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An appropriations measure provides budget authority to an agency for specified purposes. Budget authority allows federal agencies to incur obligations and authorizes payments to be made out of the treasury. Each year, appropriations acts fund discretionary agencies and programs and appropriated entitlement programs.
Legislative Outlook
In December 2007, Congress approved the FY08 omnibus appropriations bill that includes funding for education. The bill provides several important increases for education, including a $1.2 billion increase in Title I, Part A funding, a $366 million increase in School Improvement Grants, a $259 million increase in IDEA state funds, and a $23.8 million increase in longitudinal data systems. The omnibus package also includes language championed by CCSSO directing the Secretary to set-aside funding within the Longitudinal Data Systems Grant program for state data coordinators and a State Education Data Center, and an extension of the E-rate's Anti-deficiency Act exemption until December 13, 2008 in the Financial Services bill. Despite the positive aspects of the bill, the FY08 omnibus package also eliminates Title V, Part A funding and cuts Reading First by two-thirds to $393 million.
Click here to view funding levels for CCSSO’s priority programs.
The omnibus package includes an across-the-board cut of 1.747% as well as $250 million in earmarks for education. The overall spending level for education is about $1.9 billion above the FY07 appropriation.
Letters
Title V Appropriations Activity
Longitudinal Data Systems Appropriations Activity
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document last updated 1/3/2008
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