As a member of the Title IV-A Coalition, Young Audiences Arts for Learning is proud to offer the response below to the House’s draft FY20 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill, released April 29. The bill calls for $1.32 billion for the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grant program, authorized under Title IV, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This marks an increase of $150 million over the enacted FY19 level, indicating strong support of the Title IV-A program.
Young Audiences is grateful for this and other funding increases proposed to support well-rounded and arts education programs, including: $16.9 billion for Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, a $1 billion increase over FY19 enacted level; $2.6 billion for Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (Title II-A), a $500 million increase over FY19 enacted level; and $1.3 billion for 21st Century Community Learning Centers, a $100 million increase above FY19 enacted level.
We sincerely appreciate the subcommittee’s investment in our nation’s youth through their support of these programs.
The Title IV-A Coalition is grateful for the funding boost to SSAE grant program proposed by House Subcommittee
On behalf of the undersigned members of the Title IV-A Coalition, we offer the following response to the House’s FY 2020 LHHS-Ed appropriations bill, which includes $1.32 billion for the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grant program, authorized under Title IV, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Washington D.C., April 30th, 2019 –– The Title IV-A Coalition is extremely grateful to the House LHHS-Education Subcommittee for the proposed $1.32 billion, an increase of $150 million over the enacted FY19 level, for the bipartisan Student Support and Academic Enrichment block grant program. We are thankful that House appropriators have once again recognized the importance of this flexible funding stream, which at this level of funding, will continue to allow districts to meaningfully invest in all three areas that the program supports: safe and healthy students, well-rounded education, and the effective use of technology. Building on the past two years of strong investments in Title IV-A, we are excited about the ongoing opportunity for states and districts to maintain and expand the critical programs and educational services they have been able to support using these funds. Additionally, providing continuous robust funding is necessary to allow districts to plan for the long-term sustainability of the services and programs funded under this program. The Coalition looks forward to working with the Department of Education, and state and district leaders to collect data that truly portrays the value of this investments over time.
We sincerely thank the subcommittee for its strong support of the Title IV-A program and hope that, once Congress and the Administration reach a final agreement on overall spending caps, the final appropriations bill will include full funding for the SSAE grant program at its authorized level of $1.6 billion.
Title IV-A Coalition Members
Advance CTE
Afterschool Alliance
Alliance for Excellent Education
American Counseling Association
American Federation of School Administrators
American Heart Association
American Library Association
American Occupational Therapy Association American School Counselor Association
City Year
Committee for Children
Communities In Schools
CoSN
Futures Without Violence
Girl Scouts of the USA
International Baccalaureate Organization International Society for Technology in Education League of American Orchestras
National Association for College Admission Counseling National Association for Music Education
National Association of School Nurses
National Association of School Psychologists National Association of Secondary School Principals National Center for Learning Disabilities
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics National PTA
National Science Teachers Association
National Summer Learning Association
School Social Work Association of America
SETDA
SHAPE America
STEM Education Coalition
The College Board
Trust for America's Health
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