Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority 90.00 Outlays

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Funds made available under this account were reappropriated by the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987 (Public Law 100-71) from funds enjoined in United States of America v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago. The funds were reappropriated for the specific purpose of settling this case. The funds are used by the Chicago Board of Education to implement Project CANAL (Creating A New Approach to Learning), the project approved by the court to support the Board's desegregation efforts.

The Department of Education provides these funds to the Chicago Board of Education in annual increments upon receipt and approval of an annual plan for Project CANAL activities.

Outlays (gross), detail:

86.90 Outlays from new current authority

Net budget authority and outlays:

89.00 Budget authority 90.00 Outlays

260

31

Identification code 91-0101-0-1-501

America's Reading Corps.-The President has proposed a new initiative to work with families and communities in a national reading effort that will enlist a million trained and supervised reading tutors, most of whom will participate in after-school, weekend, and summer reading programs, to assist in teaching at least three million children to read independently and well by the end of the third grade. Department of Education funding for the America's Reading Corps will pay primarily for reading specialists and materials to train tutors while tutor recruitment efforts will be the focus of additional funds requested in the budget for the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Parents as First Teachers grants.-Funds will be made available to national and regional groups, as well as local communities and organizations, to support effective, proven literacy efforts that help parents to help their children become successful readers by the end of third grade.

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Budgetary resources available for obligation: 21.40 Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested balance 22.00 New budget authority (gross)

23.90 Total budgetary resources available for obligation 23.95 New obligations

24.40 Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested balance

New budget authority (gross), detail:

40.00 Appropriation

Change in unpaid obligations:

72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance:

Appropriation

73.10 New obligations

73.20 Total outlays (gross)

73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts

74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Appropriation

Outlays (gross), detail:

1

5

4

86.90 Outlays from new current authority

Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority 90.00 Outlays

The Indian Education program (Title IX, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act) supports the efforts of local educational agencies and tribal schools to im

General and special funds-Continued

INDIAN EDUCATION-Continued

prove teaching and learning for the Nation's American Indian and Alaska Native children.

Grants to local educational agencies.-Formula grants support local educational agencies in their efforts to reform elementary and secondary school programs that serve Indian students, with the goal of ensuring that such programs are based on challenging State standards that are used for all students. In 1996, 1,219 formula grants were made to local educational agencies and certain tribal schools enrolling approximately 422,500 Indian students.

Federal administration.-Funds support the administrative expenses of the Office of Indian Education and the National Advisory Council on Indian Education.

Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, bilingual, foreign language and immigrant education activities authorized by parts A and C and section 7203 of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, without regard to section 7103(b), [$261,700,000] $354,000,000, of which [$100,000,000] $150,000,000 shall be for immigrant education programs authorized by part C: Provided, That State educational agencies may use all, or any part of, their part C allocation for competitive grants to local educational agencies: Provided further, That the Department of Education should only support instructional programs which ensure that students completely master English in a timely fashion (a period of three to five years) while meeting rigorous achievement standards in the academic content areas. (Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1997.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

Bilingual education.-These programs provide assistance to local educational agencies and other entities to develop and enhance their capacity to provide high-quality instructional programs to children and youth of limited English proficiency. Programs are designed to teach English and to assist these students in achieving the same challenging State content and performance standards expected of all children and youth. Aid is also given to train educational personnel to serve limited English proficient children, to build State capacity to improve educational services for these children, and for information dissemination, studies, and evaluations.

Foreign language assistance.-The foreign language assistance program provides competitive grants to State and local educational agencies to improve the quality of foreign language instruction for elementary and secondary school students.

Immigrant education.—The immigrant education program provides grants to school districts to help finance educational services for immigrant students. Participation is limited to districts with 500 immigrant students or districts in which immigrant children represent at least 3 percent of the enrollment. Awards are made to State educational agencies, which make subgrants to eligible local educational agencies. Appropriation language permits States to distribute these funds on either a formula or discretionary grant basis.

1998 est.

Federal Funds

General and special funds:

SPECIAL EDUCATION

[For carrying out parts B, C, D, E, F, G, and H and section 610(j)(2)(C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, $4,036,000,000, of which $3,783,685,000 shall become available for obligation on July 1, 1997, and shall remain available through September 30, 1998: Provided, That the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau shall continue to be eligible to receive funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act consistent with the provisions of Public Law 104-134: Provided further, That the entities that received competitive awards for direct services to children under section 611 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in accordance with the competition required in Public Law 104-134 shall continue to be funded, without competition, in the same amounts as under Public Law 104-134.] (Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Federal Funds Continued

THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998

Grants to States.—Formula grants are provided to States to assist them in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities ages 3 through 21. The 1998 estimate of these children is 5,906,000.

Preschool Grants.-Formula grants provide additional funds to States to further assist them in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities ages 3 through 5 served under the Grants to States program. The 1998 estimate of these children is 600,000.

Grants for infants and families.-Formula grants are provided to assist States to continue to implement statewide systems of coordinated, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary interagency programs to provide early intervention services to children with disabilities, birth through age 2 years and their families.

Program support and improvement.-These funds support a variety of research, demonstration, training, technical assistance, systems change, and other activities.

The Department is in the process of developing performance indicators that will provide information on the impact of special education and early intervention on improving results for children with disabilities.

Net budget authority and outlays:

89.00 Budget authority

REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, [the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,] the Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act, [and the Helen Keller National Center Act, as amended, $2,509,447,000] $36,109,000. (Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1997.)

Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

[In millions of dollars]

1996 actual

2,456

2,411

The administration will propose legislation authorizing programs under the Rehabilitation Act and the Helen Keller National Center Act. When new legislation is enacted, resources for the affected programs will be requested. See the "Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO" schedule for additional details.

Programs and activities under the current laws are described below.

Vocational rehabilitation State grants.-The basic State grant program provides Federal matching funds to State vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies to assist individuals with physical or mental impairments to become gainfully employed. Services provided include vocational evaluation, counseling, mental and physical restoration, education, vocational training, work adjustment, job placement, and post-employment services. Priority is given to serving those with the most severe disabilities.

As a result of the 1992 amendments to the Rehabilitation Act, the eligibility rate (applicants determined eligible for the VR program as a percent of all eligibility determinations) rose from 56.5 percent in 1992 to 76.5 percent in 1996. Half of the State VR agencies (41 of 82) could not serve all individuals determined to be eligible for the program. Of those individuals whose cases were closed in 1996 after receiving VR services, about 60 percent achieved an employment outcome and an estimated 86 percent of these individuals entered the competitive labor market or became self-employed.