[Dec-kentucky] Fwd: fyi: AUCD Analysis of President's FY09Budget

[Elizabeth McLaren]

Forwarded on behalf of KY DEC

 

Elizabeth McLaren, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor

Email: e.mclaren at moreheadstate.edu

Phone: 606-783-2537

Fax: 606-783-5044

Morehead State University

Curriculum and Instruction

A301F Ginger Hall

Morehead KY 40351

 

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Thanks to our friends at AUCD, here is an excellent update on the
President's budget released yesterday. 

 

Unfortunately, once again this year, the President has requested a freeze or
a cut for many important programs for children and families. This includes a
freeze for the Part C program, the Preschool Grants Program and most of the
Part D programs.

 

The President's request starts the FY'09 funding process. Next the Congress
will develop a Budget to guide the process for '09. Federal fiscal year 2009
begins October 1, 2008.

 

DEC will be preparing alerts for subdivisions and members so we can work
together to encourage the Congress to fund these important programs at
necessary levels. 

 

Sharon Walsh, DEC Consultant        

 


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SPECIAL EDITION 


aucd_bulletAUCD Legislative News In Brief: President's FY09 Budget 



February 4, 2008


Vol. VIII, Issue 6


President's FY 2009 Budget


 

President Bush released his FY 2009 Budget Request today.  His five-year
plan increases defense spending by 5 percent and puts some new money into
favored initiatives while trying to balance the budget by 2012.  To achieve
a balanced budget in the face of increasing deficits (projected to reach at
least $400 billion by next fiscal year) his plan proposes to cut funding for
many non-defense discretionary programs and reduce entitlement spending such
as Medicare and Medicaid.  The President proposes, as he did last year, to
terminate or reduce funding for 151 programs which amounts to cuts in over
$18 billion.  Meanwhile, the President's plan also proposes to make the
2001-03 tax cuts (that are not set to expire until 2011) permanent. The
President budget does not take into account the amount of money it will cost
to fix the Alternative Minimum Tax problem, nor does it include funding for
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  

 

Following is a table and short analysis of how the president's budget would
impact many of the programs important to the AUCD network, people with
disabilities and their families. 

 


President's FY09 Budget and FY 08 Final Appropriations for the 

Departments of L-HHS-ED Compared



Program

FY08 Final

President's Budget FY09 

Difference


Health and Human Services

 

 

 


  UCEDDs

36.9

36.9

0.0


  DD Councils

72.5

72.5

0.0


  P&As

39.0

39.0

0.0


  PNS/Family Support

14.2

14.2

0.0


  Help America Vote Act

17.4

17.4

0.0


  Lifespan Respite Care Act

0.0

0.0

0.0


MCH Block Grant

666.0

666.0

0.0


 Autism and related DD

36.4

36.4

0.0


CDC Center on Birth Defects/DD 

127.3

126.7

-0.614


NIH

29,230.0

29,230.0

0.0


  NICHD

1,254.7

1,255.7

+1.0


IDEA

 

 

 


  Part B State Grants

10,947.5

11,284.5

+337.0


  Part B Preschool Grants

374.1

374.1

0.0


  Part C Infants and Toddlers

435.7

435.7

0.0


  State Personnel development

22.6

48.0

+25.4


  TA and Dissemination

48.0

48.0

0.0


  Personnel Preparation

88.2

88.2

0.0


  Technology and Media

39.3

30.9

-8.4


Rehabilitation and Disability Research

 

 

 


  VR State Grants

2,874.0

2,874.0

0.0


  Supported Employment

29.2

0.0

-29.2


  NIDRR

105.7

105.7

0.0


  Assistive Technology

29.9

25.7

-4.2


Higher Education

 

 

 


  Demonstration in Disabilities

6.7

0.0

-6.7


Institute of Education Sciences

 

 

 


  Research in Special Education

70.6

70.6

0.0


 Special Education Studies & Evaluation

9.5

9.5

0.0


Health and Human Services


Overall, the budget would cut discretionary spending within the Department
of Health and Human Services by more than $2 billion, to $74.2 billion. 

 

Developmental Disabilities Act programs would be level funded: University
Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) would receive
$37 million; DD Councils $72 million; Protection & Advocacy Programs $39
million; and Projects of National Significance, which includes Family
Support $14 million.

 

Once again, the President's Budget provides zero funds for the Lifespan
Respite Care Act that was signed into law last year.  This program was
authorized at $40 million in FY 08 but did not receive any funding.  This
year the program is authorized at $53 million.

 

The Social Services Block Grant is cut by $500 million, the same cut that
was proposed in last year's budget.  This program, which provides flexible
funding for states for a range of social services, including respite care,
has continued to be level funded by the Congress at $1.7 billion although it
is authorized at $2.3 billion.

 

HRSA

The overall FY 09 Budget requests $5.9 billion for the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA), a net decrease of $992 million from FY 08. 

 

The FY 09 Budget provides $666 million for the Maternal Child Health (MCH)
Block Grant, the same amount provided in FY 08.

