For Immediate Release
June 27, 2024
U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee Slashes Federal Education Budget — Republicans Call for Full Elimination of Title II-A in FY 2025
Full Congress Must Save Schools, Students, Educators
Washington, D.C. – The House Republican education budget plan shared today poses a severe threat to the educational needs of America’s children. The plan will be voted on tomorrow by the Labor – Health and Human Services – Education Appropriations Subcommittee.
“House Republicans are recklessly endangering schools, students, and educators by slashing essential K-12 education funding programs in their fiscal year 2025 appropriations process,” said Frederick Brown, president and CEO of Learning Forward. “With COVID-era education funding set to expire later this year, persistent teacher shortages, and ongoing efforts to address achievement gaps worsened by the epidemic, now is not the time for drastic cuts to federal education funding.”
The Republicans’ education budget proposal includes full elimination of Title II-A, the only source of federal funding dedicated to professional learning for teachers and school leaders. If the funding levels being proposed in the House are enacted, the impact would be devastating. Learning Forward is calling on Congress to reject the House proposal and instead fully fund education for America’s students and educators, including providing $2.4 billion in FY 25 for Title II-A, without cuts to other education programs.
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