U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Fiscal Year 2024

Budget Summary

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET SUMMARY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. SUMMARY OF THE 2024 BUDGET REQUEST ................................................................................ 6

K-12 Education .............................................................................................................................. 7

Bridging the Education Pipeline .................................................................................................... 9

An Education Beyond High School ................................................................................................ 9

II. THE 2024 EDUCATION BUDGET BY PROGRAM AREA .......................................................................... 11

Elementary and Secondary Education ......................................................................................... 11

Overview .............................................................................................................................. 11

Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies ...................................................................... 13

Preschool Incentive Demonstration Program ...................................................................... 13

Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) ........................................................................... 14

21st Century Community Learning Centers ........................................................................ 14

Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants ..................................................................... 15

Teacher and School Leader Incentive Grants ...................................................................... 15

Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) ........................................................ 15

School Leader Recruitment and support .............................................................................. 16

School Safety National Activities ........................................................................................ 16

Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants ............................................................ 16

English Language Acquisition ............................................................................................. 17

Promise Neighborhoods ....................................................................................................... 17

Fostering Diverse Schools ................................................................................................... 18

Magnet Schools Assistance ................................................................................................. 18

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Training and Advisory Services .......................................................................................... 18

Charter Schools Grants ........................................................................................................ 19

Migrant Education ............................................................................................................... 19

Neglected, Delinquent, and At-Risk Students ..................................................................... 20

Education for Homeless Children and Youths..................................................................... 20

Rural Education ................................................................................................................... 20

Indian Education .................................................................................................................. 21

Native Hawaiian Education ................................................................................................. 22

Alaska Native Education ..................................................................................................... 22

State Assessments ................................................................................................................ 22

Education Innovation and Research .................................................................................... 23

Comprehensive Literacy Development Grants .................................................................... 23

Innovative Approaches to Literacy ...................................................................................... 23

American History and Civics Education.............................................................................. 24

Arts in Education ................................................................................................................. 24

Javits Gifted and Talented Education .................................................................................. 24

Ready to Learn Programming (RTL) ................................................................................... 25

Statewide Family Engagement Centers ............................................................................... 25

Comprehensive Centers ....................................................................................................... 25

Impact Aid ........................................................................................................................... 26

Supplemental Education Grants ........................................................................................... 27

Special Education and Rehabilitation Services ........................................................................... 28

Overview .............................................................................................................................. 28

Grants to States .................................................................................................................... 29

Preschool Grants .................................................................................................................. 30

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Grants for Infants and Families ........................................................................................... 30

State Personnel Development .............................................................................................. 31

Technical Assistance and Dissemination ............................................................................. 31

Personnel Preparation .......................................................................................................... 31

Parent Information Centers .................................................................................................. 32

Educational Technology, Media, and Materials .................................................................. 32

Special Olympics Education Program ................................................................................. 33

Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants ................................................................................ 33

Client Assistance State Grants ............................................................................................. 34

Training................................................................................................................................ 34

Demonstration and Training ................................................................................................ 34

Supported Employment State Grants ................................................................................... 34

Independent Living Services for Older Blind Individuals ................................................... 35

Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights .................................................................... 35

Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults ....................................... 35

Special Institutions for Persons with Disabilities ................................................................ 36

Career, Technical and Adult Education ...................................................................................... 37

Overview .............................................................................................................................. 37

Career and Technical Education .......................................................................................... 38

Adult Education ................................................................................................................... 39

Student Financial Assistance ....................................................................................................... 40

Overview .............................................................................................................................. 40

Student Aid Summary Tables (Budget Authority) .............................................................. 41

Aid Available to Students .................................................................................................... 42

Number of Student Aid Awards .......................................................................................... 43

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Federal Pell Grant Program ................................................................................................. 44

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants ...................................................... 45

Federal Work-Study ............................................................................................................. 45

Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants ................................................................................... 46

TEACH Grants .................................................................................................................... 47

Federal Family Education Loans and Direct Loans ............................................................. 48

New Loan Volume (Dollars and Numbers) ......................................................................... 49

Free Community College and Tuition Subsidies .......................................................................... 50

Overview .............................................................................................................................. 50

Free Community College ..................................................................................................... 50

Advancing Affordability for Students ................................................................................. 50

Accelerated Success: Free Community College ............................................................... 51

Higher Education Programs ........................................................................................................ 51

Overview .............................................................................................................................. 51

Aid for Institutional Development ....................................................................................... 53

Aid for Hispanic-Serving Institutions .................................................................................. 55

International Education and Foreign Language Studies (IEFLS) ........................................ 56

Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Career and Technical Institutions ................................ 56

Special Programs for Migrant Students ............................................................................... 57

Federal TRIO Programs ....................................................................................................... 58

Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) ......... 59

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) ................................................ 59

Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities into Higher Education 

(TPSID) ........................................................................................................................... 59

Child Care Access Means Parents In School ....................................................................... 60

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education ...................................................... 60

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Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) ..................................................................................... 61

Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence ....................................................................... 61

Howard University ............................................................................................................... 62

Academic Facilities ............................................................................................................. 62

Institute of Education Sciences .................................................................................................... 63

Overview .............................................................................................................................. 63

Research, Development, and Dissemination ....................................................................... 63

Statistics ............................................................................................................................... 63

Regional Educational Laboratories ...................................................................................... 64

Assessment .......................................................................................................................... 64

Research in Special Education ............................................................................................. 65

Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems ................................................................................. 65

Special Education Studies and Evaluations ......................................................................... 65

IES Program Administration ............................................................................................... 66

Departmental Management ......................................................................................................... 67

Overview .............................................................................................................................. 67

Salaries and Expenses (S&E) Overview .............................................................................. 68

III. APPENDIX ............................................................................................................................................. 71

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“The investments proposed in President Biden’s new budget reflect this Administration’s deep belief 

in education as the foundation of all opportunity in America. It is my hope that Congress answers 

the President’s call for continued investments that will help schools, parents, families, and communities 

raise the bar in education by promoting academic excellence, accelerating learning, building safe and 

supportive school communities, and addressing major challenges like the educator shortage, the 

mental health and well-being of our students, and access to high-quality early learning programs. 

The President’s budget would also expand career-connected learning in our schools and provide more 

pathways to well-paying careers, as well as raise the bar for college affordability, inclusive student 

success, and driving more equitable outcomes in higher education.” 

-Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona

I. SUMMARY OF THE 2024 BUDGET REQUEST

The fiscal year 2024 Budget Request continues to make significant investments to address longstanding

inequities that students and educators confront every day in under-resourced schools and institutions of

higher education (institutions) across the Nation, particularly in our communities with concentrated poverty

and predominantly serving students of color. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound and lasting

impact on our students across P-12 and postsecondary education. It will take time and continued investment

and support for many of our students to get back on track and thrive.

As the Department of Education continues to support schools, students, and families as they recover from

the pandemic, this Budget answers Secretary Cardona’s call to raise the bar in public education. The fiscal

year 2024 Budget Request reflects the long-term and sustained investments needed to meet the academic,

mental health, and other needs of our students across schools and institutions, including critical new funding 

for postsecondary mental health supports. The Budget Request makes historic investments in the Nation’s

future prosperity including increasing aid for schools in high-poverty communities; helping meet the needs

of students with disabilities; expanding access to preschool and community college; and increasing college

affordability and completion.

Overall, the fiscal year 2024 Budget requests $90.0 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of

Education, a $10.8 billion or 13.6 percent increase from the fiscal year 2023 enacted level (less rescissions).

The investments included in the Budget Request support the Department of Education’s comprehensive

“Raise the Bar” agenda to achieve academic excellence, including by supporting the academic recovery of

students and providing a well-rounded and rigorous education for all students. It improves learning

conditions by ensuring every child has access to mental health supports, providing a safe and healthy

learning environment, and giving them access to the educators that they need to succeed. It prepares students 

to compete in the global economy by putting them on track toward college and career readiness and giving

them opportunities to become multilingual.

The President is also committed to working with Congress to enact his plan to lower costs for families and

expand the productive capacity of the American economy. This plan includes proposals to cut college costs,

including through tuition-free community college and tuition support for students attending Historically

Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), and

minority-serving institutions (MSIs). It also supports families through a demonstration program that

provides access to free, high-quality preschool for children eligible to attend Title I schools, taking critical

action to close gaps in opportunities and outcomes for students from low-income communities.

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The fiscal year 2024 Budget Request includes the following key initiatives: 

K-12 EDUCATION

PROPOSES HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN SCHOOLS LOCATED IN HIGH-POVERTY COMMUNITIES

To help ensure that every student receives a high-quality education, the Budget provides $20.5 billion for 

Title I, a $2.2 billion increase above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level. This funding will continue historic 

progress over the past two years, as Congress has enacted a total increase of $1.9 billion for Title I since 

fiscal year 2021. Title I delivers critical funding to 90 percent of school districts across the Nation, helping 

them to provide students in low-income communities the academic opportunities and support they need to 

succeed. The requested increase addresses chronic funding gaps between schools in high-poverty 

communities—which disproportionately serve students of color— and their wealthier counterparts and will 

help schools sustain critical investments in accelerated learning and other areas that were made with 

American Rescue Plan funds.

EXPANDS ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL FOR UNDERSERVED CHILDREN

The Budget includes a major new mandatory funding proposal administered by the Department of Health 

and Human Services in collaboration with the Department of Education to support a federal-state 

partnership to provide high-quality, free preschool to all four-year-old children, with the flexibility for states 

to expand preschool to three-year-old children once high-quality preschool is fully available to four-yearold children. It would dramatically expand access to high-quality preschool over ten years, ensuring that 

children enter kindergarten ready to succeed. The Budget also provides $500 million in the Department of 

Education for a demonstration program to incentivize school districts to establish or expand free and highquality preschool in school and community-based settings, including Head Start, for children eligible to 

attend Title I schools. This program would provide eligible children with a high-quality early education 

integrated with services to support their healthy physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development and 

build a strong preschool-to-grade-three continuum to ensure children transition successfully from the early 

education system to elementary school. The program would expand its reach by encouraging grantees to 

leverage a portion of their existing Title I funds, along with other federal, state, and local funds, for highquality preschool.

PRIORITIZES THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS

The Department of Education recognizes that just as physical health and nutrition is critical to learning, so 

too is mental health. The lingering impacts of COVID-19 disruptions have taken a heavy toll on the mental 

health of many students, educators, and staff. Research shows that students who receive social, emotional, 

mental, and behavioral supports perform better academically. The Budget provides $578 million to increase 

the number of school-based counselors, psychologists, social workers, and other health professionals in K12 schools and to support colleges and universities develop a campus-wide strategy to address student 

mental health needs including hiring additional providers on their campuses. This funding builds on the $1 

billion provided to schools through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) to address mental health 

staffing shortages.

INCREASES SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

Every child with a disability should have access to the high-quality early intervention, special education 

services, and personnel needed to thrive in school and graduate ready for college or a career. The Budget 

provides an additional $2.1 billion over fiscal year 2023 enacted levels for Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA) Part B grants to states and preschool programs to support special education and 

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related services, with a total request of $16.8 billion. The Budget also provides $932 million for IDEA Part 

C grants, which support early intervention services for infants and families with disabilities that have a 

proven record of improving academic and developmental outcomes—a nearly $400 million increase over 

the fiscal year 2023 enacted level. The increased funding would support States in implementing critical 

reforms to expand their enrollment of underserved children, including children of color, children from lowincome backgrounds, and children living in rural areas. The IDEA Part C increase also includes $200 

million to expand and streamline enrollment of children at risk of developing disabilities, which would help 

mitigate the need for more extensive services later in childhood and further expand access to the program 

for underserved children. The Budget also invests more than $300 million in IDEA Part D grants to train 

and retrain special educators at a time when the majority of states are experiencing a shortage of special 

educators. In addition, the Department of Education will launch the first national comprehensive study of 

special education expenditures in over two decades, which will examine how funds support the education 

of students with disabilities. Lastly, the Budget invests an additional $20 million in IDEA Part D grants to 

help military-connected children with disabilities and other highly mobile children with disabilities 

maintain services when they change school districts.

EXPANDS SUPPORT FOR FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Community schools play a critical role in providing comprehensive integrated support services to students 

and their families, such as health and nutrition services and adult education opportunities, and expanded 

enrichment and learning opportunities such as afterschool programs. These schools also provide strong 

family and community engagement and collaborative leadership and practices for educators, which together 

have proven to improve academic outcomes for students. These schools provide critical supports to 

students, including meeting not only a student’s academic needs but also social, emotional, mental, and 

physical health. They also provide resources and services to meet family needs, including through crossagency efforts and partnerships with community-based organizations and other family support providers 

external to the school site. The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to increasing and supporting the 

adoption of community school models across the country. Building on this momentum, the Budget includes 

$368 million for Full-Service Community Schools, more than double the fiscal year 2023 enacted level. 

Within this increase, $25 million would support school districts to design and implement integrated student 

supports focused on addressing a range of student and family needs. 

INVESTS IN EDUCATOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

While the education sector has faced shortages in critical staffing areas for decades, the COVID-19 

pandemic and tight labor market have made shortages worse, further exacerbating the 

already disproportionate impact on students in underserved communities. The Budget invests $3 billion 

in educators and school leaders, including $798 million—an additional $342 million on top of current 

funding levels—in competitive programs that support a diverse and well-prepared pipeline of 

educators and strengthen teacher retention.

SUPPORTS MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS

English Learner (ELs) students were disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 disruptions, and schools 

face a shortage of bilingual teachers. The Budget provides $1.2 billion for Title III under the Every Student 

Succeeds Act, an increase of $305 million above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level, to help students 

learning English attain English proficiency and achieve academic success. To elevate the multilingual 

educator workforce, the Budget dedicates a total of $100 million, with $90 million going towards 

building out multilingual educator pipelines and professional development in multilingualism for 

existing school staff and teachers, and $10 million for post-secondary fellowships to improve the 

quality of multilingual educator preparation. Additionally, the Budget includes an expansion to the 

National Clearinghouse of English Language Acquisition to provide greater capacity within the 

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Department of Education to be able to provide technical assistance to States in delivering high-quality 

language instruction. The Budget includes $25 million to support a new Raising the Bar on 

Multilingualism program to assist districts in scaling high-quality dual language learning and 

instruction. Finally, the Budget proposes a name change to the Office of English Language Acquisition to 

the Office of Multilingual and English Learners, promoting the Office’s Director to Assistant Secretary, 

and adding staff capacity, to elevate the federal obligation to ELs and strengthen Title III’s program 

administration. 

FOSTERS DIVERSE SCHOOLS

Concentrated poverty and racial isolation in a school can undermine its ability to provide an equal 

opportunity for all students to learn and succeed. The Budget includes $100 million for a grant program 

to support voluntary efforts by communities interested in developing and implementing strategies to 

promote diversity in their schools and classrooms. 

BRIDGING THE EDUCATION PIPELINE

REIMAGINES THE HIGH SCHOOL TO POSTSECONDARY TRANSITION

Reimagining traditional educational pathways to improve equitable opportunities is a critical component 

of the President’s vision to increase successful outcomes for all students. The Budget includes a $200 

million investment focused on the Career-Connected High Schools initiative. This initiative will 

provide competitive grants to partnerships among school districts, institutions, and employers to 

increase the integration and alignment of the last two years of high school and the first two years of 

postsecondary education. The goal is to improve postsecondary and career outcomes for all students, 

including students of color and students from low-income backgrounds. Strategies include dual 

enrollment, work-based learning, college and career advising, and assistance for students obtaining 

an industry-recognized credentials. A fiscal year 2024 competition will expand high-quality, paid workbased learning pathways for youth, including re-engaging students who are currently disconnected from 

the education system to help students transition from secondary to postsecondary education systems, earn 

career-related credentials, and gain access to high-quality jobs. 

AN EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL

PROPOSES HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY

To expand equitable and affordable access to an education beyond high school, the Budget would 

increase the maximum Pell Grant by $820 for the 2024-2025 award year, through a combination of 

discretionary and mandatory funding. An estimated 6.8 million students from low- and middleincome backgrounds would receive assistance to help overcome financial barriers to attending college. 

This increase is one piece of the Budget’s comprehensive proposal to double the maximum Pell Grant by 

2029. 

The Budget also invests mandatory funding to create a new mandatory program to expand free 

community college across the Nation. The Budget also includes $500 million in a new discretionary grant 

program that will enable community colleges to provide up to two years of free postsecondary 

education for students enrolled in high-quality programs that lead to good paying jobs or programs that 

lead four-year degrees. In addition, the Budget provides mandatory funding over ten years to lower the 

cost of tuition for two years for students from families earning less than $125,000 enrolled in a 

participating four-year HBCU, TCCU, or MSI. 

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In addition to these critical investments, the Administration continues to support working with Congress to 

expand all Title IV federal student aid programs, including Pell Grants and campus-based aid eligibility, to 

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, commonly known as DREAMers.

MAKES SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENTS TO POSTSECONDARY STUDENT SUCCESS, COMPLETION,

AND SUPPORTS

The President is committed to not only ensuring an education beyond high school is accessible and 

affordable, but that students are provided with the equitable access to resources and supports needed to 

persist in and complete a postsecondary education. The Budget supports innovative strategies to improve

student success and degree completion through increased funding for the Postsecondary Student Success 

Grants in the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) using a tiered evidence model. 

The proposed requests in FIPSE also promote student success through new funding for postsecondary 

mental health supports, and investments in critical resources to support students’ basic needs, including $30 

million to help build systems that enable students to access non-student aid public benefits. The Budget 

also includes $95 million to help institutions provide affordable child care for low-income student parents

through the Child Care Access Means Parents in Schools (CCAMPIS) program. In addition, the Budget 

includes significant increases for the Federal TRIO programs and GEAR UP to expand services that 

promote access and success in postsecondary education for underserved individuals. Finally, the Budget 

includes a new proposal to create a new Postsecondary Education Advancement Technical Assistant Center, 

focused on evidence-based practices and data driven solutions to improve student outcomes and ensure 

inclusive and equitable postsecondary education opportunities for all students. 

INCREASES EQUITABLE FUNDING FOR HBCUS, TCCUS, AND MSIS

The Budget would enhance institutional capacity at HBCUs, TCCUs, MSIs, and low-resourced institutions, 

including community colleges, by providing an increase of $429 million over the fiscal year 2023 enacted 

level. This funding includes a $350 million initiative in the FIPSE program to expand research and 

development infrastructure at four-year HBCUs, TCCUs, and MSIs.

PRIORITIZES THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND BORROWERS

The Budget provides $2.7 billion for Student Aid Administration, including to the Department of 

Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), a $620 million increase over the fiscal year 2023 enacted 

level. This additional funding is essential to support students and student loan borrowers. The increase 

would allow FSA to continue to operate the student aid programs, implement critical improvements to 

student loan servicing, continue to modernize its digital infrastructure, and ensure successful administration 

of the financial aid programs through a simplified and streamlined application process for students and 

borrowers. 

