Guidance

In restraining spending in the 2006 Budget, the Administration was guided by three major criteria:

First: Does the program meet the Nation’s priorities? ..

Second: Does the program meet the President’s principles for appropriate use of taxpayer
resources? ..

Third: Does the program produce the intended results? ..
Overview of the President’s 2006 budget (PDF)

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Education Programs Proposed for Elimination

Alcohol Abuse Reduction, Arts in Education, B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarships, Byrd Honors Scholarships, Civic Education, Close Up Fellowships, Community Technology Centers, Comprehensive School Reform, Demonstration Projects for Students with Disabilities, Educational Technology State Grants, Elementary and Secondary School Counseling, Even Start, Excellence in Economic Education, Exchanges with Historic Whaling and Trading Partners, Federal Perkins Loans Cancellations, Foreign Language Assistance, Foundations for Learning, Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, Interest Subsidy Grants, Javits Gifted and Talented Education, Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnerships,
Literacy Programs for Prisoners, Mental Health Integration in Schools, Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers, National Writing Project, Occupational and Employment Information, Parental Information and Resource Centers, Projects With Industry, Ready to Teach, Recreational Programs, Regional Educational Laboratories, Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities State Grants, School Dropout Prevention, School Leadership, Smaller Learning Communities, Star Schools, State Grants for Incarcerated Youth Offenders, Supported Employment State Grants, Teacher Quality Enhancement, Tech-Prep Demonstration, Tech-Prep Education State Grants, Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program, TRIO Talent Search, TRIO Upward Bound, Underground Railroad Program, Vocational Education National Programs, Vocational Education State Grants, Women’s Educational Equity

Total 2005 budget of these 48 programs: $4,264.4 million; 2006: $0.00.
Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Summary – U.S. Department of Education –
Promoting educational excellence for all Americans.

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Missile Defense – The Administration is requesting $8.8 billion for missile defense in FY’06, down roughly $1 billion from the current $9.9 billion. Approximately $800 million of the proposed reductions are from the Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) program. Though the request is below current levels, missile defense continues to receive more funding than any other weapons program in the annual Pentagon budget. This total does not include $757 million for the SBIRS-High [missile detection] satellite program.
Highlights of the FY’06 Budget Request

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Missile Defense

The nation’s fledgling missile defense system suffered its third straight test failure when an interceptor rocket failed to launch Sunday night from its base on an island, leaving the target rocket to splash into the Pacific Ocean, the Pentagon said yesterday.
Rocket fizzles; failure is 3rd for missile defense

Again, the target, perhaps representing a North Korean ICBM hurtling toward a U.S. city, performed flawlessly.
Life Imitates Art: Another Missile Defense Test Failure – ArmsControlWonk (funny);  Technical background – Interceptor databus physically too slow for task