A Look at the House’s Labor-HHS-Education Bill for FY 2018
Last week, the House Appropriations Committee approved their Labor-HHS-Education spending bill for FY 2018, which now advances to the House of Representatives floor for further discussion at a to be determined date. If this spending agreement were to pass, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) would receive $66 billion in funding, which is a $2.4 billion cut from the previous fiscal year. Below are some of the funding levels proposed for education programs involving music education: Federal Education Programs FY17 Omnibus Appropriations House FY18 Proposed Title I, Part A $15.460…
