an attempt to prevent young children from encountering
reading difficulties once they enter school, the program seeks to improve
the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who work in communities
that have high concentrations of children living in poverty. In particular,
projects must utilize evidence-based practice focused on early reading and
cognitive development for both the professional development activities and
early childhood curricula.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/eceducator/index.html |
| Early
Reading First |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$104.2
2006..........$103.1
Increase/Decrease -1% |
This
competitive grant program seeks to enhance reading readiness for children
in high-poverty areas and areas where a high number of students are not
reading at grade level. It is aimed at 3- to 5-year-olds to help them prepare
to learn to read.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/index.html |
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Education Technology State Grant |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$496.0
2006..........$272.3
Increase/
Decrease
-45%
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The
primary goal of the Ed-Tech program is to improve student academic achievement
through the use of technology in schools. It is also designed to assist
students in crossing the digital divide by ensuring that every student is
technologically literate by the end of eighth grade and to encourage the
effective integration of technology with teacher training and curriculum
development to establish successful research-based instructional methods.
States may retain up to 5% of their allocations for state-level activities,
and they must distribute one half of the remainder by formula to eligible
local education agencies and the other half competitively to eligible local
entities.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/edtech/index.html |
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Enhanced Assessment Grants |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$411.7
2006..........$407.6
Increase/Decrease -1% |
This
program provides support to assist the states in developing the assessments
required under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation. States
may use their formula funds to pay the costs of the development of additional
standards and assessments required by the law. They may also use the funds
to administer the tests and other accountability measures.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/eag/index.html |
| Even
Start Family Literacy |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$225.1
2006...........$99.0
Increase/
Decrease -127% |
Even
Start is an education program for the nation’s low-income families that
is designed to improve the academic achievement of young children and their
parents, especially in the area of reading. Even Start offers promise for
helping to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and low literacy
in the nation by combining four core components which make up family literacy:
early childhood education, adult literacy, parenting education, and interactive
literacy activities between parents and their children.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/evenstartformula/index.html |
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Gifted and Talented Students |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005...........$11.0
2006............$9.6
Increase/
Decrease
-13% |
The
purpose of the Jacob J. Javits Gifted and Talented Students program is to
carry out a coordinated program of scientifically-based research, demonstration
projects, innovative strategies, and similar activities to meet the special
educational needs of gifted and talented students in elementary and secondary
schools. The major emphasis of the program is serving students traditionally
underrepresented in gifted and talented programs, particularly economically
disadvantaged, limited English proficient, and disabled students, to help
reduce the serious gap in achievement among certain groups of students at
the highest levels of achievement.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/javits/index.html |
| Head
Start |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005........$6,843.0
2006........$6,774.5
Increase/Decrease -1% |
Head
Start grantees are public agencies, school districts, or nonprofit groups.
Head Start serves children ages 3 to 5 from low-income families. Early Head
Start serves low-income pregnant women and families with toddlers or infants.
The Head Start program, which falls under the department of Health and Human
Services, provides an array of social and education services designed to
equip young children and their parents with the skills they need to better
transition into and experience success in school.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/about/index.htm |
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Hurricane Education Recovery Act (HERA) |
Funding
(In Millions)
2006.......$1,400.0 |
The
Hurricane Education Recovery Act (HERA), which was authorized by President
Bush on December 30, 2005, consists of three new grant programs to assist
school districts and schools in meeting the educational needs of students
displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and in helping schools that were
closed as a result of the hurricanes to reopen as quickly and effectively
as possible. The new programs are: 1) The Emergency Impact Aid
for Displaced Students program will provide assistance to
districts for the cost of educating students enrolled in public and nonpublic
schools who were displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita during the school
year 2005-2006. 2) The Assistance for Homeless Youths
program will provide a separate source of funding to state education agencies
to address the needs of homeless students displaced by Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita. The Department will use data on displaced public school students
collected under the Emergency Impact Aid program to make allocations under
the Assistance for Homeless Youths program. 3) The Immediate
Aid to Restart School Operations program awards funds to the
state education agencies (SEAs) in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama.
These SEAs, in turn, will provide assistance or services to districts and
nonpublic schools to help defray expenses related to the restart of operations
in, the reopening of, and the re-enrollment of students in elementary and
secondary schools that serve an area in which a major disaster has been
declared related to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita.
