1. Education Funding is Well Below 2011 Level in Inflation-Adjusted Terms (Department of Education Discretionary Funding in Billions of Dollars)
IN BOOK – In summary and analysis
2017 reflects rescission of $1.3 billion of prior Pell grant funding

2. President’s 2019 Education Budget is Below 2003 Level Excluding Pell Grants Department of Education discretionary funding in billions
IN BOOK – In summary and analysis
Source: CEF calculations based on Department of Education budget tables: 2017 reflects rescission of prior Pell Grant funding

3. Education Accounts for Less Than 2% of All Federal Spending
IN BOOK – In summary and analysis
SOURCE: CEF based on FY2019 OMB Budget

4. President Trump’s Budgets Request Largest Education Cuts Requested change in Dept. of Education discretionary funding vs. prior year, in billions
Reagan
IN BOOK
Does not include FY 2010 request versus FY 2009, which included $97 billion in Recovery Act funds, or FY 2011 request that requested all Pell grant resources as mandatory spending. FY 2019 request versus FY 2017 enacted.
Source: Department of Education 2019 request and budget history tables

5. President’s 2019 Education Budget Far Below 2010 Level Excluding Pell Grants (Department of Education discretionary funds in billions)
IN BOOK

6. Federal Funding Flat for 10 Years Across Education Continuum Except for Pell Grants (Discretionary dollars, in billions)
Elementary and Secondary
IN BOOK

7. President’s FY 2019 Education Department Discretionary Funding
IN BOOK
Source: CEF based on Education Department data

8. President Slashes 2019 Non-Defense Discretionary Spending to Well Below the Cap
Budget Control Act Caps
(in billions)
Sequester Caps
IN BOOK

9. President’s FY 2019 Budget Cuts Non-Defense Discretionary (NDD) Funding Below 2018 and 2019 Levels in Budget Deal (in billions)
IN BOOK
Source: Committee for Education Funding, 2/12/18

10. 60% of Public Wants to Increase Federal Education Investment
IN BOOK

11. Head Start Funding Provides Services to Fewer Than 4 of Every 10 Eligible Children
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
31% of eligible children ages had access to Head Start
7% of eligible children under 3 had access to Early Head Start
IN BOOK
Source: National Head Start Association,

12. Federal Support for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools Declining in Real Terms
In Book
FEDERAL
SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, "National Public Education Financial Survey," 2003–04 through 2013–14. See Digest of Education Statistics 2016, table

13. Per Student Public Education Spending Virtually Flat Since 2009
In book

14. U.S. Public K-12 Enrollment Continuing to Rise, Private School Enrollment is Flat (Students in thousands)
IN BOOK
Data Source: NCES Digest of Education Statistics 2016, tables and ,

15. Maximum Pell Grant No Longer Covers Much of Average Cost of College
IN BOOK
Source: College Board

16. Number of Recipients by Federal Aid Program (with Average Aid Received), 2016-17
In book
Source: The College Board, Trends in Student Aid 2017, Figure 6A.

17. Total Undergraduate Student Aid by Source and Type (in Billions), 2016-17
IN BOOK
Source: The College Board, Trends in Student Aid 2017, Figure 2.

18. Total Grant Aid in 2016 Dollars
by Source of Grant, to
IN BOOK – in higher ed overview
Source: The College Board, Trends in Student Aid 2017, Figure 3.

19. Federal Grants and Loans Account for Most of Financial Aid
Average amount of financial aid awarded to first-time, full-time undergraduate students awarded financial aid at 4-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions in academic year
IN Book – higher ed overview
SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics 2016, table

20. Total Annual Amount Borrowed in Federal Subsidized, Unsubsidized, and PLUS Loans in Millions of 2016 Dollars
IN BOOK – with student loan article
Source: The College Board, Trends in Student Aid 2017, Figure 7A.

21. Most Pell Grant Recipients Attend Public Colleges
In book in Pell Grant article
Source: FY 2019 U.S. Department of Education Congressional Budget Justification,

22. Undergraduate Enrollment and Percentage of Students Receiving Pell Grants
In book with Pell grant article
Source: The College Board, Trends in Student Aid 2017, Figure 15A.

23. State Funding for Preschool Below 2002 Level
ONLINE ONLY
SOURCE: State of Preschool 2017: State Preschool Yearbook, The National Institute for Early Education Research,

24. State and Local Funding for K-12 Education Has Eroded, Still Below 2008 Level in Real Terms
K-12 Funding Fell Sharply After Recession Hit Change in funding per pupil compared to 2008, inflation adjusted
ONLINE ONLY

25. Progress: Results for Students
MORE HISPANIC AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS GRADUATING
High school dropout rates: school years 2002 through 2015
ONLINE ONLY
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 2016
Table

26. EDUCATION PAYS: More Education Leads to Higher Wages and Employment
ONLINE ONLY

27. Total and Per-Student State and Local Funding for Higher Education in 2014 Dollars and Public FTE Enrollment to
ONLINE ONLY
SOURCE: The College Board, Trends in College Pricing 2017, Figure 12B.

28. Maximum Pell Grant Has Lost Value in Real Terms
(Maximum and Average Award in 2016 Dollars)
ONLINE ONLY
SOURCE: The College Board, Trends in Student Aid 2017, Figure 16.

29. See Digest of Education Statistics 2016, table 331.20.
Percentage of First-time, Full-time Undergraduate Students Awarded Grants and Loans at 4-year Degree-granting Postsecondary Institutions
Academic Year
ONLINE ONLY
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Winter 2015–16, Student Financial Aid component.
See Digest of Education Statistics 2016, table