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Table: Safe and Drug-Free Schools Dollars

June 24, 1998 1 min read
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Funding for the Department of Education’s Safe and Drug-Free Schools program has climbed significantly since the late 1980s.

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act

FY 1987 $200,000,000 FY 1988 $229,776,000 FY 1989 $355,000,000 (including supplemental appropriation) FY 1990 $538,250,000 FY 1991 $606,340,977 (post-sequester figure) FY 1992 $623,963,000 FY 1993 $598,227,399 FY 1994 $467,162,000 FY 1995 $481,962,000 FY 1996 $465,981,000 FY 1997 $555,978,000 FY 1998 $556,000,000 FY 1999 $606,000,000

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education
NOTE: The program was called Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act from 1987 to 1994.

A version of this article appeared in the June 24, 1998 edition of Education Week

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