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Marino, Madison; Burke, Lindsey M.; Perry, Sarah Parshall – Heritage Foundation, 2023
In the fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations process, Congress has an opportunity to restore fiscal sanity to federal education spending. President Joe Biden launched the FY 2024 appropriations process recklessly, calling for $90 billion in discretionary spending for the Department of Education, a $10.8 billion (13.6 percent) increase from FY 2023.…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Budgets, Presidents
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Burke, Lindsey M.; Jeffries, Shavar – Education Next, 2018
Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump did not emphasize education policy during his campaign, though he proposed a $20 billion program to promote school choice, derided Common Core, and even floated the idea of eliminating the U.S. Department of Education. As for higher education, Trump expressed concern over student debt and proposed a partial…
Descriptors: Presidents, Politics of Education, Public Policy, Educational Policy
Burke, Lindsey M.; Sheffield, Rachel – Heritage Foundation, 2012
President Obama's FY 2013 budget request includes another major spending increase for the Department of Education--2.5 percent more than last year--to nearly $70 billion. American taxpayers are calling for spending restraint in Washington, yet President Obama's proposals would exacerbate the existing bureaucratic maze of federal programs and…
Descriptors: Federal Regulation, Budgets, Federal Programs, Outcomes of Education