On February 9, 2016 President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2017 Budget. “The President’s budget reflects the Administration’s broader efforts to expand opportunity and ensure every child can achieve his or her full potential,” said Acting Education Secretary John B. King Jr. “We have made tremendous progress with record high school graduation rates and more students of color going to college, but we have further to go to ensure that educational excellence is a reality for all students. This budget builds on the Administration’s continued efforts to invest in education, from high-quality early learning through college.”

The following materials show what this budget provides for the programs and activities of the Department of Education:

• Press Release
• FY 2017 Education Budget Fact Sheet [PDF, 249KB]
• The FY 2017 Education Budget Summary and Background Information [PDF, 1MB] provides program information and detailed budget tables.
• The FY 2017 Justifications of Appropriations Estimates to the Congress
• FY 2017 Budget [MS PowerPoint, 2.2MB]

On the Homeroom Blog

• Equity and Excellence in the President's Budget for Education
• The President's Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request: Supporting Teachers and School Leaders for Student Success
• The FY 2017 Budget Request for Education Aims to Increase College Access, Affordability, and Completion
• The Fiscal Year 2017 Budget: Promoting Greater Use of Evidence and Data as a Lever for Advancing Equity

On Medium

• Stronger Together: Why Our Budget Supports Voluntary, Community-Led Efforts to Increase Diversity

FY 2017 Budget for the entire U.S. Government

• The President's FY 2017 Budget for the entire United States Government
• OMB Fact Sheet: The President's Fiscal Year 2017 Budget