BOLSTERS OUR NATION’S SKILLED WORKFORCE WITH EXPANSIONS TO CAREER AND

TECHNICAL TRAINING AND ADULT EDUCATION

As our economy continues its rapid recovery, the Budget invests more than $2.4 billion in career and 

technical training and adult education to support the long-term sustainability of our nation’s skilled 

workforce, including for state grants. In addition to expanding access to career training programs by making 

significant investments in community colleges, the Budget also proposes new grants supporting adult 

learners through a College Bridge Initiative, targeted support for adult learners who are incarcerated, and 

expanded opportunities for paid work-based learning opportunities for youth including those that are 

disconnected through the career connected high school program youth. 

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INCREASES SUPPORT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT

The Budget provides $178 million to the Department’s Office for Civil Rights, a 27 percent increase 

compared to the fiscal year 2023 enacted level. This additional funding would ensure that the Department 

of Education has the capacity to protect equal access to education through the enforcement of civil rights 

laws, such as Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. 

II. THE 2024 EDUCATION BUDGET BY PROGRAM AREA

ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OVERVIEW

President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 Request for Elementary and Secondary Education programs addresses

longstanding equity gaps in our education system, beginning with State and local education finance systems

that underfund school districts and schools that enroll high proportions of students of color and students

from low-income backgrounds; the need to address longstanding shortages of certified educators, which

was further exacerbated by the pandemic; a lack of equitable access to and preparation for rigorous

coursework that sets students up for college and careers; and the need for high-quality, preschool programs,

regardless of a child’s race, zip code, or family income. The following major investments would help close

these equity gaps and help ensure that all students—including students from low-income backgrounds and

students of color and those in underserved communities—receive the social, emotional, mental health, and

academic supports they need to thrive in school and achieve their dreams.

• Critical investments in equitable access to the learning opportunities students need to succeed:

o $20.5 billion for Title I, an increase of $2.2 billion compared to the 2023 enacted level. This

historic increase in funding would help schools with high rates of poverty sustain critical

investments in staffing, academic recovery and mental health made with ARP funds, and make

critically-needed new investments in high-quality instruction, increasing access to a wellrounded education; creating safe and inclusive learning environments; and expanding access

to preschool.

o $1.2 billion for English Language Acquisition State Grants, an increase of $305 million, above

the 2023 enacted level to significantly strengthen State and local capacity to meet the needs of

English learners (ELs), provide professional development on multilingual education for

existing teachers and staff, and bolster the multilingual educator pipeline via post-secondary

fellowships. The Budget also includes a greater emphasis on multilingualism that embraces

students’ native and home languages as a strength they bring to their school communities.

o $178 million for ED’s Office for Civil Rights, a $38 million increase compared to the 2023

enacted level, to provide sufficient staffing and other capacity for monitoring, technical

assistance, data collection, and enforcement.

o $500 million for school districts to expand free, high-quality preschool in school and

community-based settings, including Head Start, for children eligible to attend Title I schools,

allowing more students to enter kindergarten with the knowledge and skills they need to be

successful.

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o $2 million in Program Administration funding to support a Commission on the Future of the

Teaching Profession, which would address the pressing needs of the field, including by

recommending state, federal and local actions to strengthen the recruitment, preparation, and

retention of diverse and talented educators to address long-standing challenges to the

profession.

• Critical investments to meet the social, emotional, mental health, and academic needs of students:

o A total of $578 million to support new awards through the School-Based Mental Services and

Mental Health Services Professional Demonstration programs, with $428 million for K-12

schools and $150 million for post-secondary institutions. This critical investment will help to

support the mental health needs of our students and their families by increasing the number of

counselors, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals in our schools.

It also helps build the pipeline for these critical staff, with an emphasis on schools serving

underserved students, and colleges and universities with a shortage of these professionals.

o $368 million, an increase of $218 million, more than doubling the 2023 enacted level, to

dramatically expand the Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) program. The Budget

recognizes the role of schools as the centers of our communities and neighborhoods, and funds

efforts to identify and integrate the wide range of community-based resources needed to

support students and their families. For example, resources that expand learning opportunities

for students and parents alike, support collaborative leadership and practices, and promote the

family and community engagement that can help ensure student academic success. Within this

increase, $25 million would support districts that do not yet have the capacity to implement all

four pillars of the community school model to design and implement integrated student

supports focused on meeting student social, emotional, mental, and physical health, as well as

their academic needs. These projects will be facilitated through cross-agency efforts and

partnerships with community-based organizations and other family support providers external

to the school site.

• Critical investments in building a more diverse, well-prepared, supported, and effective teacher

workforce and strengthening school leadership:

o $132.1 million for Teacher Quality Partnerships, an increase of $52.1 million over the 2023

enacted level, to support comprehensive pathways into the profession, such as high-quality

residencies and Grow Your Own programs, that support educator diversity, improve teacher

effectiveness, and increase teacher retention.

o $30 million for the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence, an increase of $15 million

over the 2023 enacted level, to help expand the diversity of the teacher workforce through

competitive grants to HBCUs, TCCUs, and MSIs to support teacher preparation (see Higher

Education Programs).

o $250 million for Special Education Personnel Preparation, more than doubling current

investments, to support the pipeline of special education teachers and personnel; and $53.6

million for State Personnel Development grants, a 39 percent increase.

o $40 million to reestablish funding for the reauthorized School Leader Recruitment and Support

program.

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o $200 million for Teacher and School Leader Incentive Grants, a $27 million increase over

current funding levels, prioritizing funds for activities that provide experienced and effective

teachers with leadership opportunities that allow them to have a greater impact on their school

community while remaining in the classroom, and to be compensated for these additional

responsibilities.

o $10 million to fund, for the first time, grants under the Graduate Fellowships to Prepare Faculty

in High Need Areas at Colleges of Education program to help address critical teacher pipeline

issues (see Higher Education Programs).

TITLE I GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $17,536.8 $18,386.8 $20,536.8

Title I Grants to LEAs provide supplemental education funding, especially in communities of concentrated 

poverty, for local programs that provide extra academic support to help students in high-poverty schools 

meet challenging State academic standards. The Request continues to increase funding for this program, 

which serves an estimated 25 million students in nearly 90 percent of school districts and nearly 60 percent 

of all public schools, as a key strategy for closing the funding gaps between high-poverty schools that 

disproportionately serve students of color and their wealthier counterparts. This funding will also help 

schools sustain critical investments in accelerated learning and other areas that were made with American 

Rescue Plan funds. LEAs can use Title I funds flexibly for locally determined programs and interventions 

across a broad range of areas, including through schoolwide programs that allow Federal and other funds 

to be consolidated and leveraged for comprehensive school reforms. The fiscal year 2024 request proposes 

to reserve $100 million for direct grants to States to implement voluntary School Funding Equity 

Commissions and to LEAs to implement voluntary resource equity reviews. 

PRESCHOOL INCENTIVE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions — — $500.0

The Preschool Incentive Demonstration Program would make competitive awards to local educational 

agencies (LEAs) or consortia of LEAs to expand access to high-quality preschool in school and communitybased settings, including Head Start, for children eligible to attend Title I schools. The program would also 

support LEAs and participating schools in aligning high-quality preschool with kindergarten through 3rd 

grade instruction, facilitating the transition both from preschool to kindergarten and from kindergarten 

to 3rd grade. As the Department administers the program, it will collaborate with the Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

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FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (FSCS)

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $75.0 $150.0 $368.0

FSCS makes competitive 5-year grants to school districts—in partnership with community-based 

organizations, nonprofit organizations, or other public or private entities. The grants help provide 

comprehensive academic, social, and health services in school settings for students, students’ family 

members, and community members by integrating existing school and community programs. These

coordinated strategies can positively impact neighborhoods with high rates of poverty, childhood obesity, 

academic failure, and involvement of community members in the justice system. The proposed increase

reflects the growing recognition that students and families in communities with high-poverty need 

comprehensive services to best support improve academic outcomes, and schools are ideally situated to 

provide such supports. In particular, the disruptions to education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic 

provided a vivid demonstration of the importance of our schools to the social and economic fabric of our 

communities, both during the pandemic and as we work toward a full recovery. Within this increase, $25 

million would help school districts design and implement integrated student supports focused on addressing 

a range of student and family needs including meeting their social, emotional, mental and physical health, 

as well as their academic needs through cross-agency efforts and partnerships with community-based 

organizations and other entities. The additional funds would support 365 new community schools serving 

up to 1.1 million additional students, family members, and community members. 

21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $1,289.7 $1,329.7 $1,329.7

This program enables States, through competitive subgrants to school districts or community-based 

organizations, to support centers that provide additional student learning opportunities through before- and 

after-school programs and summer school programs aimed at improving student academic outcomes. 

Centers, which also may offer training in parenting skills and family literacy services, must target their 

services primarily to students who attend schools identified for improvement under Title I of the ESEA or 

other schools determined by local educational agencies (LEAs) to be in need of assistance. 

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SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION STATE GRANTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $2,170.1 $2,190.1 $2,190.1

This program, authorized under ESEA’s Title II-A, provides formula grants to State educational agencies 

(SEAs), which then subgrant most funds to local educational agencies, to support activities designed to 

increase student achievement by improving the effectiveness of teachers, principals, and other school 

leaders; increase the number of teachers, principals, and other school leaders who are effective in improving 

student academic achievement in schools; provide students from low-income backgrounds and students of 

color greater access to effective teachers, principals, and other school leaders; and reduce class size. SEAs 

and LEAs have flexibility to carry out a wide variety of activities based on identified needs. 

TEACHER AND SCHOOL LEADER INCENTIVE GRANTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $173.0 $173.0 $200.0

The Teacher and School Leader Incentive Grants (TSL) program makes competitive awards to help 

develop, implement, improve, or expand human capital management systems or performance-based 

compensation systems. Allowable uses of funds include implementing career advancement opportunities 

for effective teachers, principals, and other school leaders; improving LEA processes for recruiting, 

selecting, placing, supporting, and retaining effective teachers, principals, and other school leaders in highneed schools; and providing principals with the tools needed to make school-level decisions that build highperforming instructional leadership teams. New awards would be likely to be focused on providing 

opportunities for educators to take on leadership roles in their schools and districts and be compensated for 

those additional responsibilities. 

SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT (SEED)

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $85.0 $90.0 $93.0

The SEED program provides competitive grants to institutions of higher education, national nonprofit 

entities, and the Bureau of Indian Education to support evidence-based professional development activities, 

including those leading to an advanced credential, as well as non-traditional preparation and certification 

pathways that allow teachers, principals, or other school leaders to obtain employment in traditionally 

underserved local educational agencies. The request would support continuation and renewal awards as 

well as a limited number of new awards to support evidence-based efforts to prepare, develop, and retain 

an effective and diverse teacher and school leader workforce that can meet the social, emotional, mental 

health and academic needs of their student. 

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SCHOOL LEADER RECRUITMENT AND SUPPORT

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions — — $40.0

The School Leader Recruitment and Support program, which was last funded in 2017, provides competitive 

grants LEAs, SEAs, the BIE, or consortia of one of those entities with nonprofit organizations or IHEs to

improve the recruitment, preparation, placement, support, and retention of effective principals or other 

school leaders in high-need schools. Funds would support new grants for high-quality professional 

development for principals and other school leaders as well as high-quality training for aspiring principals 

and school leaders.

SCHOOL SAFETY NATIONAL ACTIVITIES

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $201.0 $216.0 $601.0

This program authorizes activities to improve students’ safety and well-being. Activities include 

competitive grants and other discretionary activities to foster a safe, secure, and supportive school and 

community learning environment conducive to teaching and learning; facilitate emergency management 

and preparedness, as well as recovery from traumatic events; and increase the availability of school-based 

mental health service providers for students. The request would support approximately $428 million in new 

K-12 School-Based Mental Services and Mental Health Services Professional Demonstration awards. $150 

million in funding is being provided in the FIPSE account for post-secondary institutions to address the 

mental health needs of college students. Funding would also support a school facilities clearinghouse, and 

new Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) awards.

STUDENT SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT GRANTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $1,280.0 $1.380.0 $1,405.0

This program provides formula grants to State educational agencies, which then subgrant most funds to 

local educational agencies, to support well-rounded educational opportunities, safe and healthy students, 

and the effective use of technology. The Request would provide resources for improving student 

opportunities and outcomes that can be used flexibly in response to locally identified needs and includes an 

additional $25 million for the program’s technical assistance and capacity building authority, which the 

Department would use to help States and school districts improve and expand instruction in languages other 

than English through a new Raising the Bar on Multilingualism program. 

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $831.4 $890.0 $1,195.0

This program awards formula grants to States based on each State’s share of the Nation’s English learners 

(ELs) and recent immigrant students. Schools use this funding to implement effective language instruction 

educational programs designed to help ELs attain English language proficiency. The program also awards 

grants to schools operated predominantly for Native American and Alaska Native students and supports 

national activities, including professional development for teachers of ELs and a clearinghouse of researchbased information about instructional methods, strategies, and programs for ELs. The proposed increase 

would significantly strengthen State and local capacity to meet the needs of ELs and their teachers, provide 

$100 million for professional development on multilingual education for existing teachers and staff, and 

bolster the multilingual educator pipeline via post-secondary fellowships. The Budget also includes a 

greater emphasis on multilingualism that embraces students’ native and home languages as a strength they 

bring to their school communities.

PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $85.0 $91.0 $106.0

This program provides competitive grants to support distressed communities in improving the academic 

and developmental outcomes for children, youth, and their families from birth through college. Funded 

activities are focused on “pipeline services,” which include high-quality early childhood programs; highquality in-school and out-of-school programs; transition support for students at all levels of education and 

workforce preparation; family and community engagement support; job training, internships, and career 

counseling; and social, health, nutrition, and mental health services. The proposed $15 million increase 

reflects the Administration’s priority on expanding community-school partnerships to better meet the 

comprehensive needs of underserved communities. 

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FOSTERING DIVERSE SCHOOLS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions — — $100.0

The proposed Fostering Diverse Schools program would support voluntary efforts to increase school 

and classroom diversity in preschool through grade 12. The program would make competitive awards to 

LEAs—alone, in consortia, or in partnership with State educational agencies—that have significant 

achievement gaps and segregation within or across districts. Program funds would support voluntary 

planning grants and, for applicants with well-designed plans, implementation grants to carry out 

activities in those plans, including, for example open enrollment policies that promote diversity in 

schools or other student-a ssignment policies. 

MAGNET SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $124.0 $139.0 $149.0

The Magnet Schools Assistance program provides Federal resources to assist eligible local educational 

agencies in the desegregation of schools by supporting the elimination, reduction, and prevention of racial 

isolation in elementary and secondary schools with substantial proportions of students of color. Grantees 

establish and operate magnet schools that are part of court-ordered, agency-ordered, or federally approved 

voluntary desegregation plans and that offer special curricula or instructional programs that appeal to 

parents and students from diverse backgrounds. The requested increase reflects the Administration’s 

commitment to renewing and expanding efforts to reverse the well-documented, persistent negative 

educational effects of racial isolation and concentrated poverty.

TRAINING AND ADVISORY SERVICES 

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $6.6 $6.6 $6.6

This program supports four regional Equity Assistance Centers, selected competitively, that provide 

services to school districts upon request on issues related to discrimination based on race, sex, national 

origin, and religion. Typical activities include disseminating information on successful practices and legal 

requirements related to nondiscrimination; providing training to educators to develop their skills in specific 

areas, such as in the identification of bias in instructional materials; and technical assistance on selection of 

instructional programs. The Request would provide continued support for new Equity Assistance Center 

awards made in fiscal year 2022, as well as the administration and analysis of a customer satisfaction 

survey. 

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CHARTER SCHOOLS GRANTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $440.0 $440.0 $440.0

Through grants to State entities, charter school developers, and charter school management organizations, 

Charter Schools Grants support the startup of new charter schools and the replication and expansion of 

high-quality charter schools serving students in prekindergarten through grade 12. Funds also support grants 

to improve charter schools’ access to facilities and information dissemination and evaluation activities. The 

Request would give the Department greater flexibility to adjust spending in response to demand across the 

program components and prohibit program funds from being awarded to charter schools managed or 

operated by for-profit entities. The Department efforts will continue to work to ensure that program funds 

support schools that are opened and operated with demonstrated family and community support, do not 

contribute to racial and socioeconomic segregation based on community demographics, provide meaningful 

access to instruction for students with disabilities and English learners, maintain diverse educator 

workforces, and are subject to strong accountability, transparency, and oversight. 

MIGRANT EDUCATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $375.6 $375.6 $375.6

Migrant Education State Grants provide formula-based assistance in meeting the educational needs of 

children of migratory agricultural workers and fishers, including overcoming educational disruption and 

other challenges resulting from repeated moves, so that these students can meet the same academic 

standards expected of all children.. During the 2020-21 school year, 270,959 children, ages birth through 

21 years old, were identified as eligible for services. Services included supplemental instruction in reading, 

math, and other academic areas, as well as high school credit accrual. Program funds were also used to 

provide educationally related services such as counseling, health and nutrition services, advocacy, and 

referrals for migratory students with disabilities, and (especially in the summer) transportation. The 

Department uses a portion of funding to improve inter- and intra-State coordination of migrant education 

activities, including State exchange of migratory student data records through the Migrant Student 

Information Exchange system.

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NEGLECTED, DELINQUENT, AND AT-RISK STUDENTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $48.2 $49.2 $52.0

This program provides formula grants to States to support education services for neglected and delinquent 

children and youth in local and State-run institutions, attending community day programs, and in 

correctional facilities. The Request includes an increase of $2.8 million for formula grants under Subpart 1 

of Title I Part D to help an estimated 63,600 neglected and delinquent students continue their studies while 

in State institutions and prepare them to return to and complete school and obtain employment.

EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTHS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $114.0 $129.0 $129.0

This program, which is authorized by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, provides 

formula grants to States, which then subgrant most funds to LEAs for services and activities that help 

homeless children enroll in, attend, and succeed in school, such as preschool programs, enriched 

supplemental instruction, before- and after-school programs, transportation, and health care referrals.

Approximately 1.1 million students were identified as homeless in school year 2020-21. 

RURAL EDUCATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $195.0 $215.0 $215.0

Based on 2019 data from the National Center for Education Statistics, 28 percent of the Nation’s public 

schools were located in rural areas, with 19 percent of all public school students enrolled at these schools. 

The Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) supports two programs to help rural school districts 

carry out activities to improve the quality of teaching and learning in their schools. The Small, Rural School 

Achievement program provides formula funds to rural school districts that serve small numbers of students, 

and the Rural and Low-Income School program provides funds to rural school districts that serve 

concentrations of poor students, regardless of the district’s size. Funds appropriated for REAP are divided 

equally between the two programs. The Request would support rural, often geographically isolated, districts 

that face significant challenges in meeting ESEA requirements.

