DEPARTMENT OF DUCATION ‘The Department of Retin prone npr sede lorena ed samo tunity in clementary, secondary, and postaccondary education, The Department would its mission on supporting States and schoo! district ia their offorta to previde high {qutly education wo all our students. Aso, it would feunon streamlining and simpliying funding for college, while continuing ta help make college education more affordable. The 42018 Budget places power in the hands of parents and fasnlies W ehoowe schools Uhat are boat for their cbildren by investing an additional 82.4 billion kn achoe! choice programa, Tt ‘continues support forthe Nation's moat vulesrable populations, euch ax stadenta with disabilities. Overall, the Department would support theve investmenta and carry aut ia core ‘minaion while lowering costs to the taxpayer by reducing or eliminating funding for progeams that are net ffctive that duplicate ether flora o tha do oct eve tatoaal bewda ‘Tho Prosident's 2018 Budgot provides $59 billion in diserotionary funding for the Department of Education, a 89 billion or 13 porcent reduction belaw the 2017 annualized CR level. ‘Tho President's 2018 Budgot: ‘© Increases investments in public and private schodl chaiee by 81.4 billian compared to the 2017 ‘annualized Cit love, ramping up ton annual total of $20 billion, and an estimated $100 billion including matching State and local funds. This additional investenent in 2018 includes a $163 million increase for charter schools, $250 million for a new private school choice program, and 1 $1 billion increase for Tite I, dedicated to encouraging districts to adopt a ayster of student based busgeting and open enrollment that enables Fedoral, State, and local fanding to follow the student to Use public achoo! of his er her choice, Maintains approximately $13 bili Beograss to support students with Eliminates tho dist Century Community Learning Centers program, which sepporis before: col programas well as summer programs, resulting in savings of §1-20illion frost ths 2017 anand G8 lvl Toe prog ka otengevidenes ef nang ect, such ns improving student achioverscnt