Federal budget passed
Published: February 1, 2014
Federal education funding will approach pre-sequestration levels under a two-year appropriations bill that passed both houses of Congress and was signed by President Obama last month.
“This means no additional cuts for federal program funds in the current fiscal year—and in many cases program grantees will see some extra dollars in their next funding allocation. Education spending wouldn’t quite catch up to pre-sequester levels … but it would come close,” CSBA Legislative Advocate Erika Hoffman said in a CSBA story published before action was final. See “Federal Spending Bill Would Restore Many Education Appropriations,” and watch for more federal education news in the March issue.