President Proposes Large Cuts to Education and Workforce Development

After a significant delay due to the impact of the government shutdown earlier this year, the FY 2020 federal budget and appropriations process finally kicked off yesterday with the release of the president’s budget request to Congress. The president’s budget proposal is not binding, but is a reflection of the Administration’s priorities for the year and can serve to inform congressional negotiations over spending decisions and new policy proposals.

Specific to CTE programs, the budget proposed flat funding for the Perkins Basic State Grant at its FY 2019 level, and a small increase for the National programs line item to increase the funding available for the new Innovation and Modernization grants authorized in Perkins V. This is very similar to the CTE budget proposed last year by the Administration (which Congress rejected in order to provide a $70 million increase to the Basic State Grant).

Unfortunately, while the bulk of Perkins was level funded, the FY 2020 proposal includes deep cuts to education and workforce development programs overall. When considering rescissions of prior year funding and some accounting maneuvers, the Department of Education receives $8.8 billion less in the FY 2020 proposal than in FY 2019—a cut of 12.5 percent. This includes big cuts for literacy programs, teacher development, and student aid, among numerous other areas—many of which also support CTE teachers and students. For example, there is an almost 15 percent cut to Adult Education state grants and funding for both Title II of ESSA (focused on supporting effective instruction) and Title IV-A of ESSA (Student success and academic enhancement grants) is completely eliminated.

The Department of Labor budget is also reduced from $12.1 billion to $10.9 billion, a cut of approximately 10 percent. Significantly, this includes cuts to YouthBuild and dislocated worker programs.

The Administration does propose an increase of H-1B visa fees collected by the Department of Labor, and suggests that Congress make policy changes to redirect 15 percent of those fees to the Perkins Basic State Grant in order to provide increased funding. However, we are still examining the details of this proposal and at this point, it is unclear whether this is a practical way to ensure more resources reach state and local CTE programs, or how much funding could be realized.

Considering the extreme cuts throughout the President’s budget proposal, it will be even more critical for CTE advocates to speak out on behalf of Perkins funding this year!

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