We've been talking about the Administration's FY 2011 education budget for a week or so now. But as Alyson Klein over at Ed Week points out, many of the proposals contained therein depend on Congress getting its act together this year...and Congress actually taking advice from anyone but itself. ??Seems ED and the Administration are fully cognizant how hard that's gonna be so... they have a budget contingency plan, which basically tries to accomplish all of the Plan A budget's goals without depending on ESEA reauthorization. A few highlights:
- $900 mil for the Teacher Incentive Fund
- $310 mil for charter schools
- $500 mil for the Investing in Innovation Fund
- and of course that $1.35 bil to continue RTTT
Check out Alyson's full coverage for more or read the contingency plan for yourself here (starts on page 33 of the text, 37 of the pdf). I guess it's a good thing ED and the Administration are being practical?
--Stafford Palmieri
