FY 2022 PRESIDENT’S BUDGET

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

MAY 28, 2021
President Biden's Budget Request for FY2022:

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• President Biden's FY2022 budget request includes student-centered and education-centered 

provisions. No programs were eliminated or consolidated.

• Includes $102.8 billion in new discretionary Budget Authority, a $29.8 billion or 41 percent 

increase above the fiscal year 2021 appropriation.

• Additionally, includes close to $50 billion in new mandatory budget authority in fiscal year 2022 

tied to proposals included in the President’s American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan.

• Reverses years of underinvestment in Federal education programs and begins to address the 

significant inequities that millions of students—primarily students of color—and teachers confront 

every day in underserved schools across America.

• Provides the resources to build our schools back better, to ensure that the education our students 

receive in a post-COVID environment is safer, more productive, and more equitable.
FY 2016 – FY 2022 Department of Education Discretionary Budget

Requested vs. Enacted Levels

(dollars in billions)

FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022

President's Request 70.7 69.4 62.9 63.2 64.0 66.6 102.8

Final Enacted 68.3 68.2 70.9 71.1 72.7 73.5

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Recovery & Rebuilding: 

Education Provisions in The American Families Plan

• Adds at Least Four Years of Free Education

▫ 2 Years of Free Early Education – $200 billion over 10 years for universal, highquality pre-k for all 3- and 4-year-olds

▫ 2 Years of Free Community College – $123 billion over 10 years so every 

student can obtain a degree or certificate, plus another $62 billion to close college 

completion gaps

• Expanding Access to High-Quality Childcare

▫ $225 billion over 10 years to invest in the childcare workforce, early learning 

curriculum, and so that families can afford high-quality childcare options

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Recovery & Rebuilding:

Education Provisions in The American Jobs Plan 

• Strengthening School Infrastructure

▫ $50 billion over 5 years to rebuild and modernize public K-12 schools to help 

close the opportunity gap created by unsafe and ill-equipped school facilities in 

high-poverty school districts

▫ $12 billion over 5 years to improve community college facilities and build new 

facilities in education deserts

• Expanding Access to Broadband

▫ $100 billion over 10 years to bring high-quality, reliable broadband to all 

American families which will close the homework gap

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Historic Increases for Key Federal Programs that Serve Students 

Furthest from Opportunity

• Title I

• A $20 billion increase to Title I, bringing total investment to $36 billion for public elementary and

secondary schools in the most underserved communities.

• The increase is part of President Biden's commitment to dramatically increase funding for 

Title I schools—that would help address long-standing funding disparities between underresourced school districts and their wealthier counterparts.

• Pell Grants

• An $85 billion 10-year investment in Pell as part of the American Families Plan– for a total

increase of $1,875 in the maximum award to $8,370 - for award year 2022-2023, to provide

additional federal grant assistance for low-income college students, including DREAMers, to

access higher education.

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Additional Investments to Support Students 

• Boost in support for Children with Disabilities

▫ $17.5 billion for special education programs, with $15.5 billion for IDEA, a 

$2.6 billion increase over FY 21 and the largest increase to the program 

in two decades

• Support for Physical and Mental Well-Being of Students

▫ $1 billion to double the number of school counselors, nurses, and mental 

health professionals in k-12 schools, especially in the most underserved 

schools

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Support for Educators

• Building a Diverse Teacher Pipeline

▫ Over $400 million (including $280 million in mandatory AFP funding) for

Teacher Quality Partnership grants to effectively prepare aspiring teachers

▫ $60 million (including $40 million in mandatory AFP funding) for Augustus 

Hawkins Centers of Excellence to help diversify the teacher pipeline

• Educator Training and Support

▫ $1.6 billion to support additional certifications for more than 100,000 educators in 

high-demand areas like special education, bilingual education, career and technical 

education, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

▫ $30 million to recruit and train school leaders

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