Statement by Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
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The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the President's Budget for fiscal year 2023. The President's Budget details his vision to expand on the historic progress our country has made over the last year and deliver the agenda he laid out in his State of the Union address—to build a better America, reduce the deficit, reduce costs for families, and grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out.
"Government spending plans are a statement of values. This proposition mirrors the Biden-Harris Organization's profound faith in the significance of schooling and the achievement and prosperity of our country's understudies.
It's my expectation that Congress answers the President's call for proceeded with speculations that help our schools recruit and backing more educators, school guides, and other faculty who can sustain the social, close to home, and scholarly turn of events and mental prosperity of our youngsters and youth in this crucial time and then some." said U.S. Secretary of Instruction Miguel Cardona.
"The nation over, we should zero in our endeavors on recuperation.That implies guaranteeing all understudies — particularly those from underserved networks and those generally affected by the pandemic — get the assets they need to flourish. Significantly, this spending plan additionally puts resources into admittance to reasonable advanced education and the making of more grounded pathways that satisfy the needs of our labor force and interface understudies to well-paying position and satisfying vocations."
Support students through pandemic response and recovery: Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic continue to take a toll on the physical and mental health of students, educators, and school staff.
Provide Historic Investments in Schools with High-Poverty Rates to Boldly Address Opportunity and Achievement Gaps: To advance the goal of providing a high-quality education to every student, the budget includes $36.5 billion for Title I, including $20.5 billion in discretionary funding and $16 billion in mandatory funding, more than doubling the program's funding compared to the 2021 enacted level. Title I assists schools with giving understudies in low-pay networks the learning amazing open doors and supports they need to succeed.
Increment Backing for Kids with Inabilities: To guarantee that kids and youth with handicaps get the administrations and backing they need to flourish in school and graduate prepared for school or profession, the spending plan gives $16.3 billion to Thought Awards to states, a $3.3 billion increment over the 2021 established level - the biggest two-year increment ever for the program
Put resources into Teacher Enlistment and Maintenance: While the education sector has faced shortages in critical staffing areas for decades, which disproportionately impact students of color and students from low-income backgrounds, the COVID-19 pandemic and tight labor market has made shortages worse, negatively impacting the education students receive and falling hardest on students in underserved communities.
Put resources into Instructor Enrollment and Maintenance: While the education sector has faced shortages in critical staffing areas for decades, which disproportionately impact students of color and students from low-income backgrounds, the COVID-19 pandemic and tight labor market has made shortages worse, negatively impacting the education students receive and falling hardest on students in underserved communities.
Increase Equitable Funding for HBCUs, TCCUs, and MSIs to Support More Inclusive Higher Education: The budget would enhance institutional capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), and low-resourced institutions, including community colleges, by providing an increase of $752 million over the 2021 enacted level.
Increase Support for Civil Rights Enforcement: The budget provides $161 million to the Department's Office for Civil Rights, a 23 percent increase compared to the 2021 enacted level.