THE CLINTON-GORE RECORD ON EDUCATION: MORE THAN DOUBLING RESOURCES
TO STRENGTHEN OUR SCHOOLS AND EXPAND COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY
December 21, 2000
Total Increase, Key Education Initiatives
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $26.7 billion $59.6 billion + $32.9 billion (+123%)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Total Resources
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $23.9 billion $42.1 billion + $18.2 billion
Urgent School Renovation: Supports short-term emergency repairs, such as repair of roofs, plumbing and electrical systems and meeting fire and safety codes.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $0 $1.2 billion + $1.2 billion
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
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.
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.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $0 $1.6 billion + $1.6 billion
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
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.
After-School: Offers a safe place for children to learn during the after-school and summertime hours.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $0 $846 million + $846 million
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
Enables approximately 1,650 rural and inner-city communities to provide
extended learning opportunities.
Teacher Recruitment and Training: Supports professional development for teachers, retention efforts, and recruitment of new teachers and mid-career professionals.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $435 million $995 million + $560 million
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
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.
Title I Accountability Fund: Strengthens accountability by accelerating State and local efforts to turn around the lowest performing Title I schools.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $0 $225 million + $225 million
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
This 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.
Title I Grants to LEAs: Helps disadvantaged students learn the basics and achieve to high standards. (Figures exclude the accountability fund.)
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $6.1 billion $8.4 billion + $2.3 billion
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
Now 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.
Education Technology: Closes the digital divide by increasing access to computers and the Internet, and helps teachers effectively use technology in the classroom.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $23 million $872 million + $849 million
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
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.
Special Education: Helps States provide high-quality special education and related services to children with disabilities aged birth through 21 years.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $3.0 billion $7.4 billion + $4.5 billion
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
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.
Small, Safe, and Successful High Schools: Provides support for high schools to create smaller learning communities like schools-within-schools and career academies.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $0 $125 million + $125 million
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
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.
Pell Grants: Provides scholarships to low-income undergraduate students.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE
Maximum Pell Grant $2,300 $3,750 + $1,450
(Total Pell Grants). ($6.5 billion) ($8.8 billion) (+ $2.3 billion)
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
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.
Work-Study: Helps undergraduate and graduate students pay for college.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $617 million $1.0 billion + $394 million
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
In FY 2001, 1 million students will participate in the Work-Study
program, an increase of 288,000 students since 1993.
TRIO: Funds college outreach and student support services for disadvantaged individuals.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $388 million $730 million + $342 million
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
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.
GEAR UP: Helps disadvantaged students prepare for college through partnerships of schools and colleges and state efforts.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $0 $295 million + $295 million
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
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.
OTHER NATIONAL EDUCATION INITIATIVES
Total Resources
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $2.8 billion $20.2 billion + $17.4 billion
Head Start: Prepares low-income children for a lifetime of learning and development through child development and family support services.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $2.8 billion $6.2 billion + $3.4 billion
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
President 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.
The E-Rate: Provides resources to schools investing in technology.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $0 $3.1 billion + $3.1 billion
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
Since 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.
Hope Scholarship: Provides a tax credit of up to $1,500 a year for tuition and fees for the first two years of college.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $0 $5.1 billion + $5.1 billion
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
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.
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.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $0 $2.4 billion + $2.4 billion
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
In 2000, 7.2 million families can receive $2.4 billion in education tax
relief.
Student Loan Interest Deduction: Creates a tax-deduction for interest during the first 60 months of student loan repayment.
1993 FUNDING 2001 FUNDING CHANGE $0 $333 million + $333 million
IMPACT OF NEW RESOURCES
Makes student loans more affordable.
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