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December 1999

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From Capital to Campus

As The Advocate goes to press, Congress is preparing to vote on a tentative agreement between the President and the Republican leadership of Congress that will set funding levels for the U.S. Department of Education funding for Fiscal Year 2000.

The proposed education budget treats higher education programs reasonably well and boosts overall federal education spending by 6.3 percent or $2.1 billion.

Under the new budget Pell Grants are increased by $175 to a total of $3,300. College Work Study would receive $934 million, an increase of $64 million, SEOG would receive a $2 million boost to $621 million, Perkins Loan capital contributions would remain flat at $100 million, while the new Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnerships (formerly SSIG) would rise from $25 million to $40 million.

Besides student aid, a number of programs aimed at encouraging economically disadvantaged students to attend college would also benefit from increased funding in the new federal budget.

Funding for TRIO programs, which encourage secondary students to go on to college and also provide support services for students while they're in college, would rise from $600 to $645 million.

The GEAR-UP mentoring program, begun last year to encourage partnerships between colleges, universities, the community, and middle schools, would jump from $120 million to $200 million.

To subscribe to the NEA E-mail Legislative Alert, send to lyris@list.nea.org this message: Subscribe hecongress. Or read the Alert on this web site. Share your legislative news with us.

From Capital to Campus

As The Advocate goes to press, Congress is preparing to vote on a tentative agreement between the President and the Republican leadership of Congress that will set funding levels for the U.S. Department of Education funding for Fiscal Year 2000.

The proposed education budget treats higher education programs reasonably well and boosts overall federal education spending by 6.3 percent or $2.1 billion.

Under the new budget Pell Grants are increased by $175 to a total of $3,300. College Work Study would receive $934 million, an increase of $64 million, SEOG would receive a $2 million boost to $621 million, Perkins Loan capital contributions would remain flat at $100 million, while the new Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnerships (formerly SSIG) would rise from $25 million to $40 million.

Besides student aid, a number of programs aimed at encouraging economically disadvantaged students to attend college would also benefit from increased funding in the new federal budget.

Funding for TRIO programs, which encourage secondary students to go on to college and also provide support services for students while they're in college, would rise from $600 to $645 million.

The GEAR-UP mentoring program, begun last year to encourage partnerships between colleges, universities, the community, and middle schools, would jump from $120 million to $200 million.

To subscribe to the NEA E-mail Legislative Alert, send to lyris@list.nea.org this message: Subscribe hecongress. Or read the Alert on this web site. Share your legislative news with us.