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ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 14, Number 10
February 7, 2005
In This Issue: PRESIDENT BUSH ANNOUNCES HIS FY 2006 BUDGET -- INCLUDES
A $15 MILLION INCREASE FOR LSTA AND LEVEL FUNDS SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Today President Bush released his $2.5 trillion fiscal year 2006 Budget
that proposes cuts to non-defense, non-homeland security spending by
nearly 1 percent.
Despite the extremely tight fiscal environment, the President's Budget
requests $262,240,000 for the Institute of Museum and Library Services,
an increase of $21,565,000. For the Library Services and Technology
Act, the budget includes $221,325,000, an increase of $15,374,000 from
FY 2005 (see below). Within that total is almost $171 million for Grants
to State Library Agencies, $26 million for Librarians for the 21st
Century program, $14 million for National Leadership Grants for
libraries, and $3.675 million for Improving Library Service to Native
Americans.
For school libraries, the President's Budget proposes $19,683,264 for
the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program, the same level
as fiscal year 2005 and slightly below fiscal year 2004.
Overall, the President's FY 2006 budget would cut education funding by
$530 million, or 0.9%, for a total of $56.0 billion. Despite proposed
increases for Title I, Striving Readers Initiative, and special
education, the budget would cut or eliminate more than 150 programs, 48
of which are education programs. Some of those programs proposed for
elimination include Even Start ($225 million) and the Enhancing
Education Through Technology program ($496 million). The President also
proposes cutting funding for Adult Education by $369.7 million, or 63%,
from $585.4 million in FY 2005 to $215.7 million.
The budget does not take into account the military costs incurred in
Iraq and Afghanistan; the price of making the President's first-term tax
cuts permanent or his proposed overhaul of Social Security.
For more information, please visit ALA's website at:
http://www.ala.org/
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