K-12 DIGEST: What Biden's budget proposal means for education
K-12 DIGEST: What Biden's budget proposal means for education
President Joe Biden has sent to Congress a budget proposal with a heavy nod towards investment in K-12 and higher education.
Some of the bullet points include:
A $1 billion investment in school mental health support personnel, including $468 million in Full-Service Community Schools
$36.5 billion to support schools in low-income communities – programming that may or may not work in the favor of states actually trying to disburse funds that actually support students and teachers.
$16.3 billion to bolster special education, including early childhood education grants and funding to support additional training for special education instructors.
$514 million for the Education Innovation and Research program to boost teacher retention at district levels
$200 million investment in Career-Connected High Schools, an initiative that would support competitive grants to partnerships of local educational agencies, institutions of higher education – including community colleges – and employers.
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