72% of the entire Department of Education budget goes to direct grant programs t...

rayiner · on July 15, 2013

2013 discretionary budget was $68 billion: http://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget14/summary/14....

Pell Grants were $22.8 billion, Title I Grants to Local Education Agencies (called College and Career-Ready Students now), was $14.5 billion. Special education grants to states was $11.6 billion (IDEA is state level, not municipal level, my mistake). $48.9 / $68 = 72%.

There are some more in there too ($0.1 billion in grants for Indian education, etc), but those three are the budget drivers.

tptacek · on July 15, 2013

Head-explodey. Thank you.