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/secletter/051230.html
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| Impact
Aid |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005........$1,243.9
2006........$1,231.5
Increase/Decrease -1% |
The
Impact Aid program provides payments to local districts that have a large
number of students whose parents work on or who live on federal property,
such as a military base. Funds offset the loss in local property taxes that
usually are the major source for school funding. Funds are also available
to help meet the added cost of educating those federally connected children
with disabilities. Funds typically become part of a district’s general fund
account and are used for basic expenses, such as teacher salaries, books,
and supplies. Private schools are not eligible to receive Impact Aid funds.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/impactaid/index.html |
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Improving Teacher Quality |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005........$2,916.6
2006........$2,887.4
Increase/Decrease -1% |
The
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 consolidated the Class-Size-Reduction
and Eisenhower Professional Development programs into a single, flexible
formula grant for improving teacher and principal quality. The money can
be used for a variety of purposes, such as hiring teachers to limit class
sizes, providing professional development, and funding initiatives to retain
highly qualified teachers.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherqual/index.html |
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Innovative Education State Grants |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$198.4
2006...........$99.0
Increase/
Decrease
-50%
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This
formula grant program under Title V assists states and local education efforts
to improve student achievement by implementing broad-based reform efforts
and other innovative education improvement practices. Very flexible uses
of funds include curricular materials, professional development, software,
technology, and school repair.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/innovative/index.html |
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Language Acquisition State Grants |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$675.8
2006..........$669.0
Increase/Decrease -1% |
The
purpose of this formula program is to assist school districts in teaching
English to Limited English Proficient (LEP) students and to help them meet
the same challenging state standards required of all other students. Grant
money may be used for services and activities, such as curriculum development,
purchase of instructional materials, education software, tutoring and counseling,
or to pay for personnel trained to provide services to Limited English Proficient
students. The grant was formerly known as the Bilingual Education Grant.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/sfgp/nrgcomp.html |
| Magnet
Schools |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$107.8
2006..........$106.7
Increase/Decrease -1% |
These
competitive funds are available to school districts who are under a court-ordered
or federally mandated desegregation plan. Magnet programs are designed to
support an enhanced curriculum and attract racially diverse student populations.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/magnet/index.html |
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Mathematics and Science Partnerships |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$178.6
2006..........$182.2
Increase/Decrease 2% |
This
program seeks to encourage states, institutions of higher learning, districts,
and schools to form partnerships to improve student performance in math
and science. Funds may be used in a variety of ways, such as professional
development, summer workshops, and distance learning programs.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/mathsci/index.html |
| Perkins
Vocational and Applied Technology Act |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005........$1,194.3
2006........$1,182.4
Increase/Decrease -1% |
This
program supports equal access by special populations at the secondary and
postsecondary levels to vocational and technology education activities,
plus related professional development activities for teachers, counselors,
and corrections educators. States receive formula grant funds; school districts
then receive subgrants. Funds may be used to develop, disseminate, and field
test curriculum materials and promote partnerships with appropriate entities.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html?src=oc |
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Reading First |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005........$1,041.6
2006........$1,029.2
Increase/Decrease -1% |
This
program provides assistance to states and districts in setting up scientific,
research-based reading programs for children in Grades K to 3. States may
use up to 20% of the money to provide professional development for teachers.
States must distribute at least 80% of the money to districts through a
competitive-grant process, giving priority to high-poverty areas. Funds
may be used to purchase software and instructional materials and for staff
development.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/index.html |
| Rural
Education Initiative |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$170.6
2006..........$168.9
Increase/Decrease -1% |
The
funding is available for two programs. The first provides flexible grants
to small, rural districts and allows them the added freedom in spending
money under a few major ESEA programs. If a district did not qualify, it
would be eligible for a second initiative, which provides flexible grants
to rural districts with at least 20% of the students living in poverty.
http://www.ed.gov/nclb/freedom/local/reap.html |
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Safe and Drug-Free Schools |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$672.0
2006..........$568.8
Increase/
Decrease
-15%
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This
program consists of two major programs: State Grants for Drug and Violence
Prevention Programs and National Programs. State Grants is a formula grant
program that provides funds to states and local school districts for a broad
range of community and school-based prevention and education programs. National
Programs provides funds for discretionary grants that focus on drug and
violence prevention issues. Any activity financed under the program must
meet “principles of effectiveness,” such as being based on scientifically
conducted research.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/index.html |
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School Leadership |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005............$14.8
2006............$14.7
Increase/Decrease NC |
The
School Leadership program provides competitive grants to assist high-need
local education agencies (LEAs) with recruiting, training, and retaining
principals and assistant principals. A high-need LEA is defined as one that:
1) either serves at least 10,000 children from low-income families or serves
a community in which at least 20% of children are from low-income families
and 2) has a high percentage of teachers teaching either outside of their
certification or with emergency, provisional, or temporary certification.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/leadership/index.html |
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Special Education (IDEA) |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005......$10,589.6
2006......$10,582.9
Increase/Decrease NC |
The
Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) was reauthorized in November 2004.
This program provides financial assistance to states to help them meet the
educational and developmental needs of over 6 million children, ages birth
through 21. The law focuses on increased expectations, more coordination
and involvement by parents and the regular classroom teacher, and more professional
development for all involved in educating children with disabilities. The
law also permits the integration of funds into Title I Schoolwide Programs.
Special Education services apply to a vast array of disabilities, including
those with severe disabilities, the emotionally challenged and the severely
and profoundly mentally challenged. IDEA grant categories include those
to states and preschools, as well as grants for infants and toddlers.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/index.html?src=oc |
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Title I |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005......$12,739.6
2006......$12,713.1
Increase/Decrease NC |
This
formula grant program is the largest of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Programs and provides districts with extra resources to help improve instruction
in high-poverty schools and ensure that poor and minority children have
the same opportunity as their peers to meet challenging state academic standards.
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires states to develop
standards in reading and math and assessments linked to those standards
for all students in Grades 3 to 8. Districts and schools must use Title
I funds for activities that scientifically-based research suggests will
be most effective in helping all students meet these standards.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/index.html |
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21st Century Community Learning Centers |
Funding
(In Millions)
2005..........$991.1
2006..........$981.2
Increase/Decrease -1% |
This
program provides money for before- and after-school initiatives, weekend
and summer programs that seek to advance student achievement. It allows
grants not only to school districts but also directly to community-based
organizations and other public or private entities, including faith-based
groups, in rural and inner-city schools in nearly every state. Centers will
provide opportunities for children and youth to participate in a variety
of activities, including nutritional and health services and technology
programs. Funds may be used for planning, implementing, or expanding learning
activities and for other areas of instruction, enrichment, and recreation,
including telecommunications and technology education. This is a competitive
grant program that shifted from the federal government to the states under
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/21stcclc/index.html |
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Links to available Web pages are for informational purposes only. Accuracy
is not guaranteed by MDR.
The programs
shown are those that MDR felt would be of the greatest interest to K-12
education marketers. It is not intended to be a comprehensive listing
of all education programs.
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