Administration Releases FY27 President’s Budget Request

This morning, the Administration released the President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027. Overall, the proposal for the Department of Education is very similar to the FY2026 request, with calls for funding cuts, block grants, and program eliminations—all of which Congress rejected in its final FY26 spending bill.

Key takeaways:

• The Budget requests $76.5 billion in discretionary budget authority for ED for 2027, a $2.3 billion or 2.9-percent decrease from the 2026 enacted level. Cuts K-12 funding by roughly $6.5 billion.
• Level-funds Title I at $18.4 billion
• Increases IDEA, Part B by $1.167 billion with an increase of $489 and by consolidating the funding from six other programs
• Consolidates 17 programs worth $6.5 billion into a $2 billion grant program: the “Make Education Great Again (MEGA) Grant Program.” Most notably, it includes REAP and Title II, Part A (Supporting Effective Instruction).
• Eliminates various programs, most notably, Title I, Part C (Migrant Education); Title III, Part A (English Language Acquisition); Special Programs for Migrant Students; and the Teacher Quality Partnership Program.

See charts below.

Once again, in an attempt to provide flexible district funding, the President proposed cuts to resources that are imperative to delivering services for rural schools, evidence-based reading instruction, professional development for educators, supports for English language learners, and music, art, and STEM programs. AASA opposes these cuts, as well as the proposed consolidations.