U.S. Department of Education Budget History 1980-2018

1980 to 2018 budget history tables from the U.S. Department of Education show funding by major program and state allocations. The dataset includes the President's Budget for FY 2018 and state-level data from FY 1980-2017. It is published by the Department of Education and was last updated in August 2023.

Use Cases

• Analyze funding trends for major program categories from FY 1980 to FY 2018.
• Compare State allocations across different Federal Aid programs over the 1980-2017 period.
• Track annual Appropriations changes within the Department of Education's Budgeting history.

Strengths

• Covers 38 years of budget history from FY 1980 to FY 2018.
• Includes granular data by major program and by State allocations.
• Sourced directly from the authoritative U.S. Department of Education.

Limitations

• Data is static and ends with the FY 2018 President's Budget, lacking recent years.
• Unknown row count and specific column structure limit pre-analysis assessment.
• Available only in legacy XLS format, which may require conversion for modern tools.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Education

Time Range

FY 1980 to FY 2018 (President's Budget); State allocations FY 1980-2017

Freshness

Last updated August 2023, but underlying data is historical up to FY 2018.

Geography

United States, with State-level allocations