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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Obama proposes moderate hike in education spending

The Obama administration just released its spending proposal for fiscal year 2012, which begins October 1. And once again, education is a bright spot in an otherwise tight budget year.

The Obama administration is keeping domestic discretionary spending level, but it is asking $77.4 billion in education funding, including $49 billion excluding Pell Grants, for fiscal year 2012. That's a roughly 4%  increase in non-Pell discretionary funding over fiscal year 2010, the most recent budget enacted. To learn more, read the full article by Alyson Klein in the Politics K-12 section of Education Week's online blogs.

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