Legislative Affairs

Today, the House Appropriations Committee will vote on how much funding each of the federal government's 12 appropriations bills will have to work with to allocate to their respective programs for fiscal year 2019 (FY19).

• The bill that deals with education program funding is the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (L-HHS-ED) appropriations bill.
• FY19 would influence the dollars that are available to school districts for the 2019-2020 school year; we are currently in FY18 which influences 2018-2019 district dollars.

CEF says that the House FY19 L-HHS-ED bill will be flat-funded at last year's level (FY18), meaning that despite Congress increasing total funding for non-defense programs by $18 billion for FY19, not a single dollar would go toward L-HHS-ED programs. Flat-funding jeopardizes education funding, since any increases for one L-HHS-ED program would have to be offset by cuts in another for FY19.

It is likely the House bill will be marked up in mid-to-late June, possibly with a subcommittee markup the week of June 11, full committee markup the following week, and consideration on the House floor during the week of June 25. While the House L-HHS-ED bill is a proposal, it still sets the bar for where FY19 funding negotiations begin.

Please consider contacting your House representatives to express your concerns about flat L-HHS-ED funding in FY19, and what effects this will have on education funding. Considering Congress increased non-defense funding by $18 billion for FY19, a proportional share of that amount should go to education programs.

• On May 24, the House Appropriations Committee voted to freeze L-HHS-ED funding at $177 billion for FY19 at the same amount as FY 18 (which affects 2018-2019 school funding). In other words, the House is proposing flat funding for L-HHS-ED programs for the next FY, which means that any increases to one program will have to be offset by cuts to another.
  
  
• On May 31, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to slightly increase L-HHS-ED funding to $179.288 billion for FY19, or by $2.188 billion more than what the House Appropriations Committee has proposed. The Committee for Education Funding provided a table for comparison below:
  
  
• Today, the Senate L-HHS-ED Appropriations Subcommittee held a hearing with ED Secretary Betsy DeVos about education funding. DeVos' prepared remarks can be read here and coverage of the event can be found here.
  
  
• The Senate L-HHS-ED funding proposal is scheduled for markup by the full Senate Appropriations Committee the week of June 25. The House Appropriations Committee may mark up their L-HHS-ED proposal sooner, but no date has been set yet.

Today, the House Appropriations Committee will vote on how much funding each of the federal government's 12 appropriations bills will have to work with to allocate to their respective programs for fiscal year 2019 (FY19).

• The bill that deals with education program funding is the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (L-HHS-ED) appropriations bill.
• FY19 would influence the dollars that are available to school districts for the 2019-2020 school year; we are currently in FY18 which influences 2018-2019 district dollars.

CEF says that the House FY19 L-HHS-ED bill will be flat-funded at last year's level (FY18), meaning that despite Congress increasing total funding for non-defense programs by $18 billion for FY19, not a single dollar would go toward L-HHS-ED programs. Flat-funding jeopardizes education funding, since any increases for one L-HHS-ED program would have to be offset by cuts in another for FY19.

It is likely the House bill will be marked up in mid-to-late June, possibly with a subcommittee markup the week of June 11, full committee markup the following week, and consideration on the House floor during the week of June 25. While the House L-HHS-ED bill is a proposal, it still sets the bar for where FY19 funding negotiations begin.

Please consider contacting your House representatives to express your concerns about flat L-HHS-ED funding in FY19, and what effects this will have on education funding. Considering Congress increased non-defense funding by $18 billion for FY19, a proportional share of that amount should go to education programs.

• On May 24, the House Appropriations Committee voted to freeze L-HHS-ED funding at $177 billion for FY19 at the same amount as FY 18 (which affects 2018-2019 school funding). In other words, the House is proposing flat funding for L-HHS-ED programs for the next FY, which means that any increases to one program will have to be offset by cuts to another.
  
  
• On May 31, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to slightly increase L-HHS-ED funding to $179.288 billion for FY19, or by $2.188 billion more than what the House Appropriations Committee has proposed. The Committee for Education Funding provided a table for comparison below:
  
  
• Today, the Senate L-HHS-ED Appropriations Subcommittee held a hearing with ED Secretary Betsy DeVos about education funding. DeVos' prepared remarks can be read here and coverage of the event can be found here.
  
  
• The Senate L-HHS-ED funding proposal is scheduled for markup by the full Senate Appropriations Committee the week of June 25. The House Appropriations Committee may mark up their L-HHS-ED proposal sooner, but no date has been set yet.

Today, the House Appropriations Committee will vote on how much funding each of the federal government's 12 appropriations bills will have to work with to allocate to their respective programs for fiscal year 2019 (FY19).

• The bill that deals with education program funding is the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (L-HHS-ED) appropriations bill.
• FY19 would influence the dollars that are available to school districts for the 2019-2020 school year; we are currently in FY18 which influences 2018-2019 district dollars.

CEF says that the House FY19 L-HHS-ED bill will be flat-funded at last year's level (FY18), meaning that despite Congress increasing total funding for non-defense programs by $18 billion for FY19, not a single dollar would go toward L-HHS-ED programs. Flat-funding jeopardizes education funding, since any increases for one L-HHS-ED program would have to be offset by cuts in another for FY19.

