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(In thousands of dollars)
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| FY 1995 | Senate Bill | House Passed | FY 1997
| Appropriation | with Bipartisan | Bill FY 1996 | President's
| | ED Amendment | (without | Budget
| | FY 1996 | contingency) |
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GOALS 2000 | | | |
Helps 12,000 | | | |
schools raise | | | |
academic stan-| 371,870 | 350,000 | 0 | 491,000
dards and | | | |
achievement | | | |
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Title I Grants| | | |
to LEAs Helps | | | |
7 million | | | |
children learn| 6,698,356 | 6,833,887 | 5,555,000 | 7,165,000
the basics & | | | |
advanced | | | |
skills in | | | |
50,000 schools| | | |
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Safe and Drug | | | |
Free Schools | | | |
Helps schools | | | |
become safer, | 465,981 | 400,000 | 200,000 | 540,000
more disci- | | | |
plined and | | | |
drug-free | | | |
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Special ED | | | |
Grants to | | | |
States | | | |
Helps provide | | | |
services for | 2,322,915 | 2,323,837 | 2,323,837 | 2,603,247
almost 6 | | | |
million child-| | | |
ren with dis- | | | |
abilities | | | |
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Charter | | | |
Schools | | | |
Expands public| 6,000 | 16,000 | 8,000 | 40,000
school choice | | | |
for parents | | | |
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Technology | | | |
Challenge | | | |
Grants/Nat. | | | |
Programs | 22,500 | 35,000 | 25,000 | 75,000
Local competi-| | | |
tive grants | | | |
for exemplar- | | | |
ily programs | | | |
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Technology | | | |
Literacy Fund | | | |
Provides stud-| | | |
ents access to| N/A | N/A | N/A | 250,000
computers & | | | |
teachers train| | | |
-ing for tech-| | | |
nology use | | | |
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ED Research & | | | |
and Statistics| | | |
Finding and | | | |
sharing what | 167,105 | 186,464 | 186,464 | 190,750
works in edu- | | | |
cation | | | |
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Bilingual/ | | | |
Immigrant Edu-| | | |
cation Helps | | | |
children learn| 206,700 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 261,700
English and | | | |
other subjects| | | |
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School to Work| | | |
Provides sup- | | | |
port to local | | | |
partnerships | 122,500 | 186,000 | 95,000 | 200,000
to strengthen | | | |
student's work| | | |
force skills | | | |
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Vocational Ed | | | |
Basic Grants | | | |
Provides stu- | 972,750 | 972,750 | 890,000 | 1,100,000
dents career &| | | |
occupational | | | |
skills | | | |
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Adult ED State| | | |
Grants Pro- | | | |
vides literacy| 252,345 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 290,000
skills to 4 | | | |
million adults| | | |
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Pell Grants | | |
Provides aid | 5,756,0001 | 5,798,0001 | 5,624,000[1] | 6,425,000[1]
for 3.8 millio| | | |
low-income | | | |
college stu- | $2,340 | $2,500 | $2,440 | $2,700
dents | max grant | max grant | max grant | max grant
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Perkins Loans | | | |
Provides | | | |
campus-based | 176,000 | 178,000 | 20,000 | 178,000
loans for | | | |
needy students| | | |
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College Work | | | |
Study Provides| | | |
students with | | | |
employment | | | |
opportunities | 616,508 | 616,508 | 616,508 | 679,000
to earn | | | |
financial | | | |
aid for | | | |
college | | | |
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TRIO Provides | | | |
additional ac-| | | |
ademic prepar-| | | |
ation to help | 463,000 | 463,000 | 463,000 | 500,000
700,000 stu- | | | |
dents enter & | | | |
complete | | | |
college | | | |
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Presidential | | | |
Honors Schol- | | | |
arships Pro- | | | |
vides a $1,000| | | |
scholarship to| | | |
130,000 stu- | N/A | N/A | N/A | 130,000
dents graduat-| | | |
ing in the top| | | |
5% of their | | | |
high school | | | |
class | | | |
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Direct Lending| Allows choice | Allows choice | 40% Cap on | Allows choice
Allows stud- | for schools | for schools and | loan volume | for schools
ents the | and maintains | maintains funds | & inadequate | & maintains
opportunity to| funds to run | to run program | funds to run | funds to run
borrow money | program | | program | program
for college | | | |
directly from | | | |
the federal | | | |
government | | | |
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[1] Appropriation plus carry-over funds used to support maximum
grant.
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