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Table 355.Federal on-budget funds obligated for programs administered by the Department of Education: Fiscal years 1980 to 1995
[In thousands of dollars]

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                        Program                         |    1980    |   1985     |    1989    |   1990     |   1991     |    1992    |    1993    |  1994\1\   |  1995\2\
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                           1                            |     2      |     3      |     4      |     5      |     6      |     7      |     8      |     9      |     10
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   Total ...............................................|$14,102,165 |$18,818,201 |$24,473,634 |$25,214,923 |$28,543,858 |$34,966,632 |$33,748,670 |$36,644,942 |$47,417,335
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Elementary and secondary education .....................|  4,239,022 |  4,732,864 |  5,997,160 |  7,169,693 |  8,061,767 |  8,606,349 |  8,565,459 |  8,729,009 |  9,184,149
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   Grants for the disadvantaged ........................|  3,204,664 |  3,745,855 |  4,600,444 |  5,383,960 |  6,233,448 |  6,717,712 |  6,659,203 |  7,038,334 |  7,245,118
   School improvement  programs ........................|    788,918 |    748,000 |  1,129,444 |  1,524,001 |  1,555,406 |  1,587,369 |  1,600,013 |  1,368,108 |  1,609,613
   Bilingual education .................................|    169,540 |    171,605 |    196,309 |    188,152 |    197,885 |    224,911 |    225,693 |    239,805 |    245,237
   Indian education ....................................|     75,900 |     67,404 |     70,963 |     73,580 |     75,028 |     76,357 |     80,550 |     82,762 |     84,181
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School assistance in federally affected areas ..........|    812,873 |    695,746 |    731,768 |    815,573 |    785,807 |    835,394 |    760,456 |    911,716 |    879,660
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   Maintenance and operations ..........................|    690,000 |    665,000 |    708,396 |    717,354 |    738,746 |    744,491 |    713,108 |    787,263 |    761,368
   Construction ........................................|    110,873 |     23,037 |     18,400 |     22,929 |     38,961 |     43,155 |      5,291 |      8,584 |     28,593
   Disaster assistance .................................|     12,000 |      7,709 |      4,972 |     75,290 |      8,100 |     47,748 |     42,057 |    115,869 |     89,699
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Education for the handicapped ..........................|  1,555,253 |  2,666,056 |  3,814,846 |  3,480,122 |  4,695,615 |  4,750,048 |  4,752,116 |  5,965,688 |  6,093,910
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   State grant programs ................................|    815,805 |  1,245,219 |  1,642,647 |  1,258,871 |  2,214,902 |  1,980,432 |  1,842,956 |  2,779,228 |  2,501,786
   Early childhood education\3\ ........................|     38,745 |     27,625 |    319,012 |    280,341 |    387,282 |    480,599 |    476,180 |    661,665 |    966,305
   Special centers, projects, and research .............|     55,075 |     53,430 |    102,141 |     72,966 |    117,333 |    109,976 |    139,265 |    101,605 |    104,851
   Captioned films and media services ..................|     17,778 |     35,670 |     13,346 |     15,191 |     16,326 |     16,593 |     17,571 |     18,608 |     19,142
   Personnel training ..................................|     55,375 |     68,025 |     67,023 |     70,838 |     69,288 |     89,753 |     90,120 |    104,012 |    104,874
   Handicapped rehabilitation service and research .....|    572,475 |  1,236,087 |  1,670,677 |  1,781,915 |  1,890,484 |  2,072,695 |  2,186,024 |  2,300,570 |  2,396,952
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Vocational education and adult programs ................|  1,153,743 |    856,271 |  1,052,470 |  1,138,674 |    800,661 |  1,774,664 |  1,575,268 |  1,456,185 |  1,602,882
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   Basic programs\4\ ...................................|    744,653 |    725,624 |    859,239 |    858,716 |    472,275 |  1,253,148 |  1,049,834 |    950,244 |  1,012,166
   Consumer and homemaking .............................|     63,169 |     33,138 |     32,816 |     34,517 |     18,210 |     48,989 |     35,872 |     33,895 |     35,234
   Program improvement and supportive services .........|    162,512 |      5,202 |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        ---
   State planning and advisory councils ................|     13,423 |      7,584 |      7,945 |      7,923 |      8,803 |      9,325 |      8,928 |      9,087 |      9,006
   Adult education, grants to states ...................|    153,724 |     84,723 |    139,771 |    188,280 |    201,032 |    235,650 |    309,810 |    254,724 |    252,345
   Other\5\ ............................................|     16,262 |        --- |     12,699 |     49,238 |    100,341 |    227,552 |    170,824 |    208,235 |    294,131
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Postsecondary student financial assistance .............|  5,108,534 |  8,534,205 | 11,482,608 | 11,112,068 | 12,477,771 | 17,008,333 | 16,065,617 | 17,400,855 | 27,247,641
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   Educational opportunity grants\6\ ...................|  2,534,378 |  3,558,440 |  5,379,725 |  4,919,264 |  5,867,491 |  6,274,116 |  6,764,683 |  7,092,393 |  7,616,125
   Work-study ..........................................|    596,065 |    599,467 |    620,644 |    615,269 |    607,922 |    621,139 |    625,043 |    620,878 |    616,508
   Perkins loan program ................................|    322,749 |    219,850 |    202,904 |    157,415 |    175,325 |    157,518 |    183,262 |    177,413 |    172,500
   Federal Family Education Loan program\7\ ............|  1,597,877 |  4,130,920 |  5,203,843 |  5,341,039 |  5,733,383 |  9,855,159 |  8,380,619 |  8,444,937 | 10,312,227
   Other student assistance programs\8\ ................|     57,465 |     25,528 |     75,492 |     79,081 |     93,650 |    100,401 |    112,010 |  1,065,234 |  8,530,281
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Direct aid to postsecondary institutions ...............|    277,068 |    329,714 |    398,318 |    341,634 |    445,258 |    518,380 |    518,908 |    740,677 |    829,726
