K-12 Budget Bills Eye Modest Funding Rise
After a major windfall in the federal economic-stimulus law, K-12 education would see just a modest boost in funding in fiscal 2010 under budget measures being considered in both houses of Congress.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on July 30 approved $63.45 billion for the U.S. Department of Education in the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, an $800 million increase over fiscal 2009.
That’s a little less than the $64.16 billion approved by the full U.S. House of Representatives July 24, and the $64.18 billion in President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2010...
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