The National Coalition for History (NCH) is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit educational organization providing leadership in history-related advocacy, serving as the profession's national voice, and acting as a clearinghouse of news and information.

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Breaking News

Teaching American History Grants Face Uncertain Future

February 2nd, 2010

President Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget request to Congress for the Department of Education has created uncertainty about future funding for the Teaching American History grants program, at least as it is currently structured. The Obama administration has proposed consolidating 38 existing K-12 education programs into 11 new programs. As a result, Teaching American History grants is no longer listed as a separate line item in the budget calling into question whether the program will continue to receive the approximately $119 million in funding it has in recent years. Read More…

Washington Update

NCH provides two ways for you to receive in-depth analysis of history- and archival-related news from the Nations capital. The NCH Washington Update, is a weekly electronic newsletter that wraps up events from the past week. We also offer an RSS feed that provides real-time access to news as it is being made. These reports provide information on legislation, hearings, markups, and regulatory issues of concern to historians, archivists, and other stakeholders. Both the newsletter and RSS feed are free and provided as a public service.
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National Archives & NHPRC FY 11 Proposed Budgets

February 2nd, 2010

On February 1, President Obama sent to Congress a proposed Fiscal Year 2011 budget request of $460.2 million for the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The requested amount for NARA is a two percent decrease of $9.6 million from the FY 2010 appropriated funding levels of $469.8 million. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) would receive $10 million in grant funding, a $3 million cut from FY 2010. Read the full article »

National Endowment for the Humanities FY 11 Proposed Budget

February 2nd, 2010

On February 1, President Obama asked Congress for $161.3 million to fund the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for FY 2011, a $6.2 million cut from the FY 10 appropriated level of $167.5 million. Read the full article »