An appropriations measure provides budget authority to an agency for specified purposes. Budget authority allows federal agencies to incur obligations and authorizes payments to be made out of the treasury. Each year, appropriations acts fund discretionary agencies and programs and appropriated entitlement programs. Legislative Outlook On October 27 2005, the full Senate passed their long-awaited Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education appropriations bill. It was passed by an overwhelming vote of 94-3, which provides $141.7 billion in discretionary funding and directs $63.7 billion to the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Several education amendments were approved, though the Council’s priority programs remained virtually unchanged from the committee-passed bill in July. On June 24, 2005, the House passed the FY06 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations bill (H.R. 3010) by a vote of 250-151. The bill provides a $110 million increase for the U.S. Department of Education. The next step is conference, in which the House and Senate will flesh out their funding differences (see table below). FY06 Appropriation Tables Program FY05 President’s FY06 Budget House’s FY06 Allocation Senate’s FY06 Allocation House vs. Senate Title 1, Part A $12.739B $13.342B $12.839B $12.840B $1M IDEA State Grants* $11.923B $11.923B $11.565B $11.518B $47M Title V Grants $198.4M $100M $198.4M $100M $98.4M State Assessments $411.7M $411.7M $411.7M $411.7M n/a State Data Systems $24.8M $24.8M $24.8M $24.8M n/a *Including Preschool Grants (Part B-619) and Grants for Infants and Families (Part C) Letters Letter to the White House Re: FY07 Budget December 2005 Letter to the White House Re: FY06 Budget December 2004 This letter outlines CCSSO’s requested budget support for Title I, IDEA, State Assessments, School Improvement Grants, and Title V. Title V Appropriations Activity Dear Colleague Letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Re: Raising the Senate’s Title V Funding Allocation November 8, 2005 CCSSO Letter to the House Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Re: FY06 Appropriations for Title V June 15, 2005 CCSSO Letter to the Senate Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Re: FY06 Appropriations for Title V March 21, 2005 Dear Colleague Letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations May 27, 2005 Signed by several members of the House, this letter urges Chairman Regula and Ranking Member Obey to provide an increase in funding to Title V in the FY06 budget. Dear Colleague Letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations Subcommittee   May 12, 2005 Signed by several members of the Senate, this letter urges Chairman Specter and Ranking Member Harkin to provide an increase in funding to Title V in the FY06 budget. Sampling of Title V Activities by State  Budget Basics Budget and Appropriations Terms current Glossary of budget and appropriation terms produced by the Committee for Education Funding. Budget Timeline current Federal budget timeline published by the Committee for Education Funding. Budget Law current Summary of federal laws related to federal budgets.

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