President Obama’s budget for the Department of Education for the 2010 fiscal year would leave spending on most student-aid programs unchanged, but would largely spare higher education the program eliminations seen elsewhere in his budget.
The president’s plan, released Thursday, fleshes out a budget blueprint the White House unveiled in February. The budget would provide no increase for Federal Work-Study or the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant program, financing the programs at the current levels of $981-million and $758-million, respectively.