SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES: The $25 million cut ($12.5 million each at ED and DOL) would require a minimal reduction in support for STATE GRANTS AND LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS, but the elimination of National Programs funding would end important research, development, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities that help improve State and local efforts.
ESEA TITLE I: A $105 million reduction for GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES would deprive an estimated 100,000 educationally disadvantaged children of special services designed to enable them to achieve to challenging academic standards. It would also hinder efforts underway to improve Title I programs by linking them to broader educational reforms being implemented in States and localities. Eliminating all funding for Title I EVALUATIONS would make it impossible for the Department to measure the impact of the almost $7 billion Title I program and to complete several Congressionally mandated studies.
EISENHOWER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STATE GRANTS: A $60 million reduction would severely limit State and local efforts to prepare educators to teach to high standards in the core academic subjects. In particular, because the Eisenhower statute includes a minimum funding level for mathematics and science, the 1995 appropriation, after the rescission, would include only $10 million, spread across all 50 States, for other subjects like English and history.
SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES: A rescission of ALL funds for Safe and Drug-Free Schools would eliminate a key component of the Administration's national drug strategy, deprive children in all school districts of instruction and other services designed to prevent drug use, and hinder school districts' efforts to create a safe school environment.
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENDEAVOR SCHOOLS (FACES): A rescission of all funds for FACES would prevent the Department from initiating this crime prevention program for communities with significant poverty, violent crime, and juvenile delinquency. The Department is currently working with the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a joint competition under FACES and the Community Schools Youth Services and Supervision Grant Program for comprehensive youth development projects. Fiscal year 1995 FACES funds would support between 22 and 44 grants.
EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH: Elimination of all funding would end State programs that ensure that homeless children, an extremely at-risk population, receive the education to which they are entitled and the other services that they need to succeed in school.
BILINGUAL EDUCATION: It appears that the House Subcommittee action would reduce funding by $38.5 million, but it is not clear which of the Bilingual programs would be affected. If the rescission were taken from Instructional Services, it would eliminate approximately 209 local projects serving some 158,000 limited English proficient children.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION: The rescission would terminate all funding for TECH-PREP EDUCATION, one of the most promising methods of linking academic and vocational instruction across secondary and postsecondary education and facilitating the school-to-work transition. Emerging, high-quality programs in all States would be affected.
ADULT EDUCATION: A rescission of almost $46 million would set back the national effort to ensure that all adults are literate and able to compete in a global economy. State and national leadership activities, as well as services to such populations as homeless and incarcerated adults, would be most affected.
STATE POSTSECONDARY REVIEW PROGRAM: Elimination of all 1995 funding would stop the program just as its most important activity- -State reviews of problem schools--are about to begin. Some 300 institutional reviews planned for 1995 would not be undertaken. Termination of the program would eliminate the only source of Federal support of state efforts to reduce abuse and protect students.
STATE STUDENT INCENTIVE GRANTS: Elimination of all 1995 funding would reduce aid generated by the program by almost $127 million, while eliminating SSIG awards to some 212,000 students. The Administration has proposed a two-year phase-out to allow States time to plan for elimination of the program.
TRIO PROGRAMS: Proposed reduction of $11.2 million would reduce counseling and other support services to some 2,885 disadvantaged students.
BYRD HONORS SCHOLARSHIPS: Proposed reduction of $9.8 million would allow ED to provide 1995-96 awards to continuing students only. Some 6,548 entering freshmen would not receive awards.
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION EXCHANGE: Rescission would eliminate this new program. A competition for two awards to support international exchange activities in civics and economics education was announced on February 17th.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEMONSTRATION FOR MATHEMATICS: Rescission would eliminate this new program. A competition for one award was announced on February 17th for a project to train teachers in at least 15 States to prepare students to achieve State content standards in mathematics.
JAVITS GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS EDUCATION: Rescission would eliminate funds for any new awards in 1995. This would include approximately 25 grants for model programs serving gifted and talented students and technical assistance projects designed to improve gifted and talented education. The Department would be able to continue 11 ongoing projects, as well as fund a research and development center in gifted and talented education.
STAR SCHOOLS: Rescission would eliminate all funding for this program. The Department would be unable to support the final year of funding for 8 ongoing distance learning partnerships, whose continuation awards are scheduled for June. These projects currently serve students and teachers in schools in 25 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Pacific region. The recipients of these funds, and their partners, include State educational agencies, colleges and universities, State educational television agencies, major cities, and schools serving some of the poorest and most rural areas of the Nation. In addition, a new award scheduled for 1995, for distance learning to help adults complete high school requirements, could not be made.
NATIONAL DIFFUSION NETWORK: Rescission would eliminate funding for new awards in 1995. Approximately 20 such awards are planned, to the developers of exemplary educational programs and practices to disseminate and help others adopt those programs and practices. Funds would be available for the continuation of ongoing projects.
LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION: Rescission would eliminate all but $2.5 million in funding for this program. This is a current-funded formula grant program, and the $2.5 million has already been awarded to eight States and the Virgin Islands. Other States will receive awards as their projects are approved.
LIBRARY RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATIONS: Rescission would eliminate all funding for this program. However, $5 million has already been obligated. A competition was announced on December 5th for the remaining $1.5 million in this program, with the award scheduled for May.
HOUSE RESCISSIONS TO 1995 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUDGET (dollars in thousands) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY House PROGRAMS Subcommittee Percent 1995 Approp. Rescission Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goals 2000 $403,400 $173,530 -43% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . School-to-Work Opportunities 125,000 12,475 -10% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Title I Grants to LEAs 6,698,356 105,000 -2% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eisenhower Prof. Dev. State Grants 320,298 60,000 -19% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safe and Drug-Free Schools 481,962 481,962 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inexpensive Book Distribution 10,300 5,300 -51% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arts in Education 12,000 6,000 -50% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education for Homeless Children & Youth 28,811 28,811 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education for Native Hawaiians 12,000 12,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training in Early Childhood Education 13,875 13,875 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family and Community Endeavor Schools 11,100 11,100 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special Programs for Indian Children 14,342 2,000 -14% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bilingual Education Instructional Services 155,690 38,500 -25% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tech-Prep Education 108,000 108,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vocational Education National Programs 34,535 34,535 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adult Education Literacy Programs 45,990 45,990 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Student Incentive Grants 63,375 63,375 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Postsecondary Review Program 20,000 20,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Direct Loan Administration/ FFEL Transition 345,000 47,000 -14% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nat. Hawaiian/Alaska Native Culture and Arts 1,000 1,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Urban Community Service 13,000 13,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Student Financial Aid Database/ Information Line 496 496 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal TRIO Programs 463,000 11,200 -2% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postsecondary Scholarships & Fellowships 112,030 54,499 -49% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard University 206,463 4,300 -2% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College Housing Loan Federal Administration 1,022 1,022 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TECHNOLOGY AND IMPROVEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational Technology 40,000 30,000 -75% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Star Schools 30,000 30,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ready to Learn Television 7,000 2,700 -39% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telecommunications Demonstration for Math. 2,250 2,250 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Javits Gifted and Talented Education 9,521 4,600 -48% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . National Diffusion Network 14,480 2,700 -19% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . International Education Exchange 3,000 3,000 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public Library Construction 17,792 15,300 -86% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Library Research and Demonstrations 6,500 6,500 -100% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OTHER PROGRAM RESCISSIONS: 223,505 TOTAL RESCISSIONS (in thousands): $1,675,525