Education Policy, Business and Technology

Obama Budget Priorities Focus on Teacher Support, STEM, Free College

Campus Technology: The White House has released President Barack Obama's 2016 budget proposal, a 150-page document that lays out his administration's priorities for the federal budget in the coming year. Even at $70.7 billion, education is dwarfed by the outlays for Social Security, Medicare and national defense. The amount for education reflects an increase of $3.6 billion over the 2015 enacted level, which makes it equivalent to the total the White House proposed last year, which ran $70.6 billion. The extra funds are intended to support the administration's favorite education projects — STEM, evidence-based innovations, teacher support, free community college and more early childhood education. While those may not be news, the administration's intent to redirect moneys raised through an increase in tobacco taxes is new.

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