Senate Releases Draft of FY22 Labor HHS Education Bill

October 20, 2021

Earlier this week, the Senate released its draft FY22 Labor HHS Education bill. Overall, the Senate Appropriations Committee provides a $25.4 billion increase USED (though that number is still $4.4 billion less than the House and President’s budgets). The differences in the Senate bill are spread across programs, and the most noticeable difference between the House and Senate bills is in their overall increase for Title I. The Senate bill increases Title I by $16.6 billion ($3 billion less than the House/President proposals). The Senate bill does not include the $1 billion increase for mental health included in both the House and President’s budgets. The Committee for Education Funding (AASA is a member of the coalition!) put together a handy side by side detailing the House, Senate and President proposals. Other program funding levels in the Senate proposal to note:

• The Senate rejects the President’s proposal for a shadow Title I equity formula (AASA opposes the proposal)
• $40 million increase for homeless youth
• $12 million increase for REAP
• $100 million increase for Title IV-A
• $2.6 billion increase for IDEA (aligned with House and President)
• $50 million increase for CTE