Action Alert: FY08 Education Funding
Action Alert: FY08 Education Funding
Congress is in the process of reconciling the House and Senate versions of the FY08 education appropriations bill. The House bill passed July 19, and the Senate bill passed October 23. The President has threatened to veto both bills because they exceed his budget recommendations for FY08 education funding. Read the White House’s Statement of Administration Policy < http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/legislative/sap/110-1/s1710sap-s.pdf> for details on the President’s objections to the Senate bill, and NACAC supports both bills, but is encouraging the conference committee to honor the House bill’s funding levels for GEAR UP, TRIO, and the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program (ESSCP). See the chart on NACAC’s Advocacy for Students < http://www.nacacnet.org/MemberPortal/GovernmentRelations/advocacy_students.htm> web page to compare the House and Senate bills with the President’s request.
Despite both bills’ strong bipartisan support, and the fact that it will likely be packaged with appropriations bills for the Departments of Defense and Veterans’ Affairs, there is still a strong likelihood that the President will veto the entire package. Please contact NACAC staff at legislative@nacacnet.org with any questions.
Heath Einstein, Solomon Schechter School of Westchester
Susan Cohen, The Cooper Union
