Giving Compass' Take:

• The proposed federal funding bill would boost spending for school safety and early childhood education. Charter schools got a nod, but not the full funding that the Trump administration requested.  

• How will additional funding impact the programs that receive it? What will be the long-term implications of the current school safety debate?

• Read more about existing programs and practices in state and federal efforts for school safety.

School safety programs saw big boosts in the latest federal appropriations bill that also proposed increases in early childhood education spending along with smaller bumps for marquee K-12 programs.

The House Appropriations Committee in a press release touted $2.3 billion in increases for school safety, with funds coming through programs at the Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services departments.

Overall, the Education Department would get $70.9 billion under the bill, a $3.9 billion, or 5.5 percent, increase — the largest boost the department has seen in recent years.

Charter school programs would receive $58 million, or about 17 percent more, although 2018 Trump administration budget proposals to fund private school vouchers or promote public school choice via Title I funds were nixed.

Most of the school safety money in the Education Department was added through Title IV of the Every Student Succeeds Act, a catchall grant that schools can use for broad purposes under the umbrella of providing “safe, healthy learning environments for students.”

The bill would give $1.1 billion to the program, nearly triple the $400 million it has gotten in past years.

Read the full article on education and the new federal funding bill by Carolyn Phenicie at The 74