[Libs-Or] Fwd: [ALA-WO:354] President Bush's FY 2008 Budget Request - Detailed

Mon Feb 5 16:31:05 PST 2007

And a bit more about the Bush budget

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Subject: [ALA-WO:354] President Bush's FY 2008 Budget Request - Detailed
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:30:08 -0500
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Volume 16, Number 010
February 5, 2007

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President Bush's FY 2008 Budget Request - Detailed

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On February 5, President Bush released a $2.9 trillion fiscal year (FY)
2008 budget request that eliminates or sharply reduces 141 programs.
While the Administration requests a sharp increase in defense spending,
it significantly reduces entitlement spending to meet the goal of
balancing the budget by 2012.

Despite the extremely tight fiscal environment, where many programs are
experiencing cuts in funding, the President's request for the Library
Services and Technology Act (LSTA) is $226,182,000, an increase of
$15,585,000 over FY 2006 and an even bigger increase than LSTA would
have received for FY 2007 if Congress had completed FY 2007
appropriations bills. 

Within that total is $171,500,000 for Grants to State Library Agencies.
This funding level will allow full implementation of a 2003 law to
provide a more equitable distribution of state formula grants. In 2003,
all of the states and Congress agreed that the base should be doubled to
help even the playing field for the small states while ensuring that
large states don't face an undue burden to achieve that. 

Also included: $26,500,000 for the Librarians for the 21st Century
program, $12,930,000 for National Leadership Grants for Libraries, and
$3,675,000 for Improving Library Service to Native Americans. 

For school libraries, the President requested level funding for the
Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program. 

The President requested $109,541,000 for the Government Printing Office.
Within GPO, the bill includes $45,613,000 for the Superintendent of
Documents. 

We will continue to provide information as we review the budget
documents. This includes the budget for EPA libraries, for which we
await word from the EPA.

A detailed chart of the President's FY 2008 Budget Request is included
below.

Given the budget difficulties, members are urged to contact the White
House to thank the Administration for its continued support and
commitment to our nation's libraries. You may call the White House at
202-456-1111. 

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FY 2008 Funding Chart
(Amounts in thousands)

Funding for Selected Programs

FY 2006

FY 2007 Estimate

President's FY 2008 Budget Request

Library Services and Technology Act

$210,597

$210,597

$220,855

  Grants to State Library Agencies 

163,746

163,746

171,500

National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) 

983

983

0

GPO-Office of Sup. of Docs.

33,000

33,000

45,613

National Libraries 

Library of Congress (salaries and expenses) 

389,000

386,000

461,000

National Agriculture Library

24,000

21,000

20,000

National Library of Medicine (includes MLAA)

312,000

315,000

312,562

Department of Education 

Title I, Grants to Local Education Agencies (ESEA I-A)

12,713,125

12,713,125

13,909,900

Even Start (ESEA I-B-3)

99,000

111,584

0

Reading First State Grants (ESEA I-B-1)

1,029,234

1,018,692

1,018,692

Early Reading First (ESEA I-B-2)

103,118

103,118

117,666

Striving Readers Initiative

29,700

31,596

100,000

Improving Literacy Through School Libraries (ESEA I-B-4)

19,486

19,486

19,486

Education Technology (ESEA II-D-1 &2)

272,250

273,062

0

21st Century Community Learning Centers (ESEA IV-B)

981,166

981,180

981,180

Innovative Ed. Prog. Strategies (ESEA V-Part A)

99,000

99,183

0

Inexpensive Book Distribution (RIF) (ESEA V-D, 5)

25,043

25,043

25,043

Special Education (IDEA) State Grants

10,582,961

10,491,941

10,491,941

Adult Education & Literacy State Grants

563,975

564,074

564,074

Adult Education National Leadership

9,005

9,096

9,096

National Institute for Family Literacy (NIFL)

6,572

6,638

6,638

College Work Study (HEA Title IV-C)

980,354

980,492

980,492

Institutional Development (HEA Title III)

514,544

514,535

497,756

International Ed. (HEA VI)

105,751

105,751

105,751

Postsecondary Ed. Improvement Fund (HEA VII-B)

21,989

26,085

21,988

Institute of Education Sciences 

  Educational Research

162,552

162,535

162,535

  Educational Statistics

90,022

89,952

119,022

  Educational Assessment

93,132

93,117

116,632

Vocational Education

1,303,672

1,311,910

617,366

Other Agencies & Programs

Head Start (HHS) 

6,851,000

6,789,000

6,789,000

National Archives & Records Adm.

282,000

280,000

313,000

National Endowment for the Arts

124,000

124,000

128,000

National Endowment for the Humanities

141,000

139,000

141,000

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