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INDIAN EDUCATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions

Grants to Local Educational Agencies $109.9 $110.4 $117.4

Special Programs for Indian Children 70.0 72.0 72.0

National Activities 9.4 12.4 12.4

Total 189.2 194.7 201.7

Indian Education programs supplement the efforts of States, LEAs, and Indian Tribes to improve 

educational opportunities for Indian children. The programs link these efforts to broader educational 

reforms underway in States and localities to help ensure that these reforms benefit Indian students, enabling 

them to master the same challenging academic standards as other students by better meeting their 

educational and cultural needs.

Grants to Local Educational Agencies provide formula grants to LEAs and to schools funded or operated 

by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Education for activities to improve the educational 

achievement of Indian students. Funds would support supplemental educational services to a disadvantaged 

population that is heavily affected by poverty and low educational attainment, providing an average 

estimated per-pupil payment of $261 for approximately 450,000 eligible American Indian and Alaska 

Native elementary and secondary students nationwide. 

The Request for Special Programs for Indian Children includes support for competitive awards for teacher 

retention projects, projects to improve the college- and career-readiness of Native youth, and professional 

development grants for training Native American teachers and administrators for employment in schools 

with high proportions of Indian students. 

The Request also supports National Activities, which fund grants to support Native language immersion 

programs; State-Tribal Education Partnership grants to create and build the capacity of Tribal educational 

agencies; Native American language resource centers, and research, evaluation, and data collection 

activities designed to provide critical information on the educational status and needs of Indian students 

and to identify effective practices in the education of Indian students.

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NATIVE HAWAIIAN EDUCATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $38.9 $45.9 $45.9

The Native Hawaiian Education program makes competitive awards to support supplemental education 

services to the Native Hawaiian population in such areas as teacher training, family-based education, gifted 

and talented education, early childhood education, special education, higher education, and communitybased education learning centers. 

ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $38.0 $45.0 $45.0

This program makes competitive awards to support supplemental educational programs and services 

designed to improve educational outcomes for Alaska Natives, including activities to support the use and 

preservation of Alaska Native languages, professional development for educators, home instruction 

programs for Alaska Native preschool children, family literacy services, student enrichment programs in 

science and mathematics, and dropout prevention programs. 

STATE ASSESSMENTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions

State Assessment Grants $369.1 $369.1 $369.1

Competitive Assessment Grants 20.9 20.9 100.0

Total 390.0 390.0 469.1

The Request would help States continue to administer aligned assessment systems as part of their ongoing 

implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act. Annual, high-quality, statewide assessments aligned to 

challenging State academic standards are a critical element of the statewide accountability systems that 

each State must establish under the Act, providing parents and educators with information they need to 

understand whether students are meeting State-determined college- and career-ready academic standards. 

State assessments also help identify schools that are meeting these standards and schools where additional 

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resources and supports may be needed to improve educational opportunity and academic achievement. The 

Request provides funding for both Grants for State Assessments and the separately authorized Competitive 

Grants for State Assessments program, which supports activities to improve State assessment systems. The 

request includes $100 million for a proposed new demonstration program to assist LEAs in developing 

high-quality formative and diagnostic assessments.

EDUCATION INNOVATION AND RESEARCH

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $234.0 $284.0 $405.0

The Education Innovation and Research program supports the creation, development, implementation, 

replication, and scaling up of evidence-based innovations designed to improve student achievement and 

attainment for underserved, high-need students. The request would continue recent efforts under this 

program to combat the well-documented effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and target a priority for 

projects to improve outcomes for children and youth in foster care, a critically vulnerable student 

population, including through partnerships with child welfare agencies. 

COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $192.0 $194.0 $194.0

This program provides competitive grants to SEAs that then award subgrants to eligible entities to support 

efforts to improve literacy instruction in high-need schools or early childhood education programs. LEAs 

or early childhood education programs that receive subgrants from SEAs under this program must serve a 

high percentage of disadvantaged children, such as children from low-income families, children with 

disabilities, or English learners, and must represent diverse geographical areas. 

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO LITERACY

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $29.0 $30.0 $30.0

The Innovative Approaches to Literacy program makes competitive grants to support projects that promote 

literacy through enhanced school library programs; early literacy services, including outreach to parents of 

young children to ensure that families have access to developmentally appropriate materials and are 

encouraged to read aloud to their young children; and the distribution of high-quality books. 

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AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $7.8 $23.0 $73.0

The American History and Civics Education programs are designed to improve the quality of teaching and 

learning in American history, civics, and government. The American History and Civics Academies 

program supports efforts to improve the quality of American history and civics education by providing 

intensive workshops for teachers (Presidential Academies) and students (Congressional Academies) aimed 

at enhancing the teaching and understanding of these twin foundations of effective citizenship. The National

Activities program also promotes evidence-based instructional methods and professional development 

programs in American history, civics and government, and geography. The Request would support a new

$50 million initiative to support evidence-based strategies that bring students from different communities

together, enhance understanding of how government works, promote student engagement and 

empowerment, and help students develop digital and media literacy. 

ARTS IN EDUCATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $36.5 $36.5 $36.5

This program promotes arts education for students, including disadvantaged students and students who are 

children with disabilities, through professional development for arts educators, development and 

dissemination of accessible instructional materials and arts-based educational programming, and 

community outreach activities that strengthen partnerships among schools and arts organizations. 

JAVITS GIFTED AND TALENTED EDUCATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $14.5 $16.5 $16.5

The Javits Gifted and Talented Education program supports a coordinated program of research, 

demonstration projects, innovative strategies, and other activities to build and enhance the capacity of 

elementary and secondary schools to identify gifted and talented students and meet their special educational 

needs. Funds may be used for, among other things, establishing and operating gifted and talented education 

programs, which may include innovative methods and strategies for identifying and teaching students 

traditionally underserved in such programs. The Request would support the Administration’s goal of 

providing equitable access to educational opportunity for all students, including underserved student 

groups, which include students of color, English learners, and students with disabilities, for whom data 

show persistent underrepresentation in gifted and talented education programs. 

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READY TO LEARN PROGRAMMING (RTL)

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $30.5 $31.0 $31.0

The RTL program makes awards to public telecommunications entities that support the development and 

distribution of educational video programming for preschool and elementary school children and their 

parents, caregivers, and teachers, as well accompanying support materials and services that can be used to 

promote the effective use of such programming. Funds also are used to develop digital content, such as 

applications and online educational games, that is specifically designed for nationwide distribution over 

public television stations’ digital broadcasting channels and the Internet. 

STATEWIDE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT CENTERS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $15.0 $20.0 $20.0

This program provides funding to statewide organizations, or consortia of such organizations, to establish 

statewide centers that promote parent and family engagement in education or provide comprehensive 

training and technical assistance to SEAs, LEAs, schools, and organizations that support partnerships 

between families and schools. The Request would support continuation awards for approximately 20 

centers that, by engaging parents and fostering partnerships between families and schools, particularly 

schools with concentrations of disadvantaged students, can help lay the groundwork for sustained school 

improvement. 

COMPREHENSIVE CENTERS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $54.0 $55.0 $55.0

Funds would support the first year of funding for a new cohort of Regional Centers and one National Center. 

Regional Centers provide intensive capacity-building services to help SEAs and other recipients identify, 

implement, and sustain effective evidence-based practices that improve instruction and student outcomes. 

The National Center provides universal and targeted capacity-building services to address common highleverage problems and common programmatic monitoring and audit findings, as well as information on 

emerging national education issues. In addition, funds would continue to support a center for students at 

risk of not attaining full literacy skills due to a disability.

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IMPACT AID

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions

Payments for Federally Connected Children: 

 Basic Support Payments $1,409.2 $1,468.2 $1,468.2

 Payments for Children with Disabilities 48.3 48.3 48.3

Facilities Maintenance 4.8 4.8 4.8

Construction 17.4 18.4 18.4

Payments for Federal Property 77.3 78.3 78.3

Total 1,557.1 1,618.1 1,618.1

Note: Amounts may not add due to rounding.

The Impact Aid program provides financial assistance to school districts affected by Federal activities. The 

presence of certain children living on Federal property across the country can place a financial burden on 

the LEAs that educate them because such property is exempt from local property taxes, denying LEAs 

access to a key source of revenue used by most communities to finance education. Impact Aid helps replace 

the lost local revenue that would otherwise be available to LEAs to pay for the education of these children.

The Request would provide significant support for the education of almost 800,000 federally connected 

children in over 1,000 school districts. 

Basic Support Payments support federally connected children through both regular Basic Support Payments 

and Basic Support Payments for Heavily Impacted LEAs.

The Request for Payments for Children with Disabilities would support formula grants to help eligible 

districts meet their obligations under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide a free 

appropriate public education for federally connected children with disabilities.

The Request for Facilities Maintenance would fund essential repair and maintenance of the nine school 

facilities serving large numbers of military dependents that are owned and operated by the Department of 

Education, while also supporting the transfer of these schools to local school districts.

The Request for Construction would be used for competitive grants to the LEAs with the greatest need and 

would provide sufficient assistance to enable those LEAs to make major repairs and renovations.

The Request for Payments for Federal Property would provide formula-based payments to LEAs that 

generally have lost 10 percent or more of their taxable property to the Federal Government.

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SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATION GRANTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $19.7 $24.5 $0.0

Supplemental Education Grants (SEG) will be subsumed by a $6.5 billion proposal for economic assistance 

over 20 years to be provided through mandatory budget authority appropriated to the Department of State, 

and language calling for continued implementation of the Compacts of Free Association at the Department 

of the Interior. This will replace portions of the 2003 Compacts of Free Association Act that expires at the 

end of 2023. Mandatory funds from the new proposal will be part of the Education sector grants to support 

SEG-related activities. 

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SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION SERVICES

OVERVIEW

The Administration is committed to providing Americans with disabilities the opportunities and services 

they need to succeed in school, in the workplace, and in the community. The fiscal year 2024 President’s 

Budget supports a wide range of programs that can improve educational, developmental, employment, and 

independent living outcomes for people with disabilities.

The $18.2 billion Request for Special Education programs focuses on improving educational and 

developmental outcomes for children with disabilities. For the Grants to States program, the Administration 

is requesting $16.3 billion, an increase of $2.1 billion over the 2023 enacted level. This funding level would 

represent the largest increase in the Federal contribution toward meeting the excess cost of special education 

in two decades and make a significant first step toward fully funding IDEA. Grants would cover nearly 

13 percent of the national average per pupil expenditure and provide an estimated average of $2,170 per 

child for about 7.5 million children ages 3 through 21. This funding would support States and local 

educational agencies (LEAs) as they work to improve results for children with disabilities. The Request 

also includes $502.6 million for the Preschool Grants program, an increase of $82.6 million over the 2023 

enacted level, and provide an average of $1,066 per child for over 471,000 children with disabilities 

expected to be served under the program in 2024. 

The Request includes $932.0 million for the Grants for Infants and Families program, nearly $400 million 

more than the 2023 enacted level. Ensuring infants and toddlers with disabilities are identified and receive 

services in a timely manner is crucial to improving long-term outcomes. The increased funding would also 

support States in implementing reforms to expand their enrollment of underserved children, including 

children of color, children from low-income backgrounds, and children living in rural areas. The increase 

also includes additional incentives to expand participation of children at risk of developing disabilities, 

which may help mitigate the need for more extensive services later in childhood and further expand access 

to the program for underserved children. The $449.6 million Request for Special Education National 

Activities would increase by $186.0 million from the 2023 enacted level to expand technical assistance, 

dissemination, training, and other activities that assist States, LEAs, parents, and others in improving results 

for children with disabilities. For the 2022-2023 school year, 44 States reported a shortage of qualified 

special education personnel. To help address these shortages and ensure every student with a disability has 

access to highly qualified personnel, the Request would more than double funding for the Personnel 

Preparation program over the 2023 enacted level. Furthermore, the Request provides historic increases for 

Parent Information Centers, which have seen a surge in demand over the last two years due, in part, to the 

effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Request also invests $20 million towards meeting the needs of 

military-connected children with disabilities and other highly mobile children with disabilities through 

developing best practices, investing in the development of innovative technology tools, and providing direct 

technical assistance to families of these children and the schools that serve them. 

For Rehabilitation Services, the Administration requests a total of $4.4 billion in mandatory and 

discretionary funds to support comprehensive and coordinated vocational rehabilitation services for 

individuals with disabilities through training, demonstration, and technical assistance, as well as other direct 

service programs to help individuals with disabilities to live more independently in their communities. The 

Request includes $4.3 billion in mandatory funds for the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) State Grants 

program, an increase of $455.8 million over the fiscal year 2023 enacted level, consistent with the 

inflationary increase required by the Rehabilitation Act. The Request also includes $15 million for the 

Client Assistance State grants program, an increase of $2 million over the 2023 enacted level, and 

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$38.3 million for the Independent Living Services for Older Blind Individuals program, an increase of 

$5 million over the 2023 enacted level. The increased funding for these programs will help States backfill 

positions and train new staff to increase the number and quality of services provided to better meet the 

needs of individuals with disabilities. The Request also includes $7.3 million for the Demonstration and 

Training program, an increase of $1.5 million over the 2023 enacted level. The increased funding will 

support supplemental funding for the Parent Information and Training program. 

GRANTS TO STATES

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $13,343.7 $14,193.7 $16,259.2

The Grants to States program, which is authorized under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 

(IDEA), makes formula grants that help States pay the additional costs of providing special education and 

related services to children with disabilities aged 3 through 21 years. The increased level proposed for fiscal 

year 2024 would support an estimated average per-child award of $2,170 for roughly 7.5 million children 

with disabilities, setting the Federal contribution to about 13 percent of the national average per pupil 

expenditure. 

Under the IDEA, States are required to provide a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive 

environment to all children with disabilities. Services are provided in accordance with individualized 

education programs that are developed by teams that include not less than the child’s parents, a special 

educator, a representative of the LEA, a regular educator, and the child with a disability as appropriate. In 

addition, services must be provided, to the maximum extent appropriate and in the least restrictive 

environment, which for most children means full participation in classes with children without disabilities. 

Students with disabilities also must be included in general State and district-wide assessments, including 

the assessments required under ESEA, and States must appropriately accommodate children with 

disabilities so they can participate in these assessments, or alternate assessments for those children with the 

most significant cognitive disabilities who cannot participate in regular assessments.

To address the fractured nature of early childhood and preschool services, the Request includes

appropriations language that would allow the Department to reserve up to $5 million in funds to study the 

implications of developing a comprehensive birth through age five system for children with disabilities that 

would offer coordinated, efficient and effective services. 

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PRESCHOOL GRANTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $409.5 $420.0 $502.6

This program provides formula grants to help States make a free appropriate public education available to 

all children with disabilities ages 3 through 5. The Requested funding, which supplements funds provided 

under the Grants to States program, would provide an estimated additional $1,066 per child for 

approximately 471,000 children to supplement funds provided under the Grants to States program and help 

to ensure that young children with disabilities are ready to learn when they enter school. 

GRANTS FOR INFANTS AND FAMILIES

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $496.3 $540.0 $932.0

This program provides formula grants to help States implement statewide systems of early intervention 

services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families so that State and local agencies identify 

and serve children with disabilities early in life when interventions can be most effective in improving 

educational outcomes. The Request would enable States to provide high-quality early intervention services 

to more than 500,000 infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. The Request also includes a 

range of proposals designed to more equitably distribute funding, increase access to the program for infants 

and families who have been traditionally underrepresented in the program, facilitate program entry for new 

parents, eliminate out-of-pocket costs for participating families, and promote continuity of services for 

eligible infants and their families. 

The Request would also support incentive grants to States that exercise existing statutory flexibilities and 

expand enrollment to serve children at risk of developing disabilities or delays. Research has shown that 

the earlier provision of services leads to improved outcomes and can mitigate the need for more extensive 

services later in childhood. Additionally, expanding eligibility for at risk children can particularly benefit 

underserved children who, due to disparities in access to screening and pediatric care, are less likely to have 

delays or disabilities identified in a timely manner. 

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STATE PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $38.6 $38.6 $53.6

This program provides competitive grants to help States reform and enhance their systems for personnel 

preparation and professional development in the areas of early intervention, educational, and transition 

services in order to improve outcomes for children with disabilities. The Request would cover the cost of 

awards to State educational agencies to improve the knowledge and skills of special education and regular 

education teachers serving children with disabilities. The increased request would provide additional 

support to States to help recruit and retain personnel who are qualified to provide services to children with 

disabilities. The request would allow the Administration to continue its support of professional development 

to support a State’s comprehensive systems of personnel development under Part C of the IDEA and the 

needs of personnel serving children in preschool through 3rd grade to support early literacy and numeracy, 

helping to build a strong foundation for learning throughout a child’s academic career. Funds would also 

be used to support a focus on classroom management, improving supports for children with significant 

needs, improving services for underserved populations, and/or new teacher supports. 

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND DISSEMINATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $44.3 $45.3 $55.3

This program funds competitive grants for technical assistance and dissemination of materials based on 

knowledge gained through research and practice. The Request would support continuations costs for 

projects initiated in previous years and approximately $21.8 million in new awards, including new model 

demonstration projects as well as new investments in the Progress Center and Center for Systemic 

Improvement. The Request would support multiple model demonstration projects designed to identify best 

practices for serving military-connected and other highly-mobile children with disabilities and their 

families. Furthermore, the request would support additional technical assistance and model demonstration 

projects focused on increasing access to early interventions services for underserved children. 

PERSONNEL PREPARATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $95.0 $115.0 $250.0

This program helps ensure that there are adequate numbers of personnel with the skills and knowledge 

necessary to help children with disabilities succeed educationally. Program activities focus both on meeting 

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the demand for personnel to serve children with disabilities and improving the qualifications of these 

personnel, with particular emphasis on incorporating knowledge gained from research and practice into 

training programs. The Department uses requested funds to support (1) training for leadership personnel 

and personnel who work with children with low-incidence disabilities, (2) at least one activity in the broadly 

defined area of personnel development, and (3) enhanced support for beginning special educators. For the 

2021-2022 school year, 44 States reported a shortage of qualified special education personnel. The nearly 

$160 million increase proposed for fiscal year 2024 would be a historic investment in the personnel who 

provide critical services to support the estimated 7.4 million children with disabilities nationwide who 

receive services under the IDEA.

PARENT INFORMATION CENTERS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $30.2 $33.2 $49.2

These funds support centers that provide parents with the training and information they need to work with 

professionals to meet the early intervention and special education needs of their children with disabilities. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted students with disabilities and Parent Information 

Centers have experienced a surge in demand for assistance and training from families. The Request expands 

support for the PTIs and CPRCs by increasing the size of awards and also includes $4 million to support a 

new Technical Assistance Center focused on meeting the needs of military-connected and other highly 

mobile student populations and their families. 

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA, AND MATERIALS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $30.4 $31.4 $41.4

This program makes competitive awards for research, development, and other activities that promote the 

use of technology, including universal design features, in providing special education and related services. 

