EDUCATION ACCOUNTS FOR JUST 2% OF ALL FEDERAL SPENDING Source: FY2018 OMB Budget CEF: 05/26/17
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION FUNDING IS 31% OF NONDEFENSE DISCRETIONARY (NDD) (FY 2017 budget authority in billions, by appropriations bill) 1% 0% Labor, HHS, Education Military Construction, VA 4% 3% 4% Transportation, HUD 6% 31% Commerce,Justice,Science Homeland Security 7% State, Foreign Operations Interior and Environment 8% Financial Services 14% 10% Agriculture Energy and Water 11% Legislative Branch Defense CEF: 06/28/17 Source: CBO 2017 Current Status
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FY 2018 BUDGET MAKES LARGEST EDUCATION CUT Requested change in Dept. of Education discretionary funding vs. prior year, in billions $10 Obama Reagan Bush Clinton G.W. Bush $5 $0 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2013 2015 2017 -$5 Trump -$10 Does not include FY 2010 request versus FY 2009, which included $97 billion in Recovery Act funds, or FY 2011 request that requested all Pell grant resources as mandatory spending . -$15 Source: Department of Education FY 2018 request and budget history tables CEF: 06/08/17
2018 Education Funding Far Below 2010 Level Excluding Pell Grants (Department of Education discretionary funds in billions) $46.6 $45.8 $45.8 $45.6 $45.4 $45.3 $44.7 $44.5 $43.5 $42.9 $40.5 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2018 House 2018 Senate President's Cmte Bill Cmte Bill Budget CEF:9/19/17
CONSTRAINTS ON FEDERAL EDUCATION INVESTMENTS • Budget Control Act discretionary caps • Sequester-level caps • Education bill has been shortchanged • House Republican plan for even deeper NDD cuts in FY 2018 • No Senate budget yet, Senate funding bills are placeholders
LOWER NDD LEVEL FOR FY 2018 (in billions) $600 $580 Budget Control Act Caps $560 $540 518.5 515.7 $520 House Budget 511 $500 $480 Sequester Caps $460 $440 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Actual level Murray Ryan (2014 & 2015) BBA of 2015 (2016 & 2017) Republican 2018 proposal CEF: 6/22/17
POSSIBLE FY 2018 NDD AND DEFENSE LEVELS (in billions) $622 $603 $603 $551 $549 $553 $519 $516 $511 $462 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2018 FY 2018 FY 2018 Original BCA Sequester House Trump Cap Cap Budget budget NDD Defense CEF: 07/20/17
Education Funding Bill Cut the Most in 2018 (Change from FY 2017 in nondefense discretionary budget authority in billions, in House bills) $3.9 $1.9 $0.1 $0.0 -$1.2 -$0.8 -$1.3 -$0.8 -$0.7 -$1.1 -$2.6 -$5.0 CEF: 08/10/17 Source: CBO scores of House FY 2018 Appropriations Committee bills
FY 2018 EDUCATION FUNDING PROPOSALS • President cuts Department of Education by $9.2 billion • Department of Education shrinks to 1.6% of the budget • House-passed funding bill increased Title IV block grant, still has big cuts • Senate Committee bill is better, unlikely to proceed
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