The Obama administration recently submitted its fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request to Congress. The National Coalition for History (NCH) has assembled a chart showing the budget requests for all federal agencies and programs affecting history, archives, and education. To access the budget chart, click here.
In December, President Obama signed into law a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The “Every Student Succeeds Act” restored funding for K-12 history and civics education that was eliminated five years ago. Unfortunately, when the President’s budget request was released on February 9 it did not include appropriations for the major new more >