Funds also support media-related activities, such as providing video description and captioning of films and 

television for use in classrooms for individuals with visual and hearing impairments and increasing the 

availability of books in accessible formats for individuals with visual impairments and other print 

disabilities.

The Request would invest $10 million in developing innovative technology tools to: (1) support the 

seamless transfer of IEP documentation from one school district to another when students move from one 

school district to another, and (2) provide interim access to needed services and supports for children during 

such moves, a critical need for military-connected and other highly mobile children who may frequently 

change schools. 

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SPECIAL OLYMPICS EDUCATION PROGRAM

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $31.0 $36.0 $36.0

This program funds the non-profit Special Olympics organization to support activities to promote the 

expansion of Special Olympics, including activities to increase the participation of individuals with 

intellectual disabilities within the United States. Funds also support the design and implementation of 

Special Olympics education programs, including character education and volunteer programs that support 

the purposes of the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, that can be integrated into 

classroom instruction and are consistent with academic content standards.

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION STATE GRANTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

Mandatory BA in millions $3,719.1 $3,949.7 $4,253.8

Note: The levels shown are the mandatory amounts for the Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants program. Pursuant 

to the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25), the reduced levels reflecting the 5.7 percent sequester that went into 

effect on October 1, 2020, are $3,507.1 million for fiscal year 2022, $3,724.6 for fiscal year 2023, and $4,011.4 for 

fiscal year 2024. 

This program provides formula grants to State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies to help individuals 

with disabilities become gainfully employed. These agencies provide a wide range of services to nearly one 

million individuals with disabilities annually. Services include vocational evaluation, counseling and 

guidance, work adjustment, diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental impairments, education and 

vocational training, job placement, and post-employment assistance. States that are unable to serve all 

eligible individuals with disabilities who apply must give priority to individuals with the most significant 

disabilities.

The Administration’s Request, which includes the inflation increase required by the Rehabilitation Act,

would also assist States and Tribal governments to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities 

in the workforce. Giving workers with disabilities the support and the opportunity to acquire the skills they 

need to pursue in-demand jobs and careers is critical to growing our economy. In 2022, the VR program

helped more than 120,000 individuals with disabilities―93 percent with significant or the most significant 

disabilities―obtain competitive integrated employment. Of the amount requested for VR State grants in 

2024, $51.2 million would be set aside for the American Indian VR Services program, to support 

approximately 94 grants, including 44 new tribal grants, 49 continuation tribal grants and a technical 

assistance training grant.

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CLIENT ASSISTANCE STATE GRANTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $13.0 $13.0 $15.0

This program makes formula grants to States for activities to inform and advise clients of the benefits 

available to them under the Rehabilitation Act, to assist them in their relationships with service providers, 

and to ensure the protection of their rights under the Act. The Request would support the Client Assistance 

Program in providing approximately 35,000 advocacy services.

TRAINING

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $29.4 $29.4 $29.4

The Training program makes competitive grants to State and other public or nonprofit agencies and 

organizations, including institutions of higher education, to help ensure that personnel with adequate skills 

are available to provide rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities.

DEMONSTRATION AND TRAINING

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $5.8 $5.8 $7.3

This program supports competitive grants and contracts to expand and improve services in promoting the 

employment and independence of individuals with disabilities in the community, as well as parent centers 

that provide training and information to individuals with disabilities and their parents, family members, 

guardians, advocates, or authorized representatives. The increased funding will support supplemental 

funding for the Parent Information and Training program.

SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT STATE GRANTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $22.5 $22.5 $22.5

Through this formula grant program, State Vocational Rehabilitation agencies receive supplemental funds 

to assist consumers with the most significant disabilities in achieving the employment outcome of supported 

employment.

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INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES FOR OLDER BLIND INDIVIDUALS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $33.3 $33.3 $38.3

The Independent Living Services for Older Blind Individuals program assists individuals aged 55 or older 

whose severe visual impairments make competitive employment difficult to obtain. Funds are provided 

under a formula to State VR agencies to provide services designed to help eligible individuals to adjust to

their blindness by increasing their ability to care for their individual needs. In fiscal year 2022, the program 

served 50,211 individuals with severe visual impairments.

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $19.2 $20.2 $20.2

The Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR) formula grant program funds systems in each 

State to protect and advocate for the legal and human rights of individuals with disabilities, helping them 

to pursue legal and administrative remedies to secure their rights under Federal law. The PAIR systems also 

provide information on, and referrals to, programs and services for individuals with disabilities. The 

Request would support advocacy services to approximately 33,000 individuals with disabilities.

HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEAF-BLIND YOUTHS AND ADULTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $18.0 $19.0 $19.0

This program serves individuals who are deaf-blind, their families, and service providers through a national 

headquarters center with a residential training and rehabilitation facility and a network of 10 regional offices 

that provide referral, counseling, training, and technical assistance services. The funds requested would 

serve an estimated 1,900 consumers, 650 families, and 1,650 agencies and organizations through its 

regional offices, and provide direct services for approximately 90 consumers at the Center’s residential 

training and rehabilitation program. 

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SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions

American Printing House for the Blind $40.4 $43.4 $43.4

National Technical Institute for the Deaf 88.5 92.5 92.5

Gallaudet University 146.4 165.4 165.4

Total 275.3 301.3 301.3

For fiscal year 2024, total funding for these institutions would be $301.3 million, level with the fiscal year 

2023 enacted level.

AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) manufactures and distributes specially adapted 

educational materials for students who are visually impaired, offers advisory services for consumers and 

educational agencies, and conducts applied research related to the development of new products. 

NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) provides postsecondary technical education and 

training for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as graduate education and interpreter training 

programs. NTID also conducts research and provides training related to the education and employment of 

individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. The Department maintains a contract with the Rochester 

Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, for the operation of NTID. The Request provides support 

for operations, including funds that may be used for the Federal Endowment Grant program.

GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

Gallaudet University (University) offers bilingual (i.e., American Sign Language and English) 

undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs for individuals who are deaf or hard of 

hearing, and for hearing students wishing to pursue careers in fields related to deafness. The University also 

operates the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center (Clerc Center), which includes two accredited 

demonstration schools serving deaf and hard of hearing elementary and secondary students: the Kendall 

Demonstration Elementary School and the Model Secondary School for the Deaf. Through its National 

Mission programs, the Clerc Center is responsible for conducting research related to deaf education and for 

the provision of training and technical assistance to professionals and families around the country. The 

Request provides support for operations of the University and the Clerc Center, including funds that may 

be used for the Federal Endowment Grant program.

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CAREER, TECHNICAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

OVERVIEW

A skilled workforce is critical for both strong communities and a strong economy, and the programs in this 

account support the President’s goal to invest in students and workers while building the capacity of the 

existing workforce development system. 

The fiscal year 2024 President’s Budget would provide a discretionary increase of $43 million for Career 

and Technical Education (CTE) State grants, for a total request of $1.5 billion to support the President’s 

goal to invest in workforce development and build the capacity of the existing CTE programs that help 

introduce students to careers as early as middle school; support attainment of both academic and career 

skills; help students learn about career pathways and attain credentials needed for careers; assist students in 

the transition from secondary education to postsecondary education and jobs; and help adults gain new 

skills and credentials needed to advance in their careers or pursue new career paths. 

The Request also would significantly expand CTE National Programs, providing an additional $183

million, with most funds focused on the Career-Connected High Schools initiative to support competitive 

grants to partnerships of local educational agencies, institutions of higher education (including community 

colleges, the primary partners in current pathways models), and employers. Funds would support increased

integration and alignment of the last two years of high school and the first two years of postsecondary 

education to improve postsecondary and career outcomes for all students, including students of color and 

students from low-income backgrounds. Key activities would include dual enrollment in postsecondarylevel core content and career-connected coursework; work-based learning opportunities connected to 

programs of study; attainment of in-demand, career-related credentials; high-quality counseling and careernavigation supports; and educator professional development to support effective integration of academic 

and career-connected instruction across grades 11-14. For FY24, an additional priority would advance the 

Administration’s strategy around paid work-based learning activities. This priority would encourage 

grantees to build out or expand internships, apprenticeships, and other direct work experiences, and would 

focus on re-engaging students who are currently disconnected from the education system. This competition 

would support student progress toward earning career-related credentials and a high school diploma, and 

supporting their transition from secondary to postsecondary education and high-quality jobs. This initiative 

would include impact evaluations and build evidence of effectiveness for these activities. Remaining funds 

would be used for technical assistance, evaluation, and ongoing activities to support effective 

implementation of the CTE State Grants program.

The Request recognizes the importance of Adult Education programs in helping to increase the number of 

adults who have the basic literacy and numeracy skills required to participate successfully in workforce 

education and training programs, including meeting the basic entrance requirements of apprenticeship 

programs. The Request would provide $715.5 million for Adult Education State Grants, the same as the

2023 enacted level. Adult Education National Leadership Activities would be funded at $43.7 million, with 

the $30 million increase over the 2023 enacted level focused on (1) an initiative to support programs at 

correctional institutions that use Pell Grant funds to provide access to postsecondary offerings as part of an 

adult education program; (2) scaling up college bridge programs for low-skilled adults without a high school 

degree or equivalency; and (3) an initiative to help disconnected youth attain a secondary school diploma

and support transitions.

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CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions

State Grants $1,379.8 $1,429.8 $1,472.8

National Programs 7.4 32.4 215.4

Total 1,387.3 1,462.2 1,688.2

The Request provides $1.47 billion for the Career and Technical Education (CTE) State Grants program, 

an increase of $43 million over the 2023 enacted level. The Request would support the President’s goal 

to invest new models for workforce development and build the capacity of the existing 

workforce development system. Funding would help State and local workforce training programs 

deliver on the promise of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act by 

better integrating academic and career and technical education; promoting student attainment of 

challenging academic standards along with technical skills; providing strong linkages between 

secondary and postsecondary education; helping prepare special populations for high-skill, high-wage, 

or in-demand industry sectors or occupations that will allow graduates to earn a living wage; and provide 

work-based learning opportunities and opportunities to gain postsecondary credit while still attending 

high school. 

The $215.4 million Request for CTE National Programs provides an increase of $183 million over the 

2023 enacted level. Of this Request, $200 million is for the Career-Connected High Schools initiative to 

support competitive grants to partnerships of local educational agencies, institutions of higher education 

(including community colleges, the primary partners in current pathways models), and employers. 

Funds would support increased the integration and alignment of the last two years of high school and the 

first two years of postsecondary education to improve postsecondary and career outcomes for all 

students, including students of color and students from low-income backgrounds. Key activities would 

include dual enrollment in postsecondary-level core content and career-connected coursework; workbased learning opportunities connected to programs of study; attainment of in-demand, career-related 

credentials; and high-quality counseling and career-navigation supports. For fiscal year 2024, an 

additional priority would advance the Administration’s strategy around paid work-based learning 

activities. This priority would encourage grantees to build out or expand work-based learning 

experiences including internships, apprenticeships, and would focus on re-engaging students who are 

currently disconnected from the education system. This competition would support student progress 

toward earning career-related credentials, college credit through dual enrollment opportunities, a 

high school diploma, and the transition from secondary to postsecondary education. Remaining funds 

would be used for technical assistance, evaluation, and ongoing activities to support effective 

implementation of the CTE State Grants program. 

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ADULT EDUCATION

BA in millions 2022 2023

2024

Request

Adult Education State Grants $690.5 $715.5 $715.5

National Leadership Activities 13.7 13.7 43.7

Total 704.2 729.2 759.2

The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act is authorized through the Workforce Innovation and 

Opportunity Act, which promotes alignment of the Adult Education programs with Federal job training 

programs and the postsecondary education system. 

The Request provides $715.5 million for Adult Education State Grants, the same as the 2023 enacted level. 

The program assists adults without a high school diploma or the equivalent to become literate and obtain 

the skills necessary for postsecondary education, employment, and economic self-sufficiency.

The $43.7 million Request for National Leadership Activities continues support for State efforts to increase 

the literacy and workforce skills of adults and program evaluation. It includes $10 million to support 

programs at correctional institutions that use Pell Grant funds to provide access to postsecondary offerings 

as part of an adult education program and to provide technical assistance in this area; $12.5 million to 

scale up college bridge programs for adults without a high school degree or equivalency; and $7.5 

million for an initiative focused on disconnected youth without a high school diploma. 

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STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

OVERVIEW

The Federal student aid programs provide grant, loan, and work-study assistance to help students afford a 

postsecondary education and realize the lifelong benefits of an education beyond high school such as 

financial stability. The Budget includes both discretionary and mandatory funding that would make 

available $126 billion in new Federal student aid to help nearly 9 million students and their families pay 

for college. 

Pell Grants have been the foundation of low- and moderate-income students’ financial aid for decades; 

however, the value has diminished as college costs continue to rise. The Administration’s fiscal year 2024 

budget would set a maximum award of $8,215 for award year 2024-25, an increase of $820 over the 2023-

2024 award year. This includes a $500 increase in the maximum award in discretionary funding and a $320 

increase to the mandatory add-on. The Administration continues to prioritize doubling the maximum award 

by 2029 to ensure college is accessible and affordable and provides additional mandatory funding to create 

a path to achieving this, in combination with continued discretionary increases. 

The Administration intends to work with Congress to ensure access to student financial aid for students 

who are Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, commonly known as DREAMers. The 

Administration looks forward to working with Congress on reforms that make the administration of student 

loans more effective and efficient.

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STUDENT AID SUMMARY TABLES (BUDGET AUTHORITY) 

Note: Amounts may not add due to rounding.

1 Amounts appropriated for Pell Grants for 2023, 2022, and 2024 include mandatory funding provided in the Higher 

Education Act, as amended, to fund both the base maximum award and add-on award.

2 For budget and financial management purposes, this program is operated as a credit program under the Federal Credit 

Reform Act of 1990. Budget authority reflects the estimated net present value of future Federal non-administrative 

costs for awards made in a given fiscal year. The 2023 amount includes a net downward reestimate of $12.7 million 

and an upward net modification for fiscal year 2023 that reflects costs related to the extension of COVID-19 

emergency relief measures on federal student loans through August 30, 2023. The 2022 amount includes a net upward 

reestimate of $65.8 million and upward net modification of $69.7 million. The upward net modification for fiscal year 

2022 reflects costs related to COVID-19 emergency relief measures on federal student loans and Student Debt Relief 

and the shift to Business Process Operations. The amount for 2024 reflects new loan subsidy. 

3 Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) budget authority does not include the Liquidating account. The FFEL 

reestimates include the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act (ECASLA) reestimates. The 2023 amount 

($ in millions)

2022 2023 

2024 

Request 

Pell Grants

Discretionary funding $22,475.4 $22,475.4 $24,275.4 

Mandatory funding1 5,095.9 6,093.0 8,203.0 

Subtotal, Pell Grants 27,571.3 28,568.4 32,478.4 

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity 

Grants 895.0 910.0 910.0 

Federal Work-Study 1,210.0 1,230.0 1,230.0 

TEACH Grants2 170.5 56.1 39.7 

Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants 0.6 0.6 0.5 

Federal Family Education Loans3 34,350.5 4,648.8 0 

Federal Direct Loans4 447,084.1 62,411.2 26,592.8 

Total, Student Aid 511,282.0 97,825.1 61,251.4 

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includes a net upward reestimate of $2.0 billion and upward modification of $2.6 billion. The fiscal year 2023 and 

2022 FFEL modifications reflect costs related to the extension of COVID-19 emergency relief measures on federal 

student loans through August 30, 2023. The FFEL modifications in fiscal year 2022 also reflects costs related to 

Student Debt Relief and the shift to Business Process Operations. 

4 The 2023 amount includes a net downward reestimate of $1.9 billion and upward modifications of $119.3 billion.

The 2022 amount includes a net upward reestimate of $13.0 billion and a net upward modification of $425.8 billion.

The Direct Loan downward net reestimate for fiscal year 2023 is primarily due to updated Income Driven Repayment 

model assumptions. The fiscal year 2023 and 2022 Direct Loan modifications reflect costs related to the extension of 

COVID-19 emergency relief measures on federal student loans through August 30, 2023. The Direct Loan 

modifications in fiscal year 2023 also reflects costs related to final regulations that streamline and improve the rules 

for major targeted debt relief programs. The Direct Loan modifications in fiscal year 2022 also reflects costs related

to Student Debt Relief and the shift to Business Process Operations.

AID AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS

(in thousands)

2022 2023 

2024

Request 

Pell Grants $26,618.5 $29,805.6 $38,053.2 

Supplemental Educational 

Opportunity Grants 

1,376.0 1,293.8 1,293.8 

Work-Study 786.7 1,247.9 1,247.9 

Iraq and Afghanistan 

Service Grants

0.6 0.6 0.0 

New Student Loans1

Federal Direct Loans 83,507.6 84,610.8 85,762.8 

TEACH Grants 68.9 69.7 74.5 

Total, Aid Available to

Students2

112,358.4 117,028.4 126,432.2 

Unduplicated Count of 

Postsecondary Students 

Aided by Department 

Programs 

8,248 8,665 8,749 

Note: Numbers may not add due to rounding.

1 Consolidation Loans for existing borrowers will total $35.8 billion in 2023; $42.9 billion in 2022; and $36.5 billion 

in 2024. 

2 Shows total aid generated by Department programs.

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NUMBER OF STUDENT AID AWARDS

(in thousands)

2022 2023 

2024 

Request 

Pell Grants 5,899.0 6,073.0 6,770.0 

Supplemental 

Educational 

Opportunity Grants

1,773.0 1,667.2 1,667.2 

Work-Study 416.0 659.6 659.6 

Iraq and Afghanistan 

Service Grants

0.1 0.1 0.0 

New Student Loans1 

Federal Direct Loans 12,075.2 12,163.3 12,228.7 

TEACH Grants 27.3 27.7 28.0 

Total, Number of 

Student Aid Awards

20,190.7 20,590.9 21,353.5 

Note: Numbers may not add due to rounding. 

1 Excludes Consolidation Loans. Number of Consolidation Loans will total 581,000 in 2023; 380,000 in 2022; and 

401,000 in 2024. 

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FEDERAL PELL GRANT PROGRAM

BA in millions

2022 2023 

2024 

Request 

Discretionary budget authority $22,475.4 $22,475.4 $24,275.4 

Mandatory budget authority 4,010.9 4,998.0 7,095.0 

Definite mandatory funding 1,085.0 1,095.0 1,108.0 

Total 27,571.3 28,568.4 32,478.4 

Maximum grant (in whole dollars)

Discretionary portion $5,835 $6,335 $6,835 

Mandatory add-on 1,060 1,060 1,380 

Total 6,895 7,395 8,215 

Program costs (dollars in millions) $26,648.0 $29,836.0 $38,087.0 

Aid available (dollars in millions) $26,618.5 $29,805.6 $38,053.2 

Average grant (in whole dollars) $4,512 $4,908 $5,621 

Recipients (in thousands) 5,899 6,073 6,770 

The Federal Pell Grant program helps ensure financial access to postsecondary education by providing 

grant aid to low- and moderate-income undergraduate students. The program is the largest need-based 

postsecondary student grant program, with individual awards based on the financial circumstances of 

students and their families. The fiscal year 2024 request provides $24.3 billion for Pell Grants and lays out 

a path to double the grant by 2029. The Budget increases the maximum award to $8,215, a historic $820

increase over the current level, thereby expanding access and making college more affordable for an 

estimated 6.8 million students. 

