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This FY 2023 appropriations letter from ALI advocates for increased funding for education research and innovation, requesting $1.39 billion for NSF’s EHR/STEM EDU Directorate and $334 million for ED’s EIR program. It emphasizes collaboration between NSF and ED to drive STEM education, COVID-19 recovery, and evidence-based education reforms.
This May 2022 letter from ALI to Senate appropriators requests a four-fold increase in education R&D funding over five years. The coalition seeks $1B for IES (with $815M in FY2023), $334M for ED’s EIR program, and $1.39B for NSF’s STEM Education Directorate. The letter argues that education R&D remains critically underfunded at 0.4% of ED’s budget, compared to higher investments in sectors like agriculture and healthcare.
ALI conducts advocacy work thanks to financial support from the Walton Education Coalition (WEC).