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Congress last month approved fiscal year 2006 appropriations for the Department of Education. Here are selected programs:
| FY 2005 | FY 2006 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Final budget ($) | President鈥檚 request | Final bill ($) | |
| Title I grants to districts | 12.74 billion | 13.34 billion | 12.71 billion |
| Special education state grants | 10.59 billion | 11.10 billion | 10.58 billion |
| Educational technology state grants | 496 million | 0 | 272 million |
| Striving Readers | 25 million | 200 million | 30 million |
| High School Intervention | 0 | 1.24 billion | 0 |
| Teacher Incentive Fund | 0 | 500 million | 99 million |
| Vocational education | 1.33 billion | 0 | 1.30 billion |
| Pell Grants | 12.36 billion | 13.20 billion | 13.05 billion |
| Hurricane Education Recovery | 0 | 0 | 1.6 billion |
| TOTAL Discretionary spending | $56.58 billion | $56.05 billion | $57.55 billion |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education | |||
