Consequences of Ryan/Romney Budget for Education[i]
(Compiled from National Education Association and White House documents)
If enacted, the Ryan/Romney budget would reduce the value of Pell Grants for nearly 400,000 in Pennsylvania. Those Pell Grant cuts would average $810 for Pennsylvania's working families. Nationwide, almost 1 million fewer students would receive any Pell Grant at all by 2014.
The Ryan/Romney cuts would also hit work-study funding, eliminating 9,180 positions.
The Ryan/Romney budget would eliminate nearly 10,000 Head Start slots in Pennsylvania, limiting access to this vital program. Head Start has been proven to be one of the most effective government programs, both in terms of educational outcomes and in return on investment. Additionally, these cuts would cost PA jobs. The Head Start cuts would mean job losses of 780 in 2013 and 2750 in 2014[ii].
Gov. Corbett and the Republican General Assembly have already slashed public education funding by over $1 billion. The Ryan/Romney budget would further slash education funding to PA schools. The effect would be $186 million more in cuts to elementary, secondary and special education funding to PA's schools. This would also result in more job losses. Grants to Local Educational Agencies (ESEA Title I, Part A) cuts would cost PA 2013 jobs in 340 and 1190 in 2014[iii]. The special education cuts would costs PA 270 jobs in 2013 and 940 in 2014[iv].
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Average Reduction in Pell Grant per Student[v] |
Number of Work‐Study Opportunities Eliminated[vi] |
Cuts to Elementary and Secondary Education, Special Ed (millions)[vii] |
Number of Children who Lose Access to Head Start[viii] |
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National[ix] |
$830 |
129,000 |
$4,847.4 |
250,000 |
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Pennsylvania |
$810 |
9,180 |
$186.0 |
9,700 |
[v] Average reduction calculated as the difference for Academic Year 2014‐15.
[vi] Assumes an 18.9 percent reduction from FY 2012 enacted Federal funding. Excludes matching funds.
[vii] Aggregate impacts on funding for Title I Grants to LEAs and Special education grants to states. Assumes an 18.9
percent reduction from FY 2012 enacted beginning in FY 2014.
[viii] Includes total projected reduction in FY 2013 and FY 2014. Totals updated on April 6, 2012.
[ix] Includes territories.
