Tag: budget
Multilingualism Makes It into Biden’s Budget
Under President Biden’s budget request for fiscal year 2024, the Department of Education would receive $90.6 billion in discretionary spending, a $10.8 billion (or...
Budget Compromise Ditches Child Tax Credit, Increases Education Spend
To secure the minimum of ten Republican votes to avoid a filibuster, Democrats were forced to abandon some priorities, including reauthorization of the Child...
NYC Focuses on Dyslexia
New York City announced that it would be taking increased action to support and improve the learning outcomes of dyslexic...
President Trump’s Proposed Budget Defunds Education, National Endowment of the Arts, State Department
President Trump has released the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Request, and similar to the past three years, aims to cut the Department of Education...
Urge Congress to #FundLibraries
For a fourth consecutive year, the White House budget proposal for FY21 eliminates direct federal funding for libraries.
The majority of this funding is provided...
Opposition to Puerto Rico’s Schools Cuts
Last month, the presidents of the American Federation of Teachers and the Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico (the Puerto Rico Teachers Association) co-signed a letter to the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, describing the harmful impact of the deep education cuts over the past decade and the devastating consequences additional proposed reductions would have on students and Puerto Rico’s future.
Language Education Affected in Iowa Budget Cuts
Students in the Iowa City School District are to suffer the loss of language classes in state budget cuts, starting next year.
The School...