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CAMPUS-BASED AID PROGRAMS

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG) and Federal Work-Study are called the 

“campus-based aid” programs because they make grants directly to participating institutions, which have 

considerable flexibility to package awards based on the needs of their students.

FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY GRANTS 

2022 2023 

2024 

Request 

BA in millions $895.0 $910.0 $910.0 

Aid available (dollars in millions) $1,376.0 $1,293.8 $1,293.8 

Average award (in whole dollars) $776 $776 $776 

Recipients (in thousands) 1,773 1,667 1,667 

The FSEOG program provides need-based grant aid to eligible undergraduate students to help reduce 

financial barriers to postsecondary education. Federal funding allocations are awarded to qualifying 

postsecondary institutions under a statutory formula. The Request funds FSEOG at $910 million, the same 

as the FY 2023 enacted. 

FEDERAL WORK-STUDY

2022 2023 

2024 

Request 

BA in millions $1,210.0 $1,230.0 $1,230.0 

Aid available (dollars in millions) $786.7 $1,247.9 $1,247.9 

Average award (in whole dollars) $1,892 $1,892 $1,892 

Recipients (in thousands) 416 660 660 

The Federal Work-Study program provides grants to participating institutions to pay up to 75 percent of the 

wages of eligible undergraduate and graduate students working part-time to help pay their college costs. 

The school or another eligible employer provides the balance of the student’s wages. The Request funds 

Federal Work-Study at $1,230 million, the same as the FY 2023 enacted. 

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IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN SERVICE GRANTS 

2022 2023 

2024 

Request 

BA in thousands $576 $578 $477 

Aid available (dollars in thousands) $569 $611 $0 

Average award (in whole dollars)

1 $5,809 $6,230 $0 

Recipients (2) (2) (2)

1 Average award amounts reflect impact of sequestration. 

2 Number of recipients estimated to be fewer than 500.

The Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant (IASG) program provides non-need-based grants to students whose 

parent or guardian was a member of the Armed Forces who died in Iraq or Afghanistan as a result of 

performing military service after September 11, 2001. Of those dependents of deceased service men and 

women, students who meet the financial criteria for the Pell Grant program are eligible for a maximum Pell 

Grant and those who do not are eligible to receive a Service Grant. Additionally, students must be 24 years 

old or younger; or, if older than 24, must have been enrolled in an institution of higher education at the time 

of the parent or guardian’s death. Service Grants are equal to the maximum Pell Grant for a given award 

year, subject to sequestration. Beginning with the 2024-25 award year, eligibility for this program will be 

folded into the Pell Grant program. 

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TEACH GRANTS

2022 2023 

2024 

Request 

BA in millions $170.51 $56.11 $39.71

Aid available to students (in millions) $68.9 $69.7 $74.5 

Maximum grant (in whole dollars) $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 

Average grant (in whole dollars) $2,518 $2,518 $2,662 

Recipients (in thousands) 27.3 27.7 28.0 

1 The 2023 amount includes a net downward reestimate of $12.7 million and an upward net modification for fiscal 

year 2023 that reflects costs related to the extension of COVID-19 emergency relief measures on federal student loans

through August 30, 2023. The 2022 amount includes a net upward reestimate of $65.8 million and upward net

modification of $69.7 million. The upward net modification for fiscal year 2022 reflects costs related to COVID-19 

emergency relief measures on federal student loans and Student Debt Relief and the shift to Business Process 

Operations. The amount for 2024 reflects new loan subsidy. 

The TEACH Grant program awards annual grants of up to $4,000 to eligible undergraduate and graduate 

students who agree to serve, within 8 years of graduation, as full-time teachers in a high-need field (e.g.,

mathematics, science, foreign language, bilingual education, special education, or reading) at a high-need 

school for not less than 4 years. For students who fail to fulfill this service requirement, grants are converted 

to Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans with interest accrued from the date the grants were awarded. Based 

on administrative program data, the Department projects that 52 percent of TEACH Grants awarded in 

fiscal year 2024 will convert to loans. For budget and financial management purposes, the TEACH program 

is operated as a loan program with 100 percent forgiveness of outstanding principal and interest upon 

completion of a student’s service requirement. Consistent with the requirements of the Credit Reform Act 

of 1990, budget authority for this program reflects the estimated net present value of all future nonadministrative Federal costs associated with awards made in a given fiscal year.

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FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOANS AND DIRECT LOANS

1 FFEL budget authority does not include the liquidating account.

2 Under Credit Reform, costs or savings related to the impact of enacted policy changes on existing loans are reflected 

in the current year. The fiscal year 2023 and 2022 FFEL and Direct Loan modifications reflect costs related to the 

extension of COVID-19 emergency relief measures on federal student loans through August 30, 2023. The Direct 

Loan modifications in fiscal year 2023 also reflects costs related to final regulations that streamline and improve the 

rules for major targeted debt relief programs. The Direct Loan and FFEL modifications in fiscal year 2022 also reflects 

costs related to Student Debt Relief and the shift to Business Process Operations.

3 Total includes amount for Consolidation Loans.

4 Under Credit Reform, the subsidy amounts are reestimated annually in both Direct Loans and FFEL to account for 

changes in long-term projections. Reestimates and modifications reflect the impact of changes on outstanding 

portfolios of $134 billion for FFEL, $43 billion for ECASLA, and $1,342 billion for Direct Loans.

BA in millions

2022 2023 

2024 

Request 

Federal Family Education Loans1 

Net modification of existing loans $24,553.22 $2,623.12 - 

Net reestimate of existing loans $9,797.2 4 $2,025.74 - 

Total, FFEL program BA $34,350.5 $4,648.8 - 

Federal Direct Loans

New Loan Subsidies (BA) $8,239.33 $21,794.33 $26,592.83

Net modification of existing loans $425,840.02 $42,534.32 - 

Net reestimate of existing loans $13,004.94 -$1,917.54 - 

Total, Direct Loan program BA $447,084.1 $62,411.2 $26,592.8

Total, student loans (BA) $481,434.6 $67,060.0 $26,592.8 

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NEW LOAN VOLUME (DOLLARS AND NUMBERS) 

1 Consolidation Loans for existing borrowers will total $35.8 billion and 581,000 loans in 2023, $42.9 billion and 

748,000 loans in 2022, and $36.5 billion and 532,000 loans in 2024. 

The Department of Education operates two major student loan programs—the Federal Family Education 

Loan (FFEL) program and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) program—but since 

July 1, 2010, the Department has made new loans only through the Direct Loan program. The legacy FFEL 

program made loans to students and their families through private lenders, with loans guaranteed by the 

Federal Government and administered by State and private nonprofit guaranty agencies. 

Under the Direct Loan program, the Federal Government provides the loan capital and schools disburse 

loan funds to students. The Department carries out its loan origination and servicing functions under Direct 

Loans through private contractors. The Direct Loan program features four types of loans with fixed interest 

rates that are set annually (note that these descriptions are for current law).

• Stafford Loans are low-interest loans with annual and aggregate limits available to undergraduate

students based on financial need. The Federal Government pays the interest while the student is in

school and during certain grace and deferment periods. The current interest rate for undergraduate

loans made in award year 2022–2023 is 4.99 percent.

• Unsubsidized Stafford Loans are low-interest loans with annual and aggregate limits available to

undergraduate and graduate students, regardless of financial need. The Federal Government does

not pay interest for the student during in-school, grace, and deferment periods. The interest rate is

4.99 percent for undergraduate borrowers and 6.54 percent for graduate and professional borrowers

in award year 2022-2023.

• PLUS Loans are available to parents of dependent undergraduate students and to graduate and

professional students. There is no annual or aggregate limit on the amount that can be borrowed

other than the cost of attendance minus other student financial aid. The interest rate is 7.54 percent

in award year 2022–2023, and the Federal Government does not pay interest during in-school,

grace, and deferment periods.

• Consolidation Loans allow borrowers with multiple student loans who meet certain criteria to

combine their loans and extend their repayment schedules. The rate for both FFEL and Direct

(in millions)

Direct Loans: 2022 2023

2024

Request

Stafford loans $15,655.7 $15,695.9 $15,777.2 

Unsubsidized Stafford loans 44,243.1 44,948.9 45,365.0 

Parent PLUS loans 10,777.0 10,903.7 11,155.6 

Grad PLUS loans 12,831.8 13,062.3 13,464.9 

Total1 83,507.6 84,610.8 85,762.8 

(in thousands)

Direct Loans: 2022 2023

2024

Request

Stafford loans 4,455 4,484 4,516 

Unsubsidized Stafford loans 6,350 6,412 6,446 

Parent PLUS loans 656 646 651 

Grad PLUS loans 614 622 615 

Total1 12,075 12,163 12,229 

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Consolidation Loans is based on the weighted average of loans consolidated rounded up to the 

nearest one-eighth of 1 percent. The resulting rate for the consolidated loan is then fixed for the life 

of the loan. 

The Administration looks forward to working with Congress on reforms that improve outcomes for student

loan borrowers and make the administration of student loans more effective and efficient.

FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND TUITION SUBSIDIES

OVERVIEW

The Budget includes a mandatory proposal to create partnerships between the federal government and 

States, territories, and Tribes to make two years of community college free for first-time students and 

workers wanting to reskill. The program would operate as a first-dollar program, allowing students to use 

Pell Grants and other federal, State, and institutional aid to help them cover expenses beyond tuition and 

fees. The Budget includes a proposal to provide grants to eligible four-year Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions. The Budget 

proposes funding for two years of subsidized tuition up to $4,500 per year for students from families earning 

less than $125,000.

The Administration also proposes a new discretionary Accelerated Success: Free Community 

College program that would support grants to community colleges, alone or in consortia, or State 

systems of community colleges to support schools to offer students tuition free programs that (1) are 

fully articulated and provide for 100 percent, guaranteed credit transfer to State four-year baccalaureate 

institutions or (2) offer high-quality credit bearing career preparation for in-demand industries that 

meet benchmarks for wages and employment. 

FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

2022 2023 

2024 

Request 

Mandatory BA in millions — — $90,000.0 

The Request for Free Community College is a proposed mandatory grant program for States, territories, 

and Tribes to make community colleges free for eligible students. This proposal will ensure that first-time 

students and workers wanting to reskill can enroll in a community college to earn a degree or credential for 

free. 

ADVANCING AFFORDABILITY FOR STUDENTS

2022 2023 

2024 

Request 

Mandatory BA in millions — — $30,000.0 

The Request for Advancing Affordability for Students is a proposed mandatory grant program. Funds are 

provided to eligible four-year HBCUs, TCCUs, or MSIs to provide two years of subsidized tuition up to 

$4,500 per year for students from families earning less than $125,000.

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ACCELERATED SUCCESS: FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

2022 2023 

2024 

Request 

BA in millions — — $500.0 

The Administration proposes a new discretionary Accelerated Success: Free Community College 

program for FY 2024. This investment is part of the President’s commitment to expand access to 

affordable postsecondary education, laying the groundwork for innovation and inclusive economic 

growth for all Americans. Funds would support grants to community colleges, alone or in consortia, or 

State systems of community colleges to offer students tuition free programs that are (1) fully articulated 

and provide for 100 percent, guaranteed credit transfer to State four-year baccalaureate institutions or 

(2) offer high-quality credit bearing career preparation for in-demand industries that meet

benchmarks for wages and employment.

HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS

OVERVIEW

The Request includes $3.9 billion in discretionary funds for Higher Education programs aimed at improving 

student achievement and increasing access to a high-quality education for all students. 

To foster more and better opportunities in higher education for communities that are often underserved, the 

Request provides $1.4 billion in discretionary and mandatory funding to expand capacity at institutions of 

higher education that serve high proportions of students of color. This includes a discretionary request of 

$886.8 million for Aid for Institutional Development (Title III, which funds Historically Black Colleges

and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), and Minority-Serving 

Institutions (MSIs), as well as community colleges with low endowments and below-average educational 

and general expenditures), an increase of $103.4 million or 13.2 percent over the 2023 enacted level; and 

$265.6 million for Aid for Hispanic-Serving (Title V), an increase of $10.5 million, or 4.1 percent, over the 

2023 enacted level. In addition to the discretionary Request, $255 million is available in mandatory funding 

in fiscal year 2024. The Request for Title III and Title V demonstrates the Administration’s commitment 

to assisting institutions that enroll a large proportion of students of color and students from low-income 

backgrounds by providing funds to improve institutions’ academic programs and administrative and 

fundraising capabilities.

The Request would provide $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2024 for the Federal TRIO Programs, an increase of 

$106 million over the 2023 enacted level, to provide services to encourage underserved individuals to enroll 

in and complete college and postgraduate education. Additionally, the Request includes $408 million, an 

increase of $20 million over the 2023 enacted level, to assist middle and high school students in preparing 

for college through Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP).

The Request provides $85.7 million for the International Education and Foreign Language Studies 

programs to help meet the Nation's security and economic needs through the development of expertise in 

foreign languages and area and international studies. The Request provides $23.5 million for merit- and 

need-based scholarships and fellowships to postsecondary students under the Graduate Assistance in Areas 

of National Need (GAANN) program.

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For fiscal year 2024, the Administration requests $95 million for the Child Care Access Means Parents in 

School (CCAMPIS) program, an increase of $20 million from the 2023 enacted level. The CCAMPIS 

program helps to ensure that low-income student parents enroll in, persist in, and complete postsecondary 

education by helping to meet their needs for affordable and convenient child care. The request reflects the 

Administration’s strong commitment to closing equity gaps that limit access to and success in

postsecondary education, including the extra challenges faced by underserved college student parents in 

finding high-quality, low-cost child care. 

The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) would receive $725 million, up $541 

million over the 2023 enacted level, to support two existing programs and three new grant programs. The 

Postsecondary Student Success program would provide competitive grants to States, TCCUs, IHEs, and 

systems of IHEs to implement or expand evidence-based, institution or State-level retention and 

completion reforms that improve student outcomes. The HBCU, TCCU, and MSI Research and 

Development Infrastructure Grants program supports both planning and implementation grants designed 

to promote transformational investments in research infrastructure, including physical infrastructure and 

human capital development. The School- and Campus-Based Mental Health Service program would 

provide competitive grants to IHEs to develop a campus-wide strategy to address student mental health 

needs including hiring additional providers on their campuses. The Systemwide Holistic Student Supports 

would provide grants to State agencies, systems of IHEs, or other large consortia of IHEs to provide 

cross-agency supports to improve the systems and structures necessary to simplify and expand student 

access to federal and local benefits beyond financial aid, such as food and housing assistance, and to 

improve coordination of critical services such as mental health care and childcare. The Postsecondary 

Advancement and Success Technical Assistance Center would support institutions of higher education, 

systems of institutions of higher education, and States to advance efforts to improve access, equitable 

college inclusion, completion and retention opportunities.

The Request would make two significant investments in teacher recruitment and preparation, 

including $132.1 million, for the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) program, an increase of 

$62.1 million over the 2023 enacted level, to help support a variety of effective pathways into 

teaching and support our Nation’s teaching force in improving student outcomes; and $30 million for 

the Hawkins Centers of Excellence program designed to increase the quality and number of new 

teachers of color prepared at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribally Controlled Colleges 

and Universities, and Minority Serving Institutions, such as Hispanic-Serving Institutions. 

To help fund evidence building to improve postsecondary education, the Request again proposes through 

appropriations language an HEA pooled evaluation authority to improve data collection 

and conduct rigorous research and evaluations of the Department’s postsecondary programs. The 

pooled evaluation authority is modeled after the successful authority incorporated into the 

Elementary and Secondary Act by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015. The authority 

would permit the Department to reserve up to 0.5 percent of funding appropriated for each 

HEA program, with the exception of the Pell Grant program and the Student Aid Administration 

account.

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AID FOR INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

BA in millions 2022 2023

2024

Request

Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) $110.1 $122.1 $209.0

Strengthening Tribally Controlled Colleges 

and Universities (TCCUs) 43.9 51.5 53.1

Strengthening Tribally Controlled Colleges 

and Universities (mandatory TCCUs) 28.3 1 28.3 1 30.0

Strengthening Alaska Native and Native 

Hawaiian-serving Institutions (ANNHs) 21.4 24.4 25.0

Strengthening Alaska Native and Native 

Hawaiian-serving Institutions (mandatory 

ANNHs) 14.1 1 14.1 1 15.0

Strengthening Historically Black Colleges 

and Universities (HBCUs) 362.8 396.0 402.6

Strengthening Historically Black Colleges 

and Universities (mandatory HBCUs) 80.2 1 80.2 1 85.0

Strengthening Historically Black Graduate 

Institutions (HBGIs) 93.1 100.8 102.3

Strengthening HBCU Master’s Program 14.8 19.9 21.0

Strengthening Predominantly Black 

Institutions (PBIs) 17.7 22.3 23.2

Strengthening Predominantly Black 

Institutions (mandatory PBIs) 14.1 114.1 115.0

Strengthening Asian American- and Native 

American Pacific Islander-serving 

Institutions (AANAPISIs) 10.9 18.6 20.1

Strengthening Asian American- and Native 

American Pacific Islander-serving 

Institutions (mandatory AANAPISIs) 4.7 1 4.7 1 5.0

Strengthening Native American-serving 

nontribal institutions (NASNTIs) 7.8 11.4 12.1

Strengthening Native American-serving 

nontribal institutions (mandatory 

NASNTIs) 4.7 1 4.7 1 5.0

Minority Science and Engineering 

Improvement (MSEIP) 14.5 16.4 18.4

Total 843.3 929.6 1,041.8

Discretionary 697.1 783.4 886.8

Mandatory 146.2 146.2 155.0

1 Mandatory appropriations are provided under Section 371 of the HEA, as amended by P.L. 116-91. The 2023 and 

2022 levels for mandatory programs have been reduced by 5.7 percent, which became effective on October 1, 2022, 

and October 1, 2021, respectively, pursuant to the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25). Although the 2024 level 

for mandatory programs is expected to be reduced by 5.7 percent, the amount in the table does not include the sequester 

reduction.

