Budget & Appropriations

The Impact Aid program has not been fully funded since 1969, meaning school districts do not receive all the funding for which they qualify under the program’s formulas. A key focus of NAFIS advocacy is appropriations—the decisions made by Congress about how the Federal government allocates resources—in an effort to increase funding. Advocacy efforts include a targeted focus on Impact Aid funding and on raising the caps on non-defense discretionary funding that are in place under the Budget Control Act, which have limited investments in domestic programs since FY13.

NAFIS engages throughout the budget and appropriations process, including the President’s budget request, congressional budget resolutions, subcommittee and committee appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, omnibus spending bills and more.

NAFIS funding requests, position statements and other resources include:

Funding Request for FY25 Appropriations (3/26/24)
NAFIS urges the Senate Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee to continue recognizing the Federal Government’s obligation to federally impacted communities as they work to set funding priorities for the U.S. Department of Education. The letter requests at least a $2 million increase for Federal Property, $65 million increase for Basic Support, $1.5 million increase for Construction and a $1.5 million increase for Children with Disabilities for FY 2025.

FY24 Senate Dear Colleague Letter on Appropriations (4/13/23)
Forty-one Senators urge leadership of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to recognize the importance of the Impact Aid Program in setting funding priorities, calling for strong and continued funding for all line items of the program.

FY24 House Dear Colleague Letter on Appropriations (3/24/23)
Seventy-seven Representatives signed a bipartisan Dear Colleague letter supporting an investment in Impact Aid. The letter calls for strong and continued funding for all line items of the Impact Aid Program to ensure all federally impacted school districts can provide quality education.

NAFIS Submits Testimony to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee (3/22/23) and House Appropriations Subcommittee (3/11/23)
NAFIS urges the Senate Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee to continue recognizing the Federal Government’s obligation to federally impacted communities as they work to set funding priorities for the U.S. Department of Education. The letter requests at least a $2 million increase for Federal Property, $65 million increase for Basic Support, $1.5 million increase for Construction and a $1.5 million increase for Children with Disabilities for FY 2024.

Funding Request for FY24 Appropriations (3/8/23)
NAFIS urges leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to continue to recognize the obligation to federally impacted communities and requests a $65 million increase for Basic Support, a $2 million increase for Federal Property, a $1.5 million increase for Children with Disabilities and a $1.5 million increase for Construction for FY24.

Funding Request for FY23 Appropriations (11/14/22)
NAFIS urges leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to continue to recognize the obligation to federally impacted communities and requests a $55 million increase for Basic Support, a $2 million increase for Federal Property, and a $1 million increase for Construction for FY23.

FY23 Senate Dear Colleague Letter on Appropriations (5/25/22)
Forty-two Senators urge leadership of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to recognize the importance of the Impact Aid Program in setting funding priorities, calling for strong and continued funding for all line items of the program.

NAFIS Submits Testimony to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee (5/11/22) and House Appropriations Subcommittee (5/12/22)
NAFIS urges the Senate Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee to continue recognizing the Federal Government’s obligation to federally impacted communities as they work to set funding priorities for the U.S. Department of Education. The letter requests at least a $2 million increase for Federal Property and a $55 million increase for Basic Support for FY 2023.

House Dear Colleague Letter Supports Increased Impact Aid Funding (4/27/22)
Eighty-five Representatives signed a bipartisan Dear Colleague letter supporting an investment in Impact Aid. The letter calls for strong and continued funding for all line items of the Impact Aid Program to ensure all federally impacted school districts can provide quality education.

FY23 Funding Request to Congress (4/22/22)
NAFIS urges leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to continue to recognize the obligation to federally impacted communities and requests a $2 million increase for Federal Property and a $55 million increase for Basic Support for FY23.

Sign-on Letter Urging Congress to Quickly Pass the FY22 Annual Spending Bills & Avoid a Long-Term CR (2/15/22)
NAFIS joins nearly 60 organizations on the Children’s Budget Coalition sign-on letter to Senate and House leadership urging Congress to pass the FY 2022 annual spending bills in the coming weeks, increase resources for the many programs successfully supporting and protecting children, and avoid a long-term continuing resolution (CR). Furthermore, the letter also calls for prioritizing children in the FY22 spending bills with healthy 302(b) allocations to key subcommittees and provide crucial support to protect children’s well being and economic security.

Statement Thanking House for Inclusion of Additional ECF Money in House Build Back Better Act (11/29/21)
NAFIS joins more than 46 organizations in a statement thanking the House for approving an additional $300 million for the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) in the Build Back Better Act. The ECF has already provided home broadband connections to millions of K-12 students, educators, and library patrons.

Sign-on Letter Urging Senate to Include Continued Funding for Digital Connectivity in the Budget Reconciliation Act (10/7/21)
NAFIS joins more than 55 organizations in a sign-on letter sent to Senate leadership requesting that the Budget Reconciliation Act incorporate language from and funding for the Securing Universal Communications Connectivity to Ensure Students Succeed (SUCCESS) Act (S. 2447