================================================================= ALAWON Volume 5, Number 15 ISSN 1069-7799 April 1, 1996 American Library Association Washington Office Newsline In this issue: (117 lines) FURTHER DETAIL PROVIDED ON PRESIDENT'S FY97 BUDGET _________________________________________________________________ FURTHER DETAIL PROVIDED ON PRESIDENT'S FY97 BUDGET The table below provides additional detail on President Clinton's budget request for fiscal year 1997 for selected library and related programs. Note that for most of these programs, the final appropriations level for FY 1996 is not yet known half way through the fiscal year, due to the budget impasse between Congress and the White House. This unusual situation caused a two-month delay in preparation and release of the Administration's detailed budget recommendations for FY97. FY 97 Presidential Budget Request for Federal Library and Related Programs (amounts in thousands) FY95 FY96 FY97 Approp. Approp. Budget Req. LIBRARY PROGRAMS GPO Superintendent of Documents $ 32,207 $ 30,307 $ 30,827 Higher Education Act 11,416 * 0 II-B, library education 4,916 * --- II-B, research and demo. 6,500 * --- Library of Congress 348,480 324,700 373,000# Library Services and Construction Act 132,745 * --- I, public library services 83,227 * --- II, public library construction 17,792 * --- III, interlibrary cooperation 23,700 * --- IV, Indian library services % --- * --- VI, library literacy programs 8,026 * --- Public Library Assistance (pending legislation) --- --- 110,000 National Agricultural Library 18,000+ 19,000+ 19,000+ National Commission on Libraries & Information Science 901 * 897 National Library of Medicine (includes MLAA) 127,997 141,439 146,579 LIBRARY RELATED PROGRAMS Adult Education and Literacy 278,943 * 300,000 ESEA title I, Education for Disadvantaged 7,217,824 * 7,679,000 ESEA title I - B, Even Start 102,024 * 102,000 ESEA title II-A - Eisenhower professional development Federal activities 21,356 * 15,000 ESEA title II-B - Eisenhower professional development State grants 251,298 * 610,000~ ESEA title III, Education Technology 22,500 * 357,000 Tech. Literacy Challenge Fund --- --- 250,000 Star Schools - part B 25,000 --- 25,000 ESEA title VI - Innovative education program strategies State grants (formerly Ch. 2 school lib. resources eligible) 347,250 * 0 Education of Handicapped Children (state grants) 2,998,812 * 3,298,879 Educational Research 86,200 * 108,000 Educational Statistics 48,153 * 50,000 Educational Assessment 32,752 * 32,750 Goals 2000 371,870 * 491,000 HEA title III, Institutional Dev. 229,656 * 182,611 HEA title IV-C, College Work-Study 616,508 * 679,000 HEA title VI, International Education 59,073 * 59,073 Inexpensive Book Distribution (RIF) 10,300 * 9,000 Institute of Museum Services 29,000+ * 23,000 NTIA Information Infrastructure Grants 21,000+ * 18,478 National Archives & Records Administration 195,000+ 199,633 196,964 National Endowment for the Arts 162,000 * 136,000 National Endowment for the Humanities 172,000 * 136,000 National Historical Publications & Records Commission 9,000+ 5,000 4,000 Postsecondary Education Improvement Fund 17,543 * 18,000 * 1996 Appropriation for this program had not been enacted by the publication date of this chart % Funded at 2% of total for LSCA I, II, and III + Sum is rounded to the nearest million # Includes authority to obligate $28.3 million in receipts ~ Budget would terminate funding for ESEA title VI and channel all funds for school improvement into the Eisenhower professional development state grant program_________________________________________________________________ An irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, #403, Washington, DC 20004-1701, ; 202-628-8410 (V); 202-628-8419 (F). Contribors: Carol H. Henderson, & Claudette W. Tennant ; Editor: Lynne E. Bradley . ALAWON is available free of charge, only in electronic form. To subscribe, send the message "subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname]" to . ALAWON archives gopher://gopher.ala.org:70/11/alagophwashoff/alagophwashoffnewsline/; Web page http://www.ala.org/alawashingtonlhtml. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. =================================================================