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The Request for Aid for Institutional Development (Title III) continues to support institutions, including 

community colleges, that serve large percentages of students of color and students from low-income 

families. Title III funding, which is awarded both competitively and by a formula that directs aid to specified 

institutions, helps provide equal educational opportunity and strong academic programs for these students 

and enhances the financial stability of the institutions that serve them. Funds may be used to plan, develop, 

and implement activities that support student services, interventions that promote degree completion, and 

faculty development; administrative management; development and improvement of academic programs; 

joint use of libraries and laboratories; construction, maintenance, and renovation of instructional facilities; 

and endowment funds.

The Strengthening Institutions Program supports institutions, especially community colleges, that provide 

educational opportunities to students of color and students from low-income families. Fiscal year 2024 

funding would support a competition for new awards and support continuation awards to more than 400

grantees.

Strengthening ANNH program supports institutions with undergraduate enrollments that are at least 20 

percent Alaska Native and at least 10 percent Native Hawaiian students, respectively. The discretionary 

request would support continuation awards and enable the Department to conduct a competition for new 

awards for these institutions, which typically are located in remote areas not served by other institutions.

Strengthening TCCUs supports 35 Tribal Colleges and Universities located primarily in remote areas not 

served by other postsecondary education institutions. These institutions offer a broad range of degree and 

vocational certificate programs to students for whom these educational opportunities would otherwise be 

geographically and culturally inaccessible. 

Strengthening HBCUs supports any accredited, legally authorized HBCU that was established prior to 1964 

and which retains a principal mission of educating Black students. Fiscal year 2024 funding would support 

97 HBCUs.

Strengthening HBGIs supports 24 postgraduate institutions with schools of law, medical schools, or other 

graduate programs. 

Strengthening Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) makes awards to primarily urban and rural 2-year 

colleges that have an enrollment of undergraduate students that is at least 40 percent Black students and 

that serve at least 50 percent low-income or first-generation college students.

Strengthening HBCU Master’s Program supports 18 HBCUs, specified in Section 723 of the HEA, 

determined to be making a substantial contribution to graduate education opportunities for Black students

at the master’s level in mathematics, engineering, the physical or natural sciences, computer science, 

information technology, nursing, allied health, or other scientific disciplines. 

Strengthening PBIs makes awards to primarily urban and rural 2-year colleges that have an enrollment of 

undergraduate students that is at least 40 percent Black students and that serve at least 50 percent lowincome or first-generation college students. 

Strengthening AANAPISIs supports institutions with undergraduate enrollments that are at least 10 percent 

Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander.

Strengthening NASNTIs supports institutions that are not designated as TCCUs yet enroll at least 10 percent 

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Native American students and serve at least 50 percent low-income students.

The Minority Science and Engineering Improvement program would fund approximately 20 new grants 

and 54 continuation grants that support improvement in science and engineering education at predominantly 

minority institutions and increase the participation of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly 

minority women, in scientific and technological careers.

In addition to these discretionary requested levels, a total of $255 million is available in mandatory funding 

in fiscal year 2024 for the Title III and Title V programs authorized by Section 371 of the HEA—

$155 million for the Title III programs and $100 million for Title V programs. 

AID FOR HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS

BA in millions

2022 2023

2024

Request

Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions 

(HSIs) (discretionary) $182.9 $227.8 $236.7

Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for 

Hispanic Americans (discretionary) 19.7 27.3 28.8

Mandatory Developing HSI STEM and 

Articulation Programs 94.3 1 94.3 1 100.0

Total 296.9 349.4 365.5

Discretionary 202.6 255.1 265.5

Mandatory 94.3 1 94.3 1 100.0

1 Mandatory appropriations are provided under Section 371 of the HEA, as amended by P.L. 116-91. The 2023 and 

2022 levels for mandatory programs have been reduced by 5.7 percent which became effective on October 1, 2022, 

and October 1, 2021, respectively, pursuant to the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25). Although the 2024 level

for mandatory programs is expected to be reduced by 5.7 percent, the amount in the table does not include the sequester 

reduction.

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The Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) program funds competitive grants to expand and 

enhance the academic quality, institutional management, fiscal stability, and self-sufficiency of colleges 

and universities that enroll large percentages of Hispanic students.

The Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans program provides funds to eligible 

HSIs that offer a postbaccalaureate certificate or postbaccalaureate degree-granting program. The program 

is designed to help Hispanic Americans gain entry into and succeed in graduate study, a level of education 

in which they are underrepresented. 

The HSI STEM and Articulation Program is designed to increase the number of Hispanic and other students 

from low-income backgrounds attaining degrees in STEM fields and to support the development of model 

transfer and articulation agreements between 2-year HSIs and 4-year IHEs in such fields. 

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES (IEFLS)

BA in millions

2022 2023

2024

Request

Domestic Programs $71.9 $75.4 $75.4

Overseas Programs 9.8 10.3 10.3

Total 81.7 85.7 85.7

These programs support comprehensive language and area study centers within the United States, research 

and curriculum development, and opportunities for American scholars to study abroad. In addition to 

promoting general understanding of the peoples of other countries, the Department’s International Programs 

also serve important economic, diplomatic, defense, and other national security interests. The request would 

enable the Department to help maintain the national capacity in teaching and learning less commonly taught 

languages and associated area studies and to continue to work toward increasing the global competency of 

all U.S. students. All funds requested in fiscal year 2024 for the IEFLS programs would support new and 

continuation grants and fellowships.

TRIBALLY CONTROLLED POSTSECONDARY CAREER AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $11.0 $12.0 $12.0

The Request would support awards to Tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions 

that meet the program’s eligibility requirements to fund instructional and student support services under the 

Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.

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SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR MIGRANT STUDENTS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $48.1 $52.1 $66.1

The Request provides $66.1 million for Special Programs for Migrant Students, an increase of $14 million 

over the 2023 enacted level, in support of the President’s goal to advance equity in education. Special 

Programs for Migrant Students includes the High School Equivalency Program (HEP), which funds 

competitively selected projects to help low-income migratory and seasonal farmworkers and fishers earn 

high school diplomas or equivalency certificates, and the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), 

which makes competitive grants to provide stipends and special services, such as tutoring and counseling, 

to migratory students who are in their first year of college. The request expands programs that have

demonstrated success in helping migrant youth who are particularly at risk for low educational, 

employment, and earnings outcomes. For example, approximately 96 percent of CAMP participants who 

completed their first academic year in a postsecondary program continued their postsecondary education, 

significantly better than the 82 percent retention rate for undergraduates at 4-year institutions from 2019 to 

2020 and the 61 percent retention rate at 2-year institutions during the same period. 

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FEDERAL TRIO PROGRAMS

BA in millions 2022 2023 

2024 

Request 

Talent Search $208.4 $179.1 $179.1 

Upward Bound 366.3 380.1 380.1 

Veterans Upward Bound 20.6 22.1 22.1 

Upward Bound Math-Science 73.7 78.1 78.1 

Educational Opportunity Centers 63.9 66.1 66.1 

Student Support Services 340.7 380.0 486.5 

McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement 56.4 61.2 61.2 

Staff Training 3.9 4.3 4.3 

Administration/Peer Review 3.1 8.5 8.9 

Frontload 0 11.5 11.4 

Total 1,137.0 1,191.0 1,297.8 

Note: Amounts may not add due to rounding. Fiscal year 2023 program amounts are not final and may change. 

The TRIO programs are among the Department’s largest investments aimed at getting more students 

prepared for, into, and through postsecondary education. The request provides more than $106.8 million 

over the 2023 enacted level and would enable the Department to make increased investments in student

retention and completion through a new award competition for the Student Support Services program, while 

also maintaining support for more than 1,800 TRIO projects begun in prior years. 

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GAINING EARLY AWARENESS AND READINESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS (GEAR UP)

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $378.0 $388.0 $408.0

GEAR UP provides funds to States and partnerships for early college preparation and awareness activities 

to help low-income elementary and secondary school students prepare for and pursue postsecondary 

education. Several features of GEAR UP, including targeting entire grades of students, partnering with local 

organizations and businesses, and matching Federal funds with local contributions, allow projects to serve 

large numbers of students. The request increases funding by $20 million from the 2023 enacted level and 

would support new and continuation awards for approximately 38 States and 118 Partnerships in fiscal 

year 2024. 

GRADUATE ASSISTANCE IN AREAS OF NATIONAL NEED (GAANN) 

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $23.5 $23.5 $23.5

GAANN provides fellowships, through competitive grants to postsecondary institutions, to graduate 

students with superior ability and high financial need studying in areas of national need. Participating 

graduate schools must provide assurances that they would seek talented students from traditionally 

underrepresented backgrounds. The 2024 request would support approximately 450 fellowships. 

TRANSITION PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES INTO HIGHER

EDUCATION (TPSID)

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $13.8 $13.8 $15.2

The TPSID program supports competitive grants awarded to institutions of higher education or consortia 

of such institutions to create or expand high-quality, inclusive model comprehensive transition and 

postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities. The Request would support 4 new awards 

and approximately 22 continuation awards, including two technical assistance centers. 

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CHILD CARE ACCESS MEANS PARENTS IN SCHOOL 

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $65.0 $75.0 $95.0

This competitive grant program supports the participation of low-income parents in postsecondary 

education through campus-based childcare services. Grants made to institutions of higher education must 

be used to supplement childcare services or start a new program, not to supplant funds for current childcare 

services. The program gives priority to institutions that leverage local or institutional resources and employ 

a sliding fee scale. The Request provides an increase of $20 million and would support a new and

continuation awards. 

FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $325.4 $184.0 $725.0

The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education supports a wide range of activities to support 

State and institutional reforms and innovative programs with the potential to transform postsecondary 

education. This Request would support two existing grant programs and three new grant programs, 

including $165 million for the Postsecondary Student Success Grant program, which would provide 

competitive grants to States, TCCUs, IHEs, and systems of IHEs to implement or expand evidence-based, 

institutional level retention and completion reforms that improve student outcomes. In addition, $350 

million is for the Research Infrastructure Investments program for HBCUs, TCCUs, and MSIs that 

supports both planning and implementation grants designed to promote transformational investments in 

research infrastructure, including physical infrastructure and human capital development. The request 

includes $150 million for a new School- and Campus-Based Mental Health Service program that would 

provide competitive grants to IHEs to develop a campus-wide strategy to address student mental health 

needs including hiring additional providers on their campuses. Additionally, $30 million is requested to 

support the new Systemwide Holistic Student Supports program that would provide grants to State 

agencies, systems of IHEs, or other large consortia of IHEs to provide cross-agency supports to improve 

the systems and structures necessary to simplify and expand student access to federal and local benefits 

beyond financial aid, such as food and housing assistance, and to improve coordination of critical 

services such as mental health care and childcare. The request also includes $30 million to support the 

new Postsecondary Advancement and Success Technical Assistance Center, which would support 

institutions of higher education, systems of institutions of higher education, and States to advance efforts 

to improve access, equitable college inclusion, completion and retention opportunities. 

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TEACHER QUALITY PARTNERSHIP (TQP)

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $59.1 $70.0 $132.1

This program supports projects that improve the preparation of teachers, including grow your own programs

that support the development of teachers from communities schools serve and teacher residency programs. 

The additional funds requested include $84 million for new awards that will address educator shortages 

while increasing the diversity of the educator workforce and improving student outcomes by improving the 

effectiveness of teachers working in high-need schools.

AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions — $15.0 $30.0

The request includes $30 million to fund the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program, 

authorized under Part B of Title II of the Higher Education Act, to support diversifying the educator 

workforce by increasing the number of high-quality teacher preparation programs at Historically Black 

Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority Serving Institutions, such as 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Increasing the number of educators of color is a key strategy in the 

Administration’s equity agenda aimed at improving educational opportunities and outcomes for students of 

color. Research shows that teachers of color benefit all students and can have a significant impact on 

students of color, yet only one in five teachers are people of color, compared to more than half of K-12 

public school students. Eligible institutions collectively prepare half of all teachers of color and are ideally 

positioned to help prepare a new generation of effective teachers of color for high-need schools. 

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HOWARD UNIVERSITY

BA in millions 2022 2023

2024

Request

General Support $216.7 $226.7 $226.7

Howard University Hospital 127.3 127.3 120.3

Total 344.0 354.0 347.0

Howard University is a congressionally chartered HBCU that plays an important role in providing Black 

students with access to a high-quality postsecondary education. The fiscal year 2024 Request would 

maintain strong support for Howard University’s academic and research programs serving undergraduate, 

graduate, and professional students. The Request would provide $93 million to Howard University Hospital 

to support rebuilding of the historic institution and fully meet the total requested funding for the hospital 

construction ($300 million). Federal support for the Hospital also enables provision of medical, dental, and 

other health-related education, research, and training opportunities for graduate and professional students. 

The Request includes $3.4 million for Howard University’s endowment, which is designed to assist the 

University in increasing its financial strength and independence and proposes to lift the restriction in the 

HBCU Capital Financing Program to allow Howard University access to the Program.

ACADEMIC FACILITIES

BA in millions

2022 2023

2024

Request

HBCU Capital Financing Program $20.2 $20.2 $20.2

CHAFL Federal Administration 0.4 0.53 0.6

These programs support the construction, reconstruction, and renovation of academic facilities at 

institutions of higher education. The Request for the HBCU Capital Financing Program would support the 

management and servicing of loan guarantees on previously issued loans and includes $20 million in loan 

subsidy that would allow the program to guarantee $750 million in new loans in 2024. Funds also would 

be used to continue technical assistance services to help HBCUs increase their fiscal stability and improve 

their access to capital markets. The Request continues to propose a permanent elimination to the restriction 

for participation of Howard University in the HBCU Capital Financing program. Funding for College 

Housing Administration Facilities Loans (CHAFL) Federal Administration is used solely to manage and 

service existing portfolios of facilities loans and grants made in prior years.

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INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

OVERVIEW

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) supports sustained programs of research, statistics, and evaluation 

to study and provide solutions to the challenges faced by schools, teachers, and learners. Investment in 

research, statistics, and evaluation activities is critical in order to identify effective instructional and 

program practices, track student achievement, and measure the impact of educational improvement. 

Through its four centers—the National Center for Education Research, the National Center for Education 

Statistics, the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, and the National Center 

for Special Education Research—IES ensures the Federal investment in education research, statistics, and 

evaluation is of high quality and relevant to the needs of educators and policymakers. The Administration 

requests $870.9 million for IES activities, $63 million more than 2023 enacted level. 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DISSEMINATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $204.9 $245.0 $291.9

The Request supports critical investments in education research, development, dissemination, and 

evaluation that provide parents, teachers, schools, and policymakers with evidence-based information on 

effective educational practices.

STATISTICS

2024

2022 2023 Request

BA in millions $111.5 $121.5 $127.0

The Department’s Statistics program—operated primarily through competitively awarded contracts 

administered by National Center for Education Statistics—provides general statistics about trends in 

education, collects data to monitor reform and measure educational progress, and informs the IES research 

agenda. The Request would support the collection, analysis, and dissemination of education-related 

statistics in response to both legislative requirements and to the particular needs of data providers, data 

users, and educational researchers.

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REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LABORATORIES

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $58.7 $58.7 $60.7

Funds support a network of 10 regional laboratories that provide expert advice, including training and 

technical assistance, to help States and school districts apply proven research findings in their school 

improvement efforts. Funds also support the Regional Educational Laboratories in widely disseminating 

information about best practices.

ASSESSMENT

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $187.7 $192.8 $198.3

The Request includes a $4 million increase to fund the established assessment schedule under the ongoing 

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and to support research and development activities 

to maintain assessment quality while reducing future program costs. The request also includes a $1.5 million 

increase for the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) to fund the development of the NAEP 

writing assessment framework and other NAGB costs. NAEP measures and reports on the status of and 

trends in student learning over time on a subject-by-subject basis and makes objective information on 

student performance available to policymakers, educators, parents, and the public. As the largest nationally 

representative and continuing assessment of what American students know and can do, NAEP has become 

a key measure of our Nation’s educational performance. The proposed increase would support research and 

development needed to advance NAEP and reduce future program costs.

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RESEARCH IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $60.3 $64.3 $64.3

Funds support a comprehensive program of special education research designed to expand the knowledge 

and understanding of infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities; answer questions about how children 

with disabilities develop and learn; and learn how best to support their development through improved 

teaching and special education and related services. Continued investment in such long-term programs of 

research is necessary to accumulate empirical knowledge and develop evidence-based practices and policies 

that will result in improved academic achievement,social and emotional well- being, behavior, and physical 

development for children with disabilities.

STATEWIDE LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEMS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $33.5 $38.5 $38.5

Funds support competitive grant awards to States to foster the design, development, implementation, and 

use of longitudinal data systems. In addition, funds would support awards to public and private agencies to 

improve data coordination, quality, and use at the local, State, and national levels. 

SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDIES AND EVALUATIONS

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $13.3 $13.3 $13.3

This program supports studies to assess the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 

Act (IDEA) and the effectiveness of State and local efforts to provide special education and early 

intervention programs and services to infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities. 

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IES PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 

2022 2023

2024

Request

BA in millions $67.1 $73.5 $76.9

Funds support administrative expenses necessary for IES to carry out authorized activities. Expenses 

include IES pay and non-pay, as well as the IES share of centralized support costs such as rent and enterprise 

cybersecurity.

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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

OVERVIEW

Congress established the Department of Education as a Cabinet level agency in 1980. Today, the 

Department supports programs that touch every area and level of education. The Department's early 

learning, elementary, and secondary education programs annually serve more than 13,000 public school 

districts and more than 55 million students attending more than 98,000 public and 30,000 private schools. 

Department programs also provide grant, loan, and work-study assistance to nearly 9 million postsecondary 

students at approximately 5,500 institutions of higher education. 

The Department is responsible for administering education programs authorized and funded by Congress 

and signed into law by the President. This responsibility involves developing regulations and policy 

guidance regarding program operations, determining how program funds are awarded to recipients 

consistent with statutory requirements, and ensuring programs are operated fairly and conform to statutes 

and laws prohibiting discrimination in federally funded activities. The Department also collects data and 

conducts research on education to help focus attention on education issues of national importance.

Most Federal funds for education are distributed using one of three methods: (1) a statutory formula based 

on certain eligibility requirements, such as the number of students from low-income families in a school 

district; (2) a competitive process aimed at identifying the most promising proposals or projects targeting a 

particular educational purpose; or (3) an assessment of financial need, such as the ability of a student or 

family to pay for college. 

Key programs include the Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, for which $20.5 billion would 

help approximately 25 million students in high-poverty schools make progress toward State academic 

standards, and $16.3 billion for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B Grants to States to 

help States and school districts meet the special education needs of 7.4 million students with disabilities. 

Key programs also include Federal Pell Grants, which would make available $38.1 billion in need-based 

grants to nearly 6.8 million students enrolled in postsecondary institutions; and the postsecondary 

student loan programs, which would help provide roughly $85.8 billion in new Direct Loans to help 

students and families pay for college. 

