21st Century Funding Update

• Thursday, September 13, 2018: A joint House and Senate Conference Committee approved and filed a two-bill major spending package (H.R. 6157) that funds the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) and Defense for fiscal year 2019 (FY 19). In excellent news for parents, students, and friends of afterschool programs, H.R. 6157 increases funding for the federal 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) program by $10 million, which will further support local afterschool and summer learning programs. The $10 million increase to Community Learning Centers brings the program up to a record level of $1.222 billion. This means an additional 10,000 students in grades pre-K through 12th can access quality afterschool and summer learning programs. To read more, click here.

• Wednesday, July 11, 2018: The House Appropriations Committee marked up the FY2019 education and health funding bill on Wednesday, July 11, after a 13-hour session. The FY2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education (LHHS) Appropriations Act sets funding levels for all federal education, human services, and health and labor programs—including the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative, which provides federal funds leveraged by local school-community partnerships to provide quality afterschool and summer learning programs to 1.7 million children. The bill maintains the full current $1.212 billion funding level for 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) afterschool and summer learning programs. To learn more, click here.

• President Trump’s proposed FY19 budget plan eliminates funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC). This program is the only federal funding source exclusively dedicated to supporting before‐school, afterschool, and summer learning programs.
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