The Federal Education Budget Project publishes policy papers and issue briefs about education policy and budget issues. This page provides links to all of FEBP’s publications.

Apr
26
2013

Federal Education Budget Update: Fiscal Year 2013 Recap and Fiscal Year 2014 Early Analysis <a href="http://newamerica.net/user/227" title="View user profile.">Jason Delisle</a><a href="http://newamerica.net/user/361" title="View user profile.">Clare McCann</a>

April 30, 2013 Jason Delisle Clare McCann

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The New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program released an issue brief detailing the completion of the fiscal year 2013 appropriations process and the start of 2014 budgeting. The brief explores congressional budget actions over the past year and ...

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Jan
25
2013

Rebalancing Resources and Incentives in Federal Student Aid <a href="http://newamerica.net/user/41" title="View user profile.">Stephen Burd</a><a href="http://newamerica.net/user/478" title="View user profile.">Kevin Carey</a><a href="http://newamerica.net/user/227" title="View user profile.">Jason Delisle</a><a href="http://newamerica.net/user/476" title="View user profile.">Rachel Fishman</a><a href="http://newamerica.net/user/426" title="View user profile.">Alex Holt</a><a href="http://newamerica.net/user/477" title="View user profile.">Amy Laitinen</a><a href="http://newamerica.net/user/361" title="View user profile.">Clare McCann</a>

January 29, 2013 Stephen Burd Kevin Carey Jason Delisle Rachel Fishman Alex Holt Amy Laitinen Clare McCann

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Oct
12
2012

Safety Net or Windfall? <a href="http://newamerica.net/user/227" title="View user profile.">Jason Delisle</a><a href="http://newamerica.net/user/426" title="View user profile.">Alex Holt</a>

Examining Changes to Income-Based Repayment for Federal Student Loans October 16, 2012 Jason Delisle Alex Holt

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In his 2010 State of the Union address, President Obama urged Congress to change the federal student loan program’s existing ...

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Sep
17
2012

Counting Kids and Tracking Funds in Pre-K and Kindergarten <a href="http://newamerica.net/user/54" title="View user profile.">Lisa Guernsey</a><a href="http://newamerica.net/user/426" title="View user profile.">Alex Holt</a>

Falling Short at the Local Level September 18, 2012 Lisa Guernsey Alex Holt

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This issue brief, produced by the New America Foundation's Early Education Initiative, addresses the dearth of reliable, complete, and comparable data on pre-K ...

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Feb
15
2012

Summary and Analysis of President Obama's Education Budget Request <a href="http://newamerica.net/user/227" title="View user profile.">Jason Delisle</a><a href="http://newamerica.net/user/46" title="View user profile.">Jennifer Cohen Kabaker</a>

Fiscal Year 2013 February 15, 2012 Jason Delisle Jennifer Cohen Kabaker Click here to view PDF

President Barack Obama submitted his fourth budget request to Congress on February 13th, 2012. The detailed budget request includes proposed funding levels for federal programs ...

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Feb
13
2012

Key Questions on the Obama Administration's 2013 Education Budget Request <a href="http://newamerica.net/user/227" title="View user profile.">Jason Delisle</a><a href="http://newamerica.net/user/46" title="View user profile.">Jennifer Cohen Kabaker</a>

February 13, 2012 Jason Delisle Jennifer Cohen Kabaker

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President Barack Obama submitted his third budget request to Congress on February 13th, 2012. The budget request includes proposed funding levels for all federal programs and agencies in aggregate for the upcoming 10 fiscal years, and specific ...

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Feb
09
2012

Student Loan Interest Rates: History, Subsidies, and Cost <a href="http://newamerica.net/user/227" title="View user profile.">Jason Delisle</a>

February 9, 2012 Jason Delisle

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In his State of the Union address, President Obama called on Congress to prevent federal student loan interest rates from doubling later this year. This is the culmination of decades of legislative changes to the federal student loan program. Few people are aware of the policies that led to the pending ...

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Dec
22
2011

2012 Education Appropriations Guide <a href="http://newamerica.net/user/227" title="View user profile.">Jason Delisle</a><a href="http://newamerica.net/user/46" title="View user profile.">Jennifer Cohen Kabaker</a>

January 3, 2012 Jason Delisle Jennifer Cohen Kabaker

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Congress completed the fiscal year 2012 appropriations process on December 17th, 2011, finalizing annual funding for federal education programs through September 30, 2012 at $68.1 billion, down $233 million from the prior year. It is the first ...

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Oct
13
2011

The State Fiscal Stabilization Fund and Higher Education Spending <a href="http://newamerica.net/user/46" title="View user profile.">Jennifer Cohen Kabaker</a>

Part 3 of 3: State Case Studies October 18, 2011 Jennifer Cohen Kabaker

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By late 2008, the United States was in the midst of its most severe economic recession since the 1930s, brought on by a collapse in real estate prices and exacerbated by the failure of many large banks and ...

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