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From Education Week [American Education's Newspaper of Record], Wednesday,
March 5, 2003, Volume 22, Number 25, pages 32 ,33. See
http://www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=25budget-s1.h22
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ON THE BLOCK
President Bush has proposed eliminating funding for these 45 federal
education programs in his fiscal 2004 budget. The programs' fiscal 2003
funding is shown in parentheses.
Adult Education National Leadership Activities ($9.4 million): Pays for
efforts to improve adult education.
Advanced Credentialing ($9.9 million): Supports teachers seeking advanced
certification or other credentials.
Alcohol Abuse Reduction ($24.8 million): Combats alcohol use by secondary
students.
Arts in Education ($33.8 million): Finances various arts programs and
curricula.
B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships ($1 million): Provides postsecondary
financial aid for Olympic aspirants.
Close Up Fellowships ($1.5 million): Endows fellowships for Close Up
Washington visits for needy students.
Community Technology Centers ($32.3 million): Funds centers with computers
and training for disadvantaged students.
Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers ($27.8 million): Supports 15
centers that seek to help states and schools.
Comprehensive School Reform ($231.1 million): Underwrites school
improvement efforts.
Dropout Prevention Programs ($10.9 million): Finances various efforts to
keep students in school, or bring them back.
Eisenhower Math and Science Education Clearinghouse ($5 million):
Repository of K-12 mathematics and science research.
Eisenhower Math and Science Education Regional Consortia ($14.9 million):
Disseminates top math and science instructional materials and provides
technical assistance.
Elementary and Secondary School Counseling ($32.3 million): Gives grants
for K-12 counseling.
Exchanges with Historic Whaling and Trading Partners ($7 million): Supports
programs for Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and certain Massachusetts
families and students.
Federal Perkins Loans, Capital Contributions ($99.4 million): Bankrolls a
revolving fund for federally backed, campus-based college loans.
Foreign Language Assistance ($16.1 million): Promotes expansion of
foreign-language instruction.
Higher Education Demonstration Projects for Students with Disabilities ($7
million): Subsidizes activities to improve college-level education for
students with disabilities.
Javits Gifted and Talented ($11.2 million): Supplements local education
efforts for gifted students.
Leveraging Education Assistance Partnerships ($66.6 million): Stimulates
need-based college- grant programs by states.
Literacy Programs for Prisoners ($5 million): Seeks to reduce recidivism of
inmates by teaching "life skills."
Loan Forgiveness for Child Care Providers ($1 million): Forgives direct
college loans to encourage day-care workers to teach in low- income
communities.
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers ($2.3 million): Supports rehabilitation
services for migratory workers with disabilities.
National Writing Project ($16.9 million): Supports nonprofit organization
that promotes effective teaching of writing.
Occupational and Employment Information ($9.4 million): Provides supplement
for state career guidance and academic counseling.
Parental Assistance Information Centers ($42.2 million): Offer parent
education and family-involvement programs.
Physical Education Program ($59.6 million): Pays for physical education
equipment.
Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology ($62 million): Prepares
prospective teachers to use technology in instruction.
Projects with Industry ($21.9 million): Helps individuals with disabilities
obtain employment and advance their careers.
Ready to Teach ($14.4 million): Provides grants to improve core-curriculum
instruction and distribute video instructional aids.
Recreational Programs ($2.6 million): Supports recreation activities for
individuals with disabilities.
Regional Educational Laboratories ($67.1 million): Provide educational
research, training, and technical assistance.
Regional Technology in Education Consortia ($9.9 million): Supports
technical assistance and professional development in technology use.
Rural Education ($167.7 million): Gives grants to improve education in
rural areas.
School Leadership ($12.4 million): Underwrites recruitment, training, and
retention of principals and assistant principals.
Smaller Learning Communities ($160.9 million): Establishes or expands
smaller school-within-a-school learning networks in large high schools.
Star Schools ($27.3 million): Supports distance education projects.
State Community Service Grants for Expelled/Suspended Students ($49.7
million): Finances community-service programs for expelled and suspended
students.
State Grants for Incarcerated Youth Offenders ($18.4 million): Provides
grants to correctional agencies for literacy and life-skills programs for
jailed youths.
Supported Employment State Grants ($37.9 million): Supports employment
programs for individuals with significant disabilities.
Tech-Prep Demonstration ($5 million): Subsidizes secondary technical
education programs at community colleges.
Tech-Prep Education State Grants ($107.3 million): Supports
secondary-postsecondary links to integrate academic and vocational
education.
Thurgood Marshall Program ($5 million): Helps minority or low-income
college students gain access to law schools.
Underground Railroad Program ($2.2 million): Subsidizes facilities that
display and interpret artifacts from the 19th-century effort to help
escaped slaves.
Vocational Education National Programs ($11.9 million): Pays for various
vocational education efforts.
Women's Education Equity ($3 million): Promotes educational equity for
girls and women.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education
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