The Department’s programs and responsibilities have grown substantially over the past decade. Some of 

the growth has resulted from greater demands that were placed on the Department to secure sensitive data, 

increase transparency through increased data reporting, provide enhanced oversight and enforcement of 

programs and laws, and award and manage massive new grant programs (about $280 billion for grants to 

states, school districts, and institutions of higher education) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal 

Student Aid has been tasked with implementing critical improvements to student loan servicing, continuing 

to modernize its digital infrastructure, and ensuring successful administration of the financial aid programs 

through a simplified and streamlined process for students and borrowers.

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SALARIES AND EXPENSES (S&E) OVERVIEW

Departmental Management

 BA in millions 2022 2023

2024

Request

Program Administration $394.9 $426.9 $527.6

1

IES Program Administration 67.1 73.5 76.9

Office for Civil Rights 133.5 140.0 177.6

Office of Inspector General 64.0 67.5 87.5

Student Aid Administration 2,033.9 2,033.9 2,654.0

Other2

8.7 8.9 10.6

Total 2,702.1 2,750.7 3,534.2

Full-Time Equivalent Employment (FTE)

 (whole numbers) 

Program Administration 1,486 1,525 1,625

IES Program Administration 199 232 233

Office for Civil Rights 559 571 721

Office of Inspector General 214 232 263

Student Aid Administration 1,521 1,550 1,593

Other2 17 18 18

Total3 3,996 4,128 4,453

1 Includes $19.25 million for Building Modernization. 2 Includes small Federal Credit Administration accounts and miscellaneous S&E activities in program accounts. 3 Actual FTE usage in FY 2023; target for FY 2022 and FY 2024. Excludes CARES, CRRSAA, and ARP Act FTE. 

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The Department is requesting $3.5 billion for its Salaries and Expenses budget accounts in fiscal 

year 2024, an increase of $783.5 million over the 2023 enacted level. The requested fiscal year 2024 

increase focuses on key departmental policy and management priorities. These include an 

increase of $38 million for the Office for Civil Rights to advance equity in educational 

opportunity and delivery through an increased investment in civil rights enforcement; an increase of 

$620 million for Student Aid Administration to implement the FAFSA® Simplification Act and 

FUTURE Act, implement customer service and accountability improvements to student loan 

servicing, and ensure the successful transition from the current short-term loan servicing contracts to a 

more stable long-term contract and servicing environment; and increased funding for continued IT 

security improvements to ensure the integrity of the Department of Education systems and 

prevent potential breaches. Funding is also requested for building modernization and renovation 

activities which will reduce the Department’s overall footprint and save on future rent costs by 

vacating existing space. 

The Department’s Request also includes funding necessary to restore critically needed staff capacity 

across the organization. In fiscal year 2024, the request supports 4,453 Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) 

Employment, a net increase of 325 FTE above the 2023 enacted level. 

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

The Program Administration account provides administrative support for most programs and offices in 

the Department. The fiscal year 2024 request totals $527.6 million, an increase of $100.7 million 

above the 2023 enacted level. The Budget includes $321.2 million for personnel compensation and 

benefits to support 1,625 FTE, an increase of $33.8 million above the fiscal year 2023 enacted level of 

$287.4 million. 

Salaries and Expenses non-personnel costs cover such items as travel, rent, mail, telephones, 

utilities, printing, information technology (IT) services and security, contractual services, equipment, 

supplies, and other services. The total request for non-personnel activities in fiscal year 2024 is 

$206.4 million, an increase of $66.9 million above the 2023 enacted level of $139.5 million. 

Approximately 75 percent of the total non-personnel request is to cover Program Administration’s 

share of the Department’s centralized services. The centralized services request totals $155.7 million 

for fiscal year 2024, an increase of $53.9 million over the 2023 enacted level, primarily for building 

modernization, enterprise cybersecurity, and modernization of the Department’s contracts and 

grants systems. 

The overall account increase of $101.0 million is primarily needed for: (1) an increase of 100 FTE over 

the 2023 enacted level and a 5.2 percent government-wide pay raise plus benefits increases; 

(2) building modernization and renovation activities with a goal of reducing the Department’s future 

rent costs; (3) continued improvements to the Department’s IT security to ensure the integrity 

of the Department’s data as well as to prevent potential IT security breaches; and (4) enhanced data 

collection, analysis, and reporting of education data, including Economic Stabilization Funds 

programs. The Request for non-personnel activities to support Building Modernization in fiscal 

year 2024 is $19.3 million. 

STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION

The Student Aid Administration account provides funds to administer the Federal student aid 

programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. These programs are the Nation’s 

largest source of financial aid for postsecondary students, which helps students and families fund education 

costs and training beyond high school. 

This account also supports functions across the student aid lifecycle including educating students and 

families on sources for obtaining aid as well as federal student loans and costs associated with 

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processing financial aid applications. These funds support financial tools, supports outstanding loans 

and collections activities on defaulted federal loans and oversight of Title IV programs. 

In fiscal year 2022, FSA provided $112.4 billion in new Federal student aid grants and loans (excluding 

Direct Consolidation Loans) to more than 8.2 million postsecondary students and their families. These 

students attended approximately 5,500 institutions of higher education.

The SAFRA Act ended the origination of new loans under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) 

program. Since July 1, 2010, new loans are originated and serviced through the Direct Loan (DL) program 

administered by the Department. Private lenders and guaranty agencies service and collect outstanding nondefaulted loans from the FFEL portfolio. The Department currently contracts with six servicers to service 

a Department-held portfolio of approximately 37 million borrowers. 

The Budget provides $2.7 billion for the Student Aid Administration, a $620 million increase above the 

2023 enacted level. This additional funding is needed to provide better support to student loan borrowers, 

especially as they return to repayment. This increase would allow FSA to implement critical improvements 

to student loan servicing, continue to modernize its digital infrastructure, and ensure successful 

administration of the financial aid programs through a simplified and streamlined process for students and 

borrowers. 

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

The Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigates discrimination complaints, conducts 

compliance reviews, monitors corrective action plans, and provides technical assistance on civil rights 

issues. Since fiscal year 2009, the number of complaints has almost tripled, while the number of 

investigative staff have decreased slightly over the same period. The fiscal year 2024 Request includes 150 

additional FTE over the 2023 enacted level for OCR. 

The fiscal year 2024 request for OCR is $177.6 million, which is an increase of $37.6 million above the

2023 enacted level. About $137.6 million of the requested funds, or 77 percent, is for staff pay and benefits 

for 721 FTE. The remaining $40.0 million is for non-pay projects and includes funding for information 

technology services, including the $6.3 million contract for the Civil Rights Data Collection. Requested 

funds would ensure program support to resolve complaints of discrimination filed by the public and ensure 

that institutions receiving Federal financial assistance comply with the civil rights laws enforced by OCR. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducts audits and investigations of the Department’s programs 

and activities to help ensure accountability for taxpayer-provided funds and to identify management 

improvements. The fiscal year 2024 Request for the OIG is $87.5 million, an increase of $20.0 million over 

the 2023 enacted level. Approximately 66 percent of this amount, or $57.7 million, is for personnel 

compensation and benefits to support a staffing level of 263 FTE.

The non-personnel request of $29.8 million includes $1.8 million to contract for the mandatory annual audit 

of the Department’s financial statements. The scope of the audit would include the examination and analysis 

of account balances, review of applicable financial systems, and evaluation of internal controls and 

compliance with significant laws and regulations. Additionally, the non-personnel request includes funds 

to support the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, and to continue to develop the

ability to perform predictive analytics with a tool to identify patterns of fraud and risk, allowing the OIG to 

better target its audit and investigative work.

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III. APPENDIX

A. Detailed Budget Table by Program

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2024 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST

(in thousands of dollars)

Amount Percent

Education for the Disadvantaged

 1. Grants to local educational agencies (ESEA I-A):

(a) Basic grants (section 1124)

Annual appropriation D 5,695,625 5,695,625 5,695,625 0 0.00%

Advance for succeeding fiscal year D 763,776 763,776 763,776 0 0.00%

Subtotal D 6,459,401 6,459,401 6,459,401 0 0.00%

(b) Concentration grants (section 1124A)

Advance for succeeding fiscal year D 1,362,301 1,362,301 1,362,301 0 0.00%

(c) Targeted grants (section 1125)

Annual appropriation D 500,000 925,000 2,000,000 1,075,000 116.22%

Advance for succeeding fiscal year D 4,357,550 4,357,550 4,357,550 0 0.00%

Subtotal 4,857,550 5,282,550 6,357,550 1,075,000 20.35%

(d) Education finance incentive grants (section 1125A)

Annual appropriation D 500,000 925,000 2,000,000 1,075,000 116.22%

Advance for succeeding fiscal year D 4,357,550 4,357,550 4,357,550 0 0.00%

Subtotal 4,857,550 5,282,550 6,357,550 1,075,000 20.35%

Subtotal, Grants to LEAs 17,536,802 18,386,802 20,536,802 2,150,000 11.69%

Discretionary D 17,536,802 18,386,802 20,536,802 2,150,000 11.69%

Current 6,695,625 7,545,625 9,695,625 2,150,000 28.49%

Advance for succeeding fiscal year 10,841,177 10,841,177 10,841,177 0 0.00%

NOTES:

1) D = discretionary program; M = mandatory programs

3) Detail may not add to totals due to rounding. 

2022 Appropriation 2023 Appropriation

2024 President's 

Budget

FY 2024 President's Budget Request 

Compared to FY 2023 Appropriation

2) Pursuant to the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25), for most mandatory programs, with the exception of Pell Grants, Credit Liquidating, and Credit Reestimates the levels shown in the 2022 and 2023 Appropriation columns 

reflect the 5.7 percent reduction that went into effect on October 1, 2021 and October 1, 2022, respectively.

Cat 

Code

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2024 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST

(in thousands of dollars)

2022 Appropriation 2023 Appropriation Amount Percent

2024 President's 

Budget

FY 2024 President's Budget Request 

Cat Compared to FY 2023 Appropriation

Code

Education for the Disadvantaged (continued)

 2. Comprehensive literacy state development grants (ESEA II-B-2, section 2222) D 192,000 194,000 194,000 0 0.00%

 3. Innovative approaches to literacy (ESEA II-B-2, section 2226) D 29,000 30,000 30,000 0 0.00%

 4. State agency programs:

(a) Migrant (ESEA I-C) D 375,626 375,626 375,626 0 0.00%

(b) Neglected, delinquent and at-risk children and youth (ESEA I-D) D 48,239 49,239 52,000 2,761 5.61%

Subtotal, State agency programs 423,865 424,865 427,626 2,761 0.65%

 5. Special programs for migrant students (HEA IV-A-5) D 48,123 52,123 66,123 14,000 26.86%

Total, Appropriation 18,229,790 19,087,790 21,254,551 2,166,761 11.35%

Discretionary D 18,229,790 19,087,790 21,254,551 2,166,761 11.35%

Current 7,388,613 8,246,613 10,413,374 2,166,761 26.27%

Prior year's advance 10,841,177 10,841,177 10,841,177 0 0.00%

Impact Aid (ESEA VII)

1. Payments for federally connected children (section 7003):

(a) Basic support payments (section 7003(b)) D 1,409,242 1,468,242 1,468,242 0 0.00%

(b) Payments for children with disabilities (section 7003(d)) D 48,316 48,316 48,316 0 0.00%

Subtotal 1,457,558 1,516,558 1,516,558 0 0.00%

2. Facilities maintenance (section 7008) D 4,835 4,835 4,835 0 0.00%

3. Construction (section 7007) D 17,406 18,406 18,406 0 0.00%

4. Payments for Federal property (section 7002) D 77,313 78,313 78,313 0 0.00%

Total D 1,557,112 1,618,112 1,618,112 0 0.00%

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2024 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST

(in thousands of dollars)

2022 Appropriation 2023 Appropriation Amount Percent

2024 President's 

Budget

FY 2024 President's Budget Request 

Cat Compared to FY 2023 Appropriation

Code

 1. Supporting effective instruction State grants (ESEA II-A) 

Annual appropriation D 488,639 508,639 508,639 0 0.00%

Advance for succeeding fiscal year D 1,681,441 1,681,441 1,681,441 0 0.00%

Subtotal D 2,170,080 2,190,080 2,190,080 0 0.00%

 2. 21st century community learning centers (ESEA IV-B) D 1,289,673 1,329,673 1,329,673 0 0.00%

 3. State assessments (ESEA I-B, section 1201-1203) D 390,000 390,000 469,100 79,100 20.28%

 4. Education for homeless children and youths (MVHAA Title VII-B) D 114,000 129,000 129,000 0 0.00%

 5. Native Hawaiian education (ESEA VI-B) D 38,897 45,897 45,897 0 0.00%

 6. Alaska Native education (ESEA VI-C) D 37,953 44,953 44,953 0 0.00%

 7. Training and advisory services (CRA IV) D 6,575 6,575 6,575 0 0.00%

 8. Rural education (ESEA V-B) D 195,000 215,000 215,000 0 0.00%

 9. Supplemental education grants (Compact of Free Association Act)1 D 19,657 24,464 0 -24,464 -100.00%

 10. Comprehensive centers (ETAA section 203) D 54,000 55,000 55,000 0 0.00%

 11. Student support and academic enrichment grants (ESEA IV-A) D 1,280,000 1,380,000 1,405,000 25,000 1.81%

Total, Appropriation D 5,595,835 5,810,642 5,890,278 79,636 1.37%

Total, Budget authority D 5,595,835 5,810,642 5,890,278 79,636 1.37%

Current 3,914,394 4,129,201 4,208,837 79,636 1.93%

Prior year's advance 1,681,441 1,681,441 1,681,441 0 0.00% 1

 The Administration is proposing mandatory funding to be administered by the Department of State that would subsume the programs and activities previously funded through 

 discretionary appropriations, including the one for the Supplemental Education Grants.

Preschool Incentive Demonstration Program (Proposed Legislation) D 0 0 500,000 500,000 ---

Indian Education (ESEA VI)

1. Grants to local educational agencies (Part A-1) D 109,881 110,381 117,381 7,000 6.34%

2. Special programs for Indian children (Part A-2) D 70,000 72,000 72,000 0 0.00%

3. National activities (Part A-3) D 9,365 12,365 12,365 0 0.00%

Total D 189,246 194,746 201,746 7,000 3.59%

School Improvement Programs

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2024 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST

(in thousands of dollars)

2022 Appropriation 2023 Appropriation Amount Percent

2024 President's 

Budget

FY 2024 President's Budget Request 

Cat Compared to FY 2023 Appropriation

Code

Innovation and Improvement

 1. Education innovation and research (ESEA IV-F-1) D 234,000 284,000 405,000 121,000 42.61%

 2. Teacher and school leader incentive grants (ESEA II-B-1) D 173,000 173,000 200,000 27,000 15.61%

 3. American history and civics education (ESEA II-B-3) D 7,750 23,000 73,000 50,000 217.39%

 4. Supporting effective educator development (SEED) (ESEA II-B-4, section 2242) D 85,000 90,000 93,000 3,000 3.33%

 5. Charter schools grants (ESEA IV-C) D 440,000 440,000 440,000 0 0.00%

 6. Magnet schools assistance (ESEA IV-D) D 124,000 139,000 149,000 10,000 7.19%

 7. Ready to learn programming (ESEA IV-F-4, section 4643) D 30,500 31,000 31,000 0 0.00%

 8. Arts in education (ESEA IV-F-4, section 4642) D 36,500 36,500 36,500 0 0.00%

 9. Javits gifted and talented education (ESEA IV-F-4, section 4644) D 14,500 16,500 16,500 0 0.00%

 10. Statewide family engagement centers (ESEA IV-E) D 15,000 20,000 20,000 0 0.00%

 11. School Leader Recruitment and Support (ESEA II-B-4, section 2243) D 0 0 40,000 40,000 ---

 12. Fostering Diverse Schools (proposed legislation) D 0 0 100,000 100,000 ---

 13. Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending D 140,480 200,443 0 -200,443 -100.00%

Total D 1,300,730 1,453,443 1,604,000 150,557 10.36%

Safe Schools and Citizenship Education

1. School safety national activities (ESEA IV-F-3, section 4631) D 201,000 216,000 601,000 385,000 178.24%

2. Promise neighborhoods (ESEA IV-F-2, section 4624) D 85,000 91,000 106,000 15,000 16.48%

3. Full-service community schools (ESEA IV-F-2, section 4625) D 75,000 150,000 368,000 218,000 145.33%

 Total D 361,000 457,000 1,075,000 618,000 135.23%

English Language Acquisition (ESEA III-A) D 831,400 890,000 1,195,000 305,000 34.27%

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2024 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST

(in thousands of dollars)

2022 Appropriation 2023 Appropriation Amount Percent

2024 President's 

Budget

FY 2024 President's Budget Request 

Cat Compared to FY 2023 Appropriation

Code

Special Education 

1. State grants:

(a) Grants to States (IDEA B-611)

Annual appropriation D 4,060,321 4,910,321 6,975,810 2,065,489 42.06%

Advance for succeeding fiscal year D 9,283,383 9,283,383 9,283,383 0 0.00%

Subtotal 13,343,704 14,193,704 16,259,193 2,065,489 14.55%

(b) Preschool grants (IDEA B-619) D 409,549 420,000 502,620 82,620 19.67%

(c) Grants for infants and families (IDEA C) D 496,306 540,000 932,000 392,000 72.59%

Subtotal, State grants 14,249,559 15,153,704 17,693,813 2,540,109 16.76%

2. National activities (IDEA D):

(a) State personnel development (subpart 1) D 38,630 38,630 53,630 15,000 38.83%

(b) Technical assistance and dissemination (section 663) D 44,345 45,345 55,345 10,000 22.05%

(c) Personnel preparation (section 662) D 95,000 115,000 250,000 135,000 117.39%

(e) Parent information centers (sections 671-673) D 30,152 33,152 49,152 16,000 48.26%

(f) Educational technology, media, and materials (section 674) D 30,433 31,433 41,433 10,000 31.81%

Subtotal, National activities D 238,560 263,560 449,560 186,000 70.57%

3. Special Olympics education programs (Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act) D 31,000 36,000 36,000 0 0.00%

Total, Appropriation 14,519,119 15,453,264 18,179,373 2,726,109 17.64%

Discretionary D 14,519,119 15,453,264 18,179,373 2,726,109 17.64%

Current 5,235,736 6,169,881 8,895,990 2,726,109 44.18%

Prior year's advance 9,283,383 9,283,383 9,283,383 0 0.00%

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FISCAL YEAR 2024 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST

(in thousands of dollars)

2022 Appropriation 2023 Appropriation Amount Percent

2024 President's 

Budget

FY 2024 President's Budget Request 

Cat Compared to FY 2023 Appropriation

Code

Rehabilitation Services 

1. Vocational rehabilitation State grants:

(a) Grants to States (RA Title I-A, sections 110 and 111)2 M 3,668,471 3,899,057 4,202,679 303,622 7.79%

(b) Grants to Indians (RA Title I-C) M 50,650 50,650 51,155 505 1.00%

Subtotal, Pre-Sequestration M 3,719,121 3,949,707 4,253,834 304,127 7.70%

Subtotal, Post-Sequestration M 3,507,131 3,724,574 4,011,365 286,791 7.70%

 2. Client assistance State grants (RA section 112) D 13,000 13,000 15,000 2,000 15.38%

 3. Training (RA section 302) D 29,388 29,388 29,388 0 0.00%

 4. Demonstration and training programs (RA section 303) D 5,796 5,796 7,296 1,500 25.88%

 5. Protection and advocacy of individual rights (RA section 509) D 19,150 20,150 20,150 0 0.00%

 6. Supported employment State grants (RA VI) D 22,548 22,548 22,548 0 0.00%

 7. Independent living services for older blind individuals (RA VII, Chapter 2) D 33,317 33,317 38,317 5,000 15.01%

 8. Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (HKNCA) D 18,000 19,000 19,000 0 0.00%

 9. Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending D 2,325 0 0 0 ---

Subtotal 143,524 143,199 151,699 8,500 5.94%

Total 3,862,645 4,092,906 4,405,533 312,627 7.64%

Discretionary D 143,524 143,199 151,699 8,500 5.94%

Mandatory M 3,719,121 3,949,707 4,253,834 304,127 7.70%

2

 This amount is pre-sequestration.

