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The Senate last week approved a spending bill that would give the Department of Education only a minimal increase in its total budget for fiscal 2006. The bill diverges from President Bush’s request, and the House version of the bill, in some notable ways. Here are selected programs:
| FY2005 | FY2006 | |||
| Final budget | President’s request | House bill | Senate bill | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title I grants to districts | $12.74 billion | $13.34 billion | $12.84 billion | $12.84 billion |
| Special education state grants | 10.59 billion | 11.10 billion | 10.74 billion | 10.74 billion |
| Education technology state grants | 496 million | 0 | 300 million | 425 million |
| Striving Readers | 25 million | 200 million | 30 million | 35 million |
| High School Intervention | 0 | 1.24 billion | 0 | 0 |
| Teacher Incentive Fund | 0 | 500 million | 100 million | 0 |
| Vocational education | 1.33 billion | 0 | 1.31 billion | 1.31 billion |
| Pell Grants | 12.36 billion | *13.23 billion | 13.38 billion | 13.17 billion |
| TOTAL Discretionary spending | $56.58 billion | $56.05 billion | 56.70 billion | 56.70 billion |
