State and Federal Dept of Education Budgets

Proposed 2011 Federal Department of Education Budget

Currently, Congress is not working on the 2011 budget, however the proposal for 2011 can be found in full on the Department of Education's website (www.ed.gov).  Included below are some interesting items found in the proposal. 

Personnel and Non-personel Costs Summary

The budget reuest for 2011 is 636.8 million for personnel and benefits, which is an increase of $73.4 million, or a 13% from the 2010 level of $563.4 million. 

Non-personnel costs cover such items as travel, rent, mail, telephones, utilities, printing, etc.  The total request for non-personnel activities in 2011 is $1.206 billion, which is an increase of $270.6 million, or is a 29% increase over 2010.

The federal government has a program called Securing Americans Value and Efficiency (SAVE).  This program is to be a cost saving program by the departments.

"For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of Education Organization Act, 2010, which includes rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, ($456,488,100) $492,488,100 of which ($8,200,000) $19,275,000 to remain available until expended, shall be for relocation of, and renovation of buildings occupied by department staff."  (Without further clarification, it appears the underlined numbers are proposed for 2011).