American Printing House for the Blind (20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) D 40,431 43,431 43,431 0 0.00%

National Technical Institute for the Deaf (EDA I-B and section 207) D 88,500 92,500 92,500 0 0.00%

Gallaudet University (EDA I-A and section 207) D 146,361 165,361 165,361 0 0.00%

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Career, Technical, and Adult Education

1. Career and technical education (Carl D. Perkins CTEA):

(a) State grants (Title I)

Annual appropriation D 588,848 638,848 682,312 43,464 6.80%

Advance for succeeding fiscal year D 791,000 791,000 791,000 0 0.00%

Subtotal 1,379,848 1,429,848 1,473,312 43,464 3.04%

(b) National programs (section 114) D 7,421 32,421 215,421 183,000 564.45%

Subtotal, Discretionary D 0 1,462,269 1,688,733 226,464 15.49%

Subtotal, Career and technical education 1,387,269 1,462,269 1,688,733 226,464 15.49%

2. Adult education:

(a) Adult basic and literacy education State grants (AEFLA) D 690,455 715,455 715,455 0 0.00%

(b) National leadership activities (AEFLA section 242) D 13,712 13,712 43,712 30,000 218.79%

Subtotal, Adult education 704,167 729,167 759,167 30,000 4.11%

Total, Appropriation 2,091,436 2,191,436 2,447,900 256,464 11.70%

Current 1,300,436 1,400,436 1,656,900 256,464 18.31%

Prior year's advance 791,000 791,000 791,000 0 0.00%

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Student Financial Assistance

1. Federal Pell grants (HEA IV-A-1):

(a) Discretionary Pell grants D 22,475,352 22,475,352 24,275,352 1,800,000 8.01%

(b) Mandatory Pell grants M 4,010,920 4,998,000 7,095,000 2,097,000 41.96%

(c) Mandatory Funding for Discretionary Program Costs M 1,085,000 1,095,000 1,108,000 13,000 1.19%

Subtotal, Federal Pell grants 27,571,272 28,568,352 32,478,352 3,910,000 13.69%

Discretionary D 22,475,352 22,475,352 24,275,352 1,800,000 8.01%

Mandatory M 5,095,920 6,093,000 8,203,000 2,110,000 34.63%

2. Campus-based programs:

(a) Federal supplemental educational opportunity grants (HEA IV-A-3) D 895,000 910,000 910,000 0 0.00%

(b) Federal work-study (HEA IV-C) D 1,210,000 1,230,000 1,230,000 0 0.00%

Subtotal, Campus-based programs 2,105,000 2,140,000 2,140,000 0 0.00%

3. Iraq and Afghanistan service grants (P.L. 111-39) M 576 578 477 -101 -17.47%

Total 29,676,848 30,708,930 34,618,829 3,909,899 12.73%

Discretionary D 24,580,352 24,615,352 26,415,352 1,800,000 7.31%

Mandatory M 5,096,496 6,093,578 8,203,477 2,109,899 34.62%

Student Aid Administration (HEA I-D and IV-D, section 458)

 1. Salaries and expenses D 1,058,943 1,058,943 1,205,412 146,469 13.83%

 2. Servicing activities D 975,000 975,000 1,448,622 473,622 48.58%

Total 2,033,943 2,033,943 2,654,034 620,091 30.49%

TEACH Grants (HEA IV-A-9)

 1. New loan subsidy M 34,980 34,171 39,687 5,516 16.14%

 2. Upward reestimate of existing loans M 69,343 24,093 0 -24,093 -100.00%

 3. Downward reestimate of existing loans (non-add) M -3,589 -11,352 0 11,352 100.00%

 4. Net reestimate of existing loans (non-add) M 65,754 12,741 0 -12,741 -100.00%

 5. Upward modification of existing loans M 71,589 9,171 0 -9,171 -100.00%

 6. Downward modification of existing loans M -1,843 0 0 0 ---

 7. Net modification of existing loans (non-add) M 69,746 9,171 0 -9,171 -100.00%

Subtotal, loan subsidies 175,912 67,435 39,687 -27,748 -41.15%

Subtotal, new loan subsidies and net reestimate (non-add) 170,480 56,083 39,687 -16,396 -29.24%

Total M 175,912 67,435 39,687 -27,748 -41.15%

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Code

Federal Direct Student Loans Program Account (HEA IV-D) 

 1. New loan subsidies M 11,477,191 23,478,178 27,307,629 3,829,451 16.31%

 2. New net loan subsidy (non-add) M 8,239,325 21,794,343 26,592,828 4,798,485 22.02%

 3. Upward reestimate of existing loans M 26,706,610 8,131,676 0 -8,131,676 -100.00%

 4. Downward reestimate of existing loans (non-add) M -13,701,756 -10,049,156 0 10,049,156 100.00%

 5. Net reestimate of existing loans (non-add) M 13,004,854 -1,917,480 0 1,917,480 100.00%

 6. Upward modification of existing loans M 435,937,468 42,534,895 0 -42,534,895 -100.00%

 7. Net modification of existing loans (non-add) M 425,839,951 42,534,312 0 -42,534,312 -100.00%

 8. Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness D 0 0 0 0 ---

Subtotal, loan subsidies 474,121,269 74,144,749 27,307,629 -46,837,120 -63.17%

Subtotal, new loan subsidies and net reestimate/modification (non-add) 450,321,996 64,095,010 27,307,629 -36,787,381 -57.40%

Total 474,121,269 74,144,749 27,307,629 -46,837,120 -63.17%

Discretionary D 0 0 0 0 ---

Mandatory M 474,121,269 74,144,749 27,307,629 -46,837,120 -63.17%

Federal Family Education Loans Program Account (HEA IV-B) 

 1. Upward reestimate of existing loans M 9,797,237 2,924,909 0 -2,924,909 -100.00%

 2. Downward reestimate of existing loans (non-add) M 0 -899,176 0 899,176 100.00%

 3. Net reestimate of existing loans (non-add) M 9,797,237 2,025,733 0 -2,025,733 -100.00%

 4. Upward modification of existing loans M 25,099,142 2,623,076 0 -2,623,076 -100.00%

 5. Downward modification of existing loans (non-add) M -545,900 0 0 0 ---

 6. Net modification of existing loans (non-add) M 24,553,242 2,623,076 0 -2,623,076 -100.00%

Total, FFEL Program Account M 34,896,379 5,547,985 0 -5,547,985 -100.00%

Total, new loan subsidies and net reestimate (non-add) 34,350,479 4,648,809 0 -4,648,809 -100.00%

Federal Family Education Loans Liquidating Account (HEA IV-B)

1. Pre-1992 student loans M -2,297 0 -218,169 -218,169 ---

 1. Upward reestimate of existing loans M 14,129 10,836 0 -10,836 -100.00%

 2. Upward modification of existing loans M 1,499 923 0 -923 -100.00%

M 15,628 11,759 0 -11,759 -100.00%

Health Education Assistance Loans Liquidating Account M -5,029 -5,029 0 5,029 100.00%

Free Community College (Proposed Legislation)

1 M 0 0 90,000,000 90,000,000 ---

2 M 0 0 30,000,000 30,000,000 ---

3 Accelerated Success: Free Community College D 0 0 500,000 500,000 ---

0 0 120,500,000 120,500,000 ---

Discretionary D 0 0 500,000 500,000 ---

Mandatory M 0 0 120,000,000 120,000,000 ---

Health Education Assistance Loans Program Account 

Total, HEAL Program Account

Free Community College

Advancing Affordability for Students

Total 

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Code

Higher Education

1. Aid for institutional development:

(a) Strengthening institutions (HEA III-A, section 311) D 110,070 122,070 209,007 86,937 71.22%

(b) Strengthening tribally controlled colleges and universities (HEA III-A, section 316) D 43,896 51,549 53,080 1,531 2.97%

(c) Mandatory strengthening tribally controlled colleges and universities 

(HEA III-F, section 371) M 28,290 28,290 30,000 1,710 6.04%

Subtotal 182,256 201,909 292,087 90,178 44.66%

(d) Strengthening Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions (HEA III-A,

section 317) D 21,371 24,433 25,044 611 2.50%

(e) Mandatory strengthening Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving 

institutions (HEA III-F, section 371) M 14,145 14,145 15,000 855 6.04%

Subtotal 35,516 38,578 40,044 1,466 3.80%

(f) Strengthening HBCUs (HEA III-B, section 323) D 362,823 395,986 402,619 6,633 1.68%

(g) Mandatory strengthening HBCUs (HEA III-F, section 371) M 80,155 80,155 85,000 4,845 6.04%

Subtotal 442,978 476,141 487,619 11,478 2.41%

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Higher Education (continued)

(h) Strengthening historically Black graduate institutions (HEA III-B, section 326) D 93,129 100,782 102,313 1,531 1.52%

(i) Strengthening HBCU masters program (HEA Title VII, section 723) D 14,834 19,937 20,956 1,019 5.11%

Subtotal 107,963 120,719 123,269 2,550 2.11%

(j) Strengthening predominantly Black institutions (HEA III-A, section 318) D 17,708 22,300 23,218 918 4.12%

(k) Mandatory strengthening predominantly Black institutions (HEA III-F, section 371) M 14,145 14,145 15,000 855 6.04%

Subtotal 31,853 36,445 38,218 1,773 4.86%

(l) Strengthening Asian American- and Native American Pacific Islander-serving 

institutions (HEA III-A, section 320) D 10,936 18,589 20,120 1,531 8.24%

(m) Mandatory strengthening Asian American- and Native American Pacific 

Islander-serving institutions (HEA III-F, section 371) M 4,715 4,715 5,000 285 6.04%

Subtotal 15,651 23,304 25,120 1,816 7.79%

(n) Strengthening Native American-serving nontribal institutions (HEA III-A, section 319) D 7,834 11,405 12,120 715 6.27%

(o) Mandatory strengthening Native American-serving nontribal institutions (HEA III-F, section 371) M 4,715 4,715 5,000 285 6.04%

Subtotal 12,549 16,120 17,120 1,000 6.20%

(p) Minority science and engineering improvement (HEA III-E-1) D 14,539 16,370 18,370 2,000 12.22%

Subtotal, Aid for institutional development 843,305 929,586 1,041,847 112,261 12.08%

Discretionary D 697,140 783,421 886,847 103,426 13.20%

Mandatory M 146,165 146,165 155,000 8,835 6.04%

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Higher Education (continued)

2. Aid for Hispanic-serving institutions:

(a) Developing Hispanic-serving institutions (HEA V-A) D 182,854 227,751 236,732 8,981 3.94%

(b) Mandatory developing HSI STEM and articulation programs (HEA III-F, section 371(b)(2)(B)) M 94,300 94,300 100,000 5,700 6.04%

(c) Promoting postbaccalaureate opportunities for Hispanic Americans (HEA V, section 512) D 19,661 27,314 28,845 1,531 5.61%

Subtotal 296,815 349,365 365,577 16,212 4.64%

Discretionary 202,515 255,065 265,577 10,512 4.12%

Mandatory 94,300 94,300 100,000 5,700 6.04%

 3. Other aid for institutions:

(a) International education and foreign language studies:

(1) Domestic programs (HEA VI-A and B) D 71,853 75,353 75,353 0 0.00%

(2) Overseas programs (MECEA section 102(b)(6)) D 9,811 10,311 10,311 0 0.00%

Subtotal 81,664 85,664 85,664 0 0.00%

(c) Model transition programs for students with intellectual disabilities into

higher education (HEA VII-D-2) D 13,800 13,800 15,180 1,380 10.00%

(d) Tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions (CTEA section 117) D 10,953 11,953 11,953 0 0.00%

 4. Assistance for students:

(a) Federal TRIO programs (HEA IV-A-2, Chapter 1) D 1,137,000 1,191,000 1,297,761 106,761 8.96%

(b) Gaining early awareness and readiness for undergraduate programs

(GEAR UP) (HEA IV-A-2, Chapter 2) D 378,000 388,000 408,000 20,000 5.15%

(c) Graduate assistance in areas of national need (HEA VII-A-2) D 23,547 23,547 23,547 0 0.00%

(d) Child care access means parents in school (HEA IV-A-7) D 65,000 75,000 95,000 20,000 26.67%

 5. Fund for the improvement of post secondary education (FIPSE) (HEA VII-B) D 76,000 184,000 725,000 541,000 294.02%

 6. Teacher quality partnership (HEA II-A) D 59,092 70,000 132,092 62,092 88.70%

 7. Hawkins Centers of Excellence (HEA II-B-2)3 D 0 15,000 30,000 15,000 100.00%

8. D 0 0 10,000 10,000 ---

9. Community Project Funding D 249,400 429,587 0 -429,587 -100.00%

Total 3,234,576 3,766,502 4,241,621 475,119 12.61%

Discretionary D 2,994,111 3,526,037 3,986,621 460,584 13.06%

Mandatory M 240,465 240,465 255,000 14,535 6.04%

3 The FY 2022 Omnibus Bill Included $8 million for the Hawkins program in the FIPSE appropriation

Howard University

1. General support (20 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) D 216,693 226,693 226,693 0 0.00%

2. Howard University Hospital (20 U.S.C. 128) D 127,325 127,325 120,325 -7,000 -5.50%

Total D 344,018 354,018 347,018 -7,000 -1.98%

Graduate Fellowships to Prepare Faculty in High-Need Areas at College Education

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College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program Account (HEA section 121)

1. Federal administration (FCRA section 505(e)) D 435 298 321 23 7.72%

2. Reestimate of existing loan subsidies M 0 2,562 0 -2,562 -100.00%

Total 435 2,860 321 -2,539 -88.78%

Discretionary D 435 298 321 23 7.72%

Mandatory M 0 2,562 0 -2,562 -100.00%

College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Liquidating Account (HEA section 121) M -1,515 -3,015 0 3,015 -100.00%

Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program Account (HEA III-D)

1. Federal administration (FCRA section 505(e)) D 334 528 600 72 13.64%

2. Loan subsidies D 20,150 20,150 20,150 0 0.00%

3. Modification of existing loan subsidies--Public and Private Deferments D 0 0 0 0 ---

 4. Modification of existing loan subsidies--Loan Forgiveness M 0 0 0 0 ---

 5. Reestimate of existing loan subsidies M 283,436 62,421 0 -62,421 -100.00%

Total 303,920 83,099 20,750 -62,349 -75.03%

Discretionary D 20,484 20,678 20,750 72 0.35%

Mandatory M 283,436 62,421 0 -62,421 -100.00%

Higher Education Facilities Loans Liquidating Account (HEA section 121) M -585 -585 0 585 100.00%

College Housing Loans Liquidating Account (HEA section 121) M -1,760 -1,760 0 1,760 100.00%

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Institute of Education Sciences

1. Research and statistics:

(a) Research, development, and dissemination (ESRA I-A, B and D, except section 174) D 204,877 245,000 291,877 46,877 19.13%

(b) Statistics (ESRA I-C) D 111,500 121,500 127,000 5,500 4.53%

2. Regional educational laboratories (ESRA section 174) D 58,733 58,733 60,733 2,000 3.41%

3. Assessment (NAEPAA):

(a) National assessment (section 303) D 180,000 185,000 189,000 4,000 2.16%

(b) National Assessment Governing Board (section 302) D 7,745 7,799 9,300 1,501 19.25%

Subtotal 187,745 192,799 198,300 5,501 2.85%

4. Research in special education (ESRA, Part E) D 60,255 64,255 64,255 0 0.00%

5. Statewide longitudinal data systems (ETAA section 208) D 33,500 38,500 38,500 0 0.00%

6. Special education studies and evaluations (IDEA, section 664) D 13,318 13,318 13,318 0 0.00%

7. Program Administration D 67,093 73,500 76,885 3,385 4.61%

Total D 737,021 807,605 870,868 63,263 7.83%

Program Administration (DEOA)

1. Salaries and expenses D 387,907 419,907 508,359 88,452 21.06%

 2. Building Modernization D 7,000 7,000 19,250 12,250 175.00%

Total 394,907 426,907 527,609 100,702 23.59%

Office for Civil Rights (DEOA, section 203) D 135,500 140,000 177,600 37,600 26.86%

Office of Inspector General (DEOA, section 211) D 64,000 67,500 87,497 19,997 29.63%

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Contributions (DEOA, section 421) M 0 0 0 0 ---

General Fund Receipts

 1. Perkins loan repayments M -842,908 -580,193 -384,998 195,195 33.64%

 2. FDSL downward reestimate of loan subsidies M -13,701,756 -10,049,156 0 10,049,156 100.00%

 3. FFEL downward reestimate of loan subsidies M 0 -899,176 0 899,176 100.00%

 4. FDSL downward modification/negative loan subsidies M -13,632,499 -2,109,824 -987,159 1,122,665 53.21%

 5. HBCU capital financing downward reestimate of loan subsidies M -288,505 -38,713 0 38,713 100.00%

 6. FFEL downward modification/negative loan subsidies M -545,900 0 0 0 ---

 7. HEAL downward reestimate of loan subsidies M -54 0 0 0 ---

 8. TEACH downward reestimate of loan subsidies M 0 -11,325 0 11,325 100.00%

 9. TEACH downward modification/negative loan subsidies M -1,843 0 0 0 ---

 10. CHAFL downward reestimate of loan subsidies M -2,385 0 0 0 ---

Total -29,015,850 -13,688,387 -1,372,157 12,316,230 89.98%

 1. Student Financial Assistance debt collection M 2,755 2,755 10,000 7,245 262.98%

DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATION D 76,399,255 79,593,262 90,006,621 10,413,359 13.08%

DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATION, less rescissions D 75,349,255 79,233,262 90,006,621 10,773,359 13.60%

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