It is likely the House bill will be marked up in mid-to-late June, possibly with a subcommittee markup the week of June 11, full committee markup the following week, and consideration on the House floor during the week of June 25. While the House L-HHS-ED bill is a proposal, it still sets the bar for where FY19 funding negotiations begin.

Please consider contacting your House representatives to express your concerns about flat L-HHS-ED funding in FY19, and what effects this will have on education funding. Considering Congress increased non-defense funding by $18 billion for FY19, a proportional share of that amount should go to education programs.

• On May 24, the House Appropriations Committee voted to freeze L-HHS-ED funding at $177 billion for FY19 at the same amount as FY 18 (which affects 2018-2019 school funding). In other words, the House is proposing flat funding for L-HHS-ED programs for the next FY, which means that any increases to one program will have to be offset by cuts to another.
  
  
• On May 31, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to slightly increase L-HHS-ED funding to $179.288 billion for FY19, or by $2.188 billion more than what the House Appropriations Committee has proposed. The Committee for Education Funding provided a table for comparison below:
  
  
• Today, the Senate L-HHS-ED Appropriations Subcommittee held a hearing with ED Secretary Betsy DeVos about education funding. DeVos' prepared remarks can be read here and coverage of the event can be found here.
  
  
• The Senate L-HHS-ED funding proposal is scheduled for markup by the full Senate Appropriations Committee the week of June 25. The House Appropriations Committee may mark up their L-HHS-ED proposal sooner, but no date has been set yet.

Today, the House Appropriations Committee will vote on how much funding each of the federal government's 12 appropriations bills will have to work with to allocate to their respective programs for fiscal year 2019 (FY19).

• The bill that deals with education program funding is the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (L-HHS-ED) appropriations bill.
• FY19 would influence the dollars that are available to school districts for the 2019-2020 school year; we are currently in FY18 which influences 2018-2019 district dollars.

CEF says that the House FY19 L-HHS-ED bill will be flat-funded at last year's level (FY18), meaning that despite Congress increasing total funding for non-defense programs by $18 billion for FY19, not a single dollar would go toward L-HHS-ED programs. Flat-funding jeopardizes education funding, since any increases for one L-HHS-ED program would have to be offset by cuts in another for FY19.

It is likely the House bill will be marked up in mid-to-late June, possibly with a subcommittee markup the week of June 11, full committee markup the following week, and consideration on the House floor during the week of June 25. While the House L-HHS-ED bill is a proposal, it still sets the bar for where FY19 funding negotiations begin.

Please consider contacting your House representatives to express your concerns about flat L-HHS-ED funding in FY19, and what effects this will have on education funding. Considering Congress increased non-defense funding by $18 billion for FY19, a proportional share of that amount should go to education programs.

• On May 24, the House Appropriations Committee voted to freeze L-HHS-ED funding at $177 billion for FY19 at the same amount as FY 18 (which affects 2018-2019 school funding). In other words, the House is proposing flat funding for L-HHS-ED programs for the next FY, which means that any increases to one program will have to be offset by cuts to another.
  
  
• On May 31, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to slightly increase L-HHS-ED funding to $179.288 billion for FY19, or by $2.188 billion more than what the House Appropriations Committee has proposed. The Committee for Education Funding provided a table for comparison below:
  
  
• Today, the Senate L-HHS-ED Appropriations Subcommittee held a hearing with ED Secretary Betsy DeVos about education funding. DeVos' prepared remarks can be read here and coverage of the event can be found here.
  
  
• The Senate L-HHS-ED funding proposal is scheduled for markup by the full Senate Appropriations Committee the week of June 25. The House Appropriations Committee may mark up their L-HHS-ED proposal sooner, but no date has been set yet.

Today, the House Appropriations Committee will vote on how much funding each of the federal government's 12 appropriations bills will have to work with to allocate to their respective programs for fiscal year 2019 (FY19).

• The bill that deals with education program funding is the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (L-HHS-ED) appropriations bill.
• FY19 would influence the dollars that are available to school districts for the 2019-2020 school year; we are currently in FY18 which influences 2018-2019 district dollars.

CEF says that the House FY19 L-HHS-ED bill will be flat-funded at last year's level (FY18), meaning that despite Congress increasing total funding for non-defense programs by $18 billion for FY19, not a single dollar would go toward L-HHS-ED programs. Flat-funding jeopardizes education funding, since any increases for one L-HHS-ED program would have to be offset by cuts in another for FY19.

It is likely the House bill will be marked up in mid-to-late June, possibly with a subcommittee markup the week of June 11, full committee markup the following week, and consideration on the House floor during the week of June 25. While the House L-HHS-ED bill is a proposal, it still sets the bar for where FY19 funding negotiations begin.

Please consider contacting your House representatives to express your concerns about flat L-HHS-ED funding in FY19, and what effects this will have on education funding. Considering Congress increased non-defense funding by $18 billion for FY19, a proportional share of that amount should go to education programs.