Senate proposes money for Race to Top, i3, early-learning fund

12-14-2010

Blog by Alyson Klein/Education Week

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee just released its proposed omnibus spending bill for the federal government, which—if passed—would include some surprising boosts for the U.S. Department of Education. Among them: • The Early Learning Challenge Fund, which would get $300 million under the measure. The program, which many see as the last, best hope of getting new federal investment in early-childhood programs for a long time, would help states improve their pre-kindergarten and similar programs. • The Investing in Innovation Grant program, which received one-time funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and would be extended in fiscal year 2011 to the tune of $240 million. That's not nearly as much as the $650 million it got under the economic-stimulus program, or the $500 million the administration wanted, but it's something—the program doesn't appear to get any funding under the House version of the measure. Other increases included in the Senate's budget proposal: (more…)

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