Education Funding

State and Congressional District Information

Congress will soon be making decisions about funding for education programs, both for the current fiscal year (through the 2004 Omnibus Appropriations Bill) and the coming fiscal year (through the 2005 Budget Resolution). Important federal programs such as Title I, which supports additional math and reading instruction in high-poverty schools, and special education are underfunded. The result is a lack of resources in schools and classrooms across the country.

See the funds your state and congressional district would receive for 14 programs including Title I, special education, teacher quality programs, rural education and Head Start if Congress provided funding at authorized levels. Compare this to what your state and district would get under plans proposed by Congress and the President.

The Current Budget Leaves Millions of Children Behind

These charts will provide the following state ( PDF, 2pp.) and congressional district-level data ( PDF, 9pp.):

• Additional students served if Title I received the full amount authorized for Fiscal Year 2004 in the "No Child Left Behind" Act.
• Additional special education funds that would be granted to states in the first year under proposals to move toward full funding over six years.
• Additional special education funds that would be granted to states in Fiscal Year 2004 if Congress fully funded IDEA at the promised level.
• Additional preschool children served if Head Start was fully funded to cover all eligible children.

These charts provide the following state and congressional district-level data ( PDF, 9 pp.):

• Additional students served if Title I received the full amount needed to serve every eligible child.
• Additional teachers hired if state grants for Improving Teacher Quality were fully funded.
• Additional students served if limited-English-proficiency programs were funded to serve all eligible children.
• Additional preschool children served if Head Start was fully funded to cover all eligible children.
• Additional college students receiving financial aid awards if Pell Grants were made available to every eligible student.

Click on your state to see a state profile followed by profiles for each congressional district in the state.

(All of the state files below are in  PDF Format.
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National Chart (PDF, 2 pp)