Presentation by David A DeSchryver, Federal Liaison Officer for the California Department of Education. Before the California State Assembly Committee on Education, October 5, 2007.
Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) Appropriations
- Fiscal Year 2007 Education Funding: $57.5 billion
- Fiscal Year 2008 President’s Request: $55.7 billion
- House Passed FY08: $62.1 billion (part of $152 billion Labor HHS ED spending bill)
- $4.6 billion Increase over FY07
- $4.6 billion Increase over FY07
- Senate FY08 Committee Bill: $60.1
- $2.6 billion Increase over FY07
Political Options
FY08 House passed - Sample (Including advanced appropriations)
- Title I: $14.3 billion (+1.5 billion over FY07 )
- School Improvement Grants: 500 million (+375 million)
- Reading First: $353 million (- 675 million)
- Migrant: $394 million (+8 million)
- Improving Teacher Quality: $1.75 billion (+300 million)
- Educational Technology: $272 million (level)
- Innovative Programs: $99 million (level)
- Special Ed: $11.3 billion (+500 million)
- Language Acquisition State Grants $775 million (+105 million)
Outlook
Future (FY08) Course of Action
- Continuing Resolution
- Labor-HHS-Education Bill
- Omnibus Bill
Continuing Resolution (CR)
- Provides authority for Federal agencies and programs to continue operating until appropriations legislation is passed
- A short term stop-gap after the October 1 deadline
- Used every year since FY01
- For FY07, long term CR passed in February for reminder of fiscal year
- FY08 CR passed until November 16 at FY07 levels
Labor HHS ED: Veto bait
- Senate will bring the bill to the floor the week of October 15
- Conference on bill the week of October 22, if not already pre-conferenced
- President promises to veto the bill
- House adds nearly $12 billion to the President’s budget request. It exceeds the Senate counterpart by more than $2 billion.
- $152 billion bill includes an additional $975 million for No Child Left Behind program
Omnibus
- House is not likely to override veto leading to Omnibus strategy
- House reaction to SCHIP veto will help facilitate political strategy
- Omnibus is a legislative package containing multiple individual bills
- Makes veto politically difficult
- Expedites process when Congress falls behind schedule
- Labor-HHS-Education passed as part of an Omnibus five times since FY01
