Ever since earmarks — funds directed to named grantees — started cropping up in appropriations bills during the Reagan administration, there have been periodic attempts to eliminate the practice. But, as holders of the national purse-strings, it is hard for…
While many of us are waiting impatiently for approval of Colorado’s NCLB waiver application, or looking over the funding levels passed in last week’s omnibus appropriations package for 2012, there are some very interesting developments in education finance here in…
There has been a lot of guessing about the numbers in the now-stalled compromise conference report for 2012 funding. Reportedly, a House-Senate agreement was reached Sunday night on funding for multiple federal agencies, including Education, but Senate negotiators were directed…
In the absence of a reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act, much of the Obama administration’s agenda for K-12 education has rested on two grant programs first funded under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the “stimulus bill”): the…
[Editor's note: This is a revised version of a post that originally appeared Aug. 5. This version adds details on the formula issues under debate.] “There will be a [Title I] formula fight. And formula fights are the worst kind.”…
When Congress is contemplating major cuts in domestic programs, it is not a good time for states to show a significant unspent balance in their ED grant accounts. Even worse is to let funds lapse due to failure to obligate…
In an avalanche, it is best to ignore the pebbles and focus on the boulders. But the pebbles hurt, too, especially when they have your name on them. Public attention has properly focused on the mammoth cuts to entitlements (e.g.,…
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