 

The Budget includes $36 million (level funding) for the new "Autism and
Other Developmental Disorders" line item authorized by the Combating Autism
Act. The budget briefing materials, for the first time ever, mentions
support for the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related
Disabilities (LEND) and the Developmental Behavioral Pediatric (DBP)
training programs adding that the "LEND and DBP programs provide
interdisciplinary training to enhance the clinical expertise and leadership
skills of professionals dedicated to caring for children."  The Combating
Autism Act authorizes $42 million for FY 09.

 

NIH

For the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the budget requests $29.230
billion in discretionary budget authority through the Labor-HHS-Education
Appropriations, equal to the FY 2008 appropriation. For NICHD, the budget
provides $1.3 billion, a $1 million increase, according the budget
documents.

 

The budget also assumes $78 million though the Interior Appropriations
Subcommittee for the transfer from the Superfund to the National Institute
for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), $150 million in mandatory
appropriations for type I diabetes, and $8 million in evaluation funds for
the National Library of Medicine (NLM), for a program level of $29.465
billion, the same as in FY 2008.  In addition, NIH will provide $300 million
to the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.  This is an
increase of $5 million over the FY 2008 transfer.

 

Centers for Disease Control

The budget proposes cutting CDC's overall budget by more than $430 million,
including the elimination of a $301 million program that trains 4,700
pediatricians and pediatric specialists at children's teaching hospitals.
Every program under CDC's Health Promotion is cut, including the National
Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, which is cut by
$614,000 to $126,752 million.

 

Medicare and Medicaid

The budget proposes cuts to Medicare that total $12.8 billion in FY 09 and
$182 billion over five years.  Cuts to Medicaid total $2 billion in FY 09
(with $17.4 billion over five years in reductions from legislative changes
and another $800 million from regulatory changes).  These "savings" would
primarily be achieved not by lowering health care costs, but rather by
shifting costs to the states.

 

The budget includes what it describes as a $19.7 billion increase in funding
for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).  This would not,
however, allow states to cover more uninsured children, millions of whom are
eligible for SCHIP and Medicaid but unenrolled.  States need an increase of
approximately $24 billion over the next five years simply to maintain their
current programs. 


Education


For the IDEA Part B Grants to States, the Administration's budget is
requesting $11.3 billion, an increase of $337 million. The Ed Department
briefing materials asserts that this amount will maintain the Federal
contribution toward meeting the excess cost of special education at about 17
percent of the national average per pupil expenditure (APPE), and provide an
estimated average of $1,658 per student for about 6.8 million children ages
3 through 21. 

 

Funding for the Part B Preschool and Part C Infants and Toddlers programs
would be continued at their 2008 levels.

 

Most IDEA Part D programs are level funded except for the Technology and
Media program, which is cut by $8.4 million ("to eliminate funding for
previously earmarked projects") and the State Personnel Development Program,
which is increased by $25.4 million. The State Personnel Development
provides competitive grants to help States enhance their systems for
personnel preparation and professional development in the areas of early
intervention, educational, and transition services. The President's Budget
states that the FY08 appropriation "does not include sufficient funds to
cover the 2008 continuation awards or provide new funding for the 6 States
with projects expiring on September 30, 2008. The $25.4 million increase
proposed for 2009 would pay the full cost of continuation awards to 41
States and new awards to 5 States aimed at improving results for children
through the delivery of high quality instruction and the recruitment and
retention of highly qualified personnel."

 

The President's budget once again zeroes out the $7 million Higher Education
Demonstration in Disabilities program.  Fortunately, the Congress has
continued to see the value in this program that assists postsecondary
institutions in making their programs accessible to students with
disabilities.

 

Rehabilitation, AT and Disability Research

The budget request includes $2.9 billion for Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)
State Grants to help individuals with disabilities obtain or maintain
employment.  Consistent with the President's seven previous requests, the FY
09 budget does not fund Supported Employment State Grants, Projects with
Industry, or the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers program. The President
would also eliminate funding for Recreational programs.

 

The FY 09 budget would provide $25.7 million for the Assistive Technology
(AT) State grant program and National Activities, a $4.2 million cut from
last fiscal year's level. The President zeroes out the Protection and
Advocacy (P&A) for Assistive Technology program, claiming that it duplicates
services available through other P&A programs. The request includes $105.7
million for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Program, the same level provided in FY 08.


Next Steps


The President's request is only the first step in the budget and
appropriations process. The next step is for the Congress to develop an
overall budget resolution.  Once the overall budget figures are agreed upon,
then the individual appropriations committees (usually over the summer and
fall) can begin working on deciding how individual programs will be funded.
Many of the cuts proposed by the President will likely be rejected.
However, with the Democrats continuing to hold such a slim majority, it will
once again be difficult to come to agreement on many spending priorities.
Most budget experts agree that it will be another long and contentious
budget and appropriations process. AUCD will continue to advocate for the
highest possible funding for programs important to people with disabilities
and families.

 

 

For copies of this and previous issues of Legislative News In Brief please
visit the Public Policy Page of the AUCD website:
http://www.aucd.org/template/page.cfm?id=27 

 

 





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