The request focuses on increasing Pell Grants, further supporting HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions, and reducing racial gaps.
The White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday released its preliminary FY 2022 budget request blueprint, including top-line figures for discretionary spending programs, which includes $102.8 billion overall for the Education Department, an increase of $29.8 billion over the FY 2021 enacted budget.
The request, the first of the Biden administration, provides further insight into the administration’s priorities for education and lays down a marker for negotiations with Congress on FY 2022 spending. The administration will release a more detailed budget request later.
The request includes $1 billion for Department of Justice Violence Against Women Act of 1994 programs, nearly double the 2021 level, including funding for new programs to expand restorative justice efforts, protect transgender survivors, and support women at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) to ensure these institutions have the same resources as other schools to address gender-based violence.