1. Non-Defense Discretionary Levels
(in billions)
Budget Control Act Caps
Sequester Caps
CEF: 9/26/16

2. Education Bill Did Not Receive its Fair Share of Funding Increase

3. Education Funding Still Below 2010 Level Excluding Pell Grants (Department of Education discretionary funds in billions)
*Senate Appropriations Committee bill rescinds $1.2 billion of previously appropriated Pell Grant funding,
which lowers the amount available but does not show in the 2017 total
CEF: 10/24/16

4. 2017 Funding Bills Cut Education Dept. Discretionary Funding
K-12 cut by both bills when excluding IDEA. Including IDEA, K-12
funding is up by 0.3% in House bill, cut by 1.3% in Senate bill
Career and technical funding is frozen at 2016 level
Post-secondary funding cut by both bills
Other (IES, Admin, Rehabilitation Services, OIG) cut by both bills

5. Congressional Bills Cut K-12 and Higher Education Discretionary Funding
Billions
*Senate Appropriations Committee rescinds $1.2 billion of previously appropriated Pell Grant funding, which lowers the amount available but does not show in the 2017 total CEF: 10/13/16

6. Education Accounts for Just 2% of All Federal Spending
Source: FY2017 OMB Budget
CEF: 11/8/16