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Senate Appropriations Committee Marks Up FY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Funding BillJuly 31, 2009—On July 30, 2009, the Senate Full Appropriations Committee passed HR 3293, the Senate FY 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education funding bill out of the Committee. The Senate has not yet taken the bill to the Senate floor, and that will not occur until after Senators return from their summer recess. After this next step the House and Senate will have to go to Conference to resolve the differences in funding levels and policy proposals between the House and Senate version of FY 2010 funding for education. So, we are in the middle of the process, not at the end. There are several policy changes proposed by the Senate that deserve attention. There are several new initiatives, and some “revamping” of existing programs. So the whole story is not told strictly in the dollar levels but also by the policies. The Senate Appropriations Committee states in its report that since historically well-funded programs, such as ESEA Title I, Part A Grants to Local School Districts, IDEA Special Education, Head Start, Pell Grants College Students Financial Aid, received such large increases through the ARRA, the Committee decided to emphasize “several other programs that are also important but did not receive large increases” through the ARRA. “Chief among them is School Renovation, which the Committee has not funded on a national scale since fiscal year 2001.” When the ARRA legislation was being put together, school renovation was an important priority, but ended up with no dedicated funding stream in the economic stimulus bill. For more information, including charts comparing the House and Senate versions, read the Legislative Update from Education Legislative Services. | |||||
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