Appropriations for which the Fiscal Year 1989 Budget Requests Funds to be Available for More Than One Fiscal Year T-1 age 4 of 4 Appropriation Program Period of Availability Authority 1/ Reflects anticipated period of availability. Budget request is proposed for later transmittal pending enactment of new authorizing legislation. 2/ This FY 1989 proposal would allow disaster assistance funds to remain available beyond the year of appropriation. Given the great fluctuation year to year in disaster claims, this provision will make it easier to meet applicant needs in years of increased claims. Extended availability was provided for the first time in the 1985 appropriations act. 3/ Endowment grant funds would be available until expended in order to ensure that such funds do not lapse in the event that eligible institutions are unable to match their Federal grants within a one-year period. 4/ Appropriations for Public Library Construction under Title II of the Library Services and Construction Act are available until expended; however, no Title II funds are requested for FY 1989. Funding for the Libraries account in FY 1989 is proposed for later transmittal based on proposed legislation. I. T-2 Page 1 of 5 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Education Activities Requiring New or Modified Legislation Requests in the 1989 Budget for which legislative authority has expired or is due to expire on September 30, 1988. 1/ Reauthorizing legislation is included in the omnibus legislation (H.R 5) now pending before the Congress. T-2 Page 2 of 5 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Education Activities Requiring New or Modified Legislation (Howard University Endowment Act, title II, section 201) The specific authorizing legislation which establishes the detailed requirements for the Federal endowment grant program has expired, although endowment funding is also authorized under the general authorization (20 U.S.C. 112 et seq.). 1/ Reauthorizing legislation is included in the omnibus legislation (H.R. 5) now pending before the Congress. 2/ Legislation authorizing this program is included in the omnibus legislation (H.R. 5) now pending before the Congress. Section 137 of P.L. 100-202, the Fifth Continuing Resolution making further continuing appropriations through September 30, 1988, provided that this program be carried out in FY 1988 under the provisions of the Senate passed version of H.R. 5. T-2 Page 3 of 5 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Education Activities Requiring New or Modified Legislation II. Requests in the 1989 budget for which new authorizing legislation is required; i.e., no authorizing legislation currently exists. III. Legislation authorizing these programs is included in the omnibus Guaranteed Student Loans Credit reform $3,094,482,000 Requests in the 1989 budget for which modifications or substitutions to the existing unexpiring legislation are proposed. Elementary and Secondary Education Immigrant education Fiscal Year 1989 Estimate $28,722,000 Proposed amendments would permit funds to be used to (1) meet the special needs of immigrant children rather than simply reimbursing local school districts for the cost of providing basic instruction; (2) require that grants supplement, not supplant, local funding; and (3) prohibit double counting refugee students under both Immigrant Education and Refugee Education programs. Education for the handicapped $19,722,000 Proposed amendments would (1) merge the authorizations for Deaf-Blind Drug-free schools and communities Territorial teacher training Indian education $250,000,000 $1,915,000 $67,653,000 Legislation reauthorizing these programs is included in the omnibus T-2 Page 4 of 5 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Education Activities Requiring New or Modified Legislation Fiscal Year 1989 Estimate Postsecondary Education Pell grants $79,000,000 Proposed legislation would increase the maximum Pell Grant award to $2,300; simplify and make more equitable the student aid need analysis system by eliminating consideration of non-liquid family assets, such as homes, farms, and other business and real estate investments; require a high school diploma or its equivalent of all Federal student aid recipients; and require more accountability from participants by holding institutions more accountable for monitoring and administering the Federal student aid programs. Income contingent loans (ICL) $50,000,000 Proposed legislation would expand and modify the ICL demonstration program by removing the 10 institution participation limit; authorizing graduate student borrowing in addition to undergraduate borrowing; authorizing the sale of ICLs to qualified purchasers, in accordance with regulatory criteria established by the Secretary; and allowing ICL borrowers to combine the repayment of their ICLs with any Perkins loans. Guaranteed student loans -$4,760,000 Proposed amendments would reduce Federal GSL default costs by increasing risk-sharing with, and improving information sharing among, program participants. Such measures will include reducing lenders' insurance and reducing Federal reinsurance of default claims paid by guarantee agencies, checking credit histories of borrowers, requiring additional information in the "exit interview" to ensure easier monitoring, and requiring loan purchasers to notify the borrower and others when ownership of a loan is transferred. Other Legislation Proposed American Printing House for the Blind trust fund -$10,000 Legislation is proposed to repeal the annual $10,000 permanent appropriation for the Printing House trust fund. Libraries $76,000,000 Proposed legislation to reform Federal support for libraries would replace the current authorizations for library programs as contained in the Library Services and Construction Act (titles I, II, III, IV, and VI) and the Higher Education Act (title II, parts B, C, and D). The legislation would focus support on improving library services to the disadvantaged and handicapped, expanding library resource sharing through intrastate and interstate networking, and conducting research and assessment in the field of library and information science. |