Congress Averts Government Shutdown, Funds Department of Education

Campus Technology: With midterm elections just over a month away, Congress averted another government shutdown on Wednesday by the House of Representatives passing 12 appropriations bills and sending the legislation to the president.  The Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act of 2019 provides nearly $71.5 billion to the Department of Education, which is a $581 increase from the fiscal year 2018.

The largest share of the funds, $12.4 billion, goes to fund special education grants to the states.  It represents an increase of nearly $87 million in funding from fiscal year 2018.

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