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| THE CLINTON-GORE RECORD ON EDUCATION: MORE THAN DOUBLING RESOURCES |
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| TO STRENGTHEN OUR SCHOOLS AND EXPAND COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY |
| December 21, 2000 |
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| 1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE IMPACT OF NEW |
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| Total Increase, Key Education Initiatives |
| $26.7 billion $59.6 billion + $32.9 billion |
| (+123%) |
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| Total Resources$23.9 billion$42.1 billion+ $18.2 billion |
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| Urgent School Renovation: Supports short-term emergency repairs, such |
| as repair of roofs, plumbing and electrical systems and meeting fire |
| and safety codes.$0$1.2 billion+ $1.2 billion |
| Provides resources for $901 million in urgent school repairs, $274 |
| million to improve educational technology and special education, and |
| $25 million for charter school facility needs. |
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| Class-Size Reduction in Early Grades: Helps schools hire and train |
| 100,000 new teachers over seven years, reducing class sizes in the |
| early grades to an average of 18.$0$1.6 billion+ $1.6 billion |
| Allows schools to hire approximately 37,000 teachers to reduce class |
| sizes. Roughly 2 million children receive more individualized |
| instruction, particularly in the early grades where the benefits of |
| smaller classes have been demonstrated. |
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| After-School: Offers a safe place for children to learn during the |
| after-school and summertime hours.$0$846 million+ $846 million |
| Enables approximately 1,650 rural and inner-city communities to provide |
| extended learning opportunities. |
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| Teacher Recruitment and Training: Supports professional development for |
| teachers, retention efforts, and recruitment of new teachers and |
| mid-career professionals. $435 million$995 million+ $560 million |
| Funding has more than doubled for teacher recruitment and training |
| programs. New programs focus on teacher training in technology, |
| support for non-traditional teacher candidates, and comprehensive |
| reform of teacher preparation programs, state certification and |
| licensing of teachers, and teacher recruitment. |
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| Title I Accountability Fund: Strengthens accountability by accelerating |
| State and local efforts to turn around the lowest performing Title I |
| schools.$0$225 million+ $225 millionThis program, started in FY 2000, |
| supports efforts of States and districts to improve accountability and |
| turn around up to 4,500 low-performing schools, while increasing public |
| school choice for children in failing schools. |
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| Title I Grants to LEAs: Helps disadvantaged students learn the basics |
| and achieve to high standards. (Figures exclude the accountability |
| fund.)$6.1 billion$8.4 billion+ $2.3 billionNow serves 13.5 million |
| low-income children, up from 8 million children in 1993-94. Because of |
| increased funding and better targeting, the percentage of high-poverty |
| schools receiving Title I funds has grown from 79 percent in 1994 to 96 |
| percent in 2000. |
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| Education Technology: Closes the digital divide by increasing access to |
| computers and the Internet, and helps teachers effectively use |
| technology in the classroom. |
| $23 million$872 million+ $849 million |
| The more than 3,600 percent increase in the federal investment in |
| education technology helps 3,400 school districts purchase hardware and |
| software, supports demonstration projects to improve the use of |
| educational technology; and prepares 275,000 future teachers to use |
| technology effectively in their classrooms. |
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| Special Education: Helps States provide high-quality special education |
| and related services to children with disabilities aged birth through |
| 21 years.$3.0 billion$7.4 billion+ $4.5 billion |
| The 150 percent increase in special education funding has increased the |
| federal contribution toward meeting the cost of special education for |
| children with disabilities, from 8 percent to 15 percent of the |
| national average per pupil expenditure. |
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| Small, Safe, and Successful High Schools: Provides support for high |
| schools to create smaller learning communities like |
| schools-within-schools and career academies. $0$125 million+ $125 |
| million |
| Funding enables approximately 1,000 large high schools serving at least |
| 1 million students to implement smaller, more intimate learning |
| environments that promote stronger bonds between students and teachers |
| and safer and improved school climates. |
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| Pell Grants: Provides scholarships to low-income undergraduate |
| students. Maximum Pell Grant (Total Pell Grants).$2,300 |
| ($6.5 billion)$3,750 ($8.8 billion)+ $1,450 |
| (+ $2.3 billion) |
| Low-income students are receiving more grant aid for college. The |
| maximum Pell Grant, which determines the size of all students' awards, |
| has increased 63 percent since 1993. |
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| Work-Study: Helps undergraduate and graduate students pay for |
| college.$617 million$1.0 billion+ $394 million |
| In FY 2001, 1 million students will participate in the Work-Study |
| program, an increase of 288,000 students since 1993. |
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| TRIO: Funds college outreach and student support services for |
| disadvantaged individuals. $388 million$730 million+ $342 million |
| This year 765,000 disadvantaged high school and college students ? |
| 135,000 more than in 1993 ? will receive support services to help them |
| prepare for and succeed in college. |
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| GEAR UP: Helps disadvantaged students prepare for college through |
| partnerships of schools and colleges and state efforts.$0$295 million+ |
| $295 million |
| 1.2 million low-income middle- and high-school students will now |
| receive mentoring, tutoring, counseling, and other support services |
| each year to help them prepare for college. |
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| OTHER NATIONAL EDUCATION INITIATIVES |
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| Total Resources$2.8 billion$20.2 billion+ $17.4 billion |
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| Head Start: Prepares low-income children for a lifetime of learning and |
| development through child development and family support services.$2.8 |
| billion $6.2 billion+ $3.4 billionPresident Clinton more than doubled |
| resources for Head Start and created Early Head Start to provide |
| comprehensive services to families with children ages 0 to 3 and |
| pregnant women. In 2001, it will serve approximately 935,000 |
| children?well on the way to the President?s goal of serving 1 million |
| children by 2002. |
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| The E-Rate: Provides resources to schools investing in technology. |
| $0$3.1 billion+ $3.1 billionSince 1998, $5.6 billion in E-Rate |
| resources have helped connect schools and classrooms to the Internet. |
| Today, 95 percent of schools are connected, up from 35 percent in 1994, |
| and 63 percent of classrooms are connected, up from 3 percent in 1994. |
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| Hope Scholarship: Provides a tax credit of up to $1,500 a year for |
| tuition and fees for the first two years of college.$0$5.1 billion+ |
| $5.1 billion |
| Helps make the first two years of college universally affordable. In |
| 2000, 5.6 million families can receive $5 billion in Hope Scholarship |
| tax relief. |
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| Lifetime Learning Tax Credit: Provides a 20 percent tax credit on the |
| first $5,000 of tuition to college and graduate students and to adults |
| taking career-related classes.$0$2.4 billion+ $2.4 billion |
| In 2000, 7.2 million families can receive $2.4 billion in education tax |
| relief. |
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| Student Loan Interest Deduction: Creates a tax-deduction for interest |
| during the first 60 months of student loan repayment.$0$333 million+ |
| $333 million |
| Makes student loans more affordable. |
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