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   Aid to minority and developing institutions .........|    114,680 |    140,374 |    179,062 |     99,812 |    111,506 |    130,215 |    130,743 |    211,054 |    244,731
   Special programs for the disadvantaged ..............|    147,389 |    174,940 |    219,256 |    241,822 |    333,752 |    388,165 |    388,165 |    529,623 |    584,995
   Cooperative education ...............................|     14,999 |     14,400 |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        ---
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Higher education facilities ............................|    268,493 |    194,556 |     77,362 |     84,305 |     84,599 |     92,923 |     81,026 |     49,888 |     50,052
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   Construction loans and insurance ....................|     35,362 |     33,188 |     37,109 |     30,000 |     29,277 |     38,095 |     46,472 |     20,607 |     19,034
   Interest subsidy grants .............................|     24,626 |     24,968 |     22,524 |     38,741 |     39,866 |     41,181 |     22,647 |     18,188 |     18,170
   College housing loans ...............................|    208,505 |    136,400 |     17,729 |     15,564 |     15,456 |     13,647 |     11,907 |     11,093 |     12,848
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Other higher education programs ........................|     34,927 |     74,340 |     73,574 |    188,999 |    187,039 |    198,993 |    201,734 |    129,951 |    130,679
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   International education and foreign languages\9\ ....|     19,977 |     32,050 |        --- |     86,337 |     91,100 |    107,812 |    114,761 |        --- |        ---
   Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education\10\ .|     12,000 |     12,710 |     67,236 |     99,450 |     87,826 |     87,831 |     86,257 |    129,554 |    126,679
   Other ...............................................|      2,950 |     29,580 |      6,338 |      3,212 |      8,113 |      3,350 |        716 |        397 |      4,000
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Public library services ................................|    101,218 |    116,027 |    141,884 |    132,583 |    142,252 |    148,208 |    144,380 |    149,591 |    156,769
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   Public library services .............................|     66,451 |     75,000 |     80,944 |     82,505 |     83,897 |     83,898 |     83,227 |     83,227 |     83,277
   Interlibrary cooperation ............................|        --- |     18,000 |     18,826 |     19,551 |     19,908 |     19,908 |     19,749 |     19,749 |     23,700
   Public library construction .........................|        --- |     16,027 |     27,289 |     14,837 |     18,554 |     17,179 |     14,871 |     21,074 |     30,400
   Research libraries ..................................|      5,992 |      6,000 |      5,675 |      6,593 |      5,855 |      5,855 |      5,808 |      5,808 |        ---
   Other ...............................................|     28,775 |      1,000 |      9,150 |      9,097 |     14,038 |     21,368 |     20,725 |     19,733 |     19,392
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Payments to special institutions .......................|    273,860 |    253,622 |    284,056 |    292,736 |    306,833 |    327,521 |    320,455 |    321,753 |    336,364
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   American Printing House for the Blind ...............|      4,349 |      5,500 |      5,335 |      5,663 |      6,136 |      5,900 |      6,298 |      6,463 |      6,680
   National Technical Institute for the Deaf ...........|     19,799 |     31,400 |     33,326 |     35,594 |     37,598 |     39,278 |     40,964 |     41,836 |     43,191
   Gallaudet College ...................................|     49,409 |     59,092 |     65,998 |     67,643 |     72,261 |     76,540 |     77,589 |     78,435 |     80,030
   Howard University ...................................|    200,303 |    157,630 |    179,397 |    183,836 |    190,838 |    205,803 |    195,604 |    195,019 |    206,463
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Departmental accounts ..................................|    277,174 |    364,800 |    419,588 |    458,536 |    556,256 |    705,819 |    763,251 |    789,629 |    905,503
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   Educational research and improvement ................|     51,415 |     60,556 |     78,263 |     87,074 |    140,367 |    267,569 |    283,078 |    294,323 |    354,892
   Departmental management account .....................|    223,857 |    300,885 |    341,286 |    370,844 |    415,469 |    438,246 |    480,166 |    495,249 |    550,473
   Other ...............................................|      1,875 |      3,349 |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        --- |        ---
   Trust funds .....................................    |         27 |         10 |         39 |        618 |        420 |          4 |          7 |         57 |        138
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\1\Revised from previously published data.
\2\Estimated.
\3\Includes preschool incentive grants.
\4\Includes programs of national significance and special programs for the disadvantaged.
\5\Includes national programs for research, demonstrations, evaluation and technical assistance, literacy training for homeless adults, and some other small programs.
\6\Includes Pell Grants, Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants, State Student Incentive Grants, and Income Contingent Loans.
\7\Formerly the Guaranteed Student Loan program.
\8\Includes Federal Direct Student Loan program starting in fiscal year 1994.
\9\This program starting in fiscal year 1994 is included under the program, ``Fund for Improvement of Postsecondary Education.''
\10\International education and foreign languages is included under this program starting in fiscal year 1994.

---Data are not available or not applicable.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Data presented in this tabulation are obligations, which differ from outlay figures reported in other tables in this chapter. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the United States Government, fiscal years 1982 to 1996. (This table was prepared March 1995.)


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