Presidents 2010 Budget for Department of Education

The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2010 provides $46.7 billion for federal education initiatives. The Education Department currently operates a budget of $62.6 billion and the Department received $98.8 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The FY’10 Budget eliminates 12 programs for a total of $550 million such as Javits Gifted and Talented Education, Character Education, Comprehensive School Reform, Safe and Drug Free Schools State Grants and Mentoring Program, Even Start Literacy program and the National Institute for Literacy. In addition, the President’s Budget for FY’10 eliminates the Federal Family Education Loan program (FFEL) and proposes originating all new loans using Federal capital through the Direct Loan program.

This chart contains funding history for programs of interest to members of the American Psychological Association:

Program FY'08 FY'09 FY'10 President's Budget

Work Study $980.5 million $980.5 million $980.5 million

Teacher Quality Partnership $33.7 million $ 50 million $50 million

Pell Grant / Max. Pell $16.3 billion/
$4,731 $14.2 billion/
$5,350 $16.9 billion/
$5,550

Perkins Loans $64 million $67 million $0

GAANN/Javits $ 29.5/ 9.5 million $ 31/ 9.7 million $31/ 9.7 million

TRIO/GEAR UP $885.2 million/$303.4 million $905.1 million/$313.2 million $905.1 million/$313.2 million

SMART grants/Academic Competitiveness Grants $395 million $960 million $1 billion

College Access and Completition Fund $0 $0 $500 million

IES $546.1 million $617.2 million $ 689.5 million

-- Regional Labs $65.5 million $67.6 million $70.6 million

-- Research $159.7 million $167.2 million $224.2 million

-- Research in Special Ed $70.6 million $70.6 million $70.6 million

Elementary and Secondary School Counseling $48.6 million $52 million $52 million

Mental Health Integration in School $4.9 million $5.9 million $6.9 million

Gifted and Talented $7.5 million $7.5 million $0

Safe and Drug Free State/National $294.8/218 million $294.8/220 million $0/283.6 million

Alcohol Abuse Reduction Program $32.4 million $32.7 million $ 32.7 million

Title I $13.989 billion $ 14.492 billion $12.992 billion

-- Neglected and Delinquent $49 million $50.4 million $50.4 million

-- High School Graduation Initiative $0 $0 $50 million

IDEA State Grants $10.9 billion $11.05 billion $11.05 billion

-- Personnel Prep $88.2 million $ 90.7 million $90.7 million

Reading First/ Early Reading First Program $393 million/$112.5 million $ 0/$112.5 million $0/$162.5 million

Even Start $66.5 million $66.5 million $0

Striving Readers $35.4 million $35.4 million $370.4 million

Women’s Educational Equity $1.8 million $2.4 million $2.4 million

21st Century Community Learning Centers $1.08 billion $1.13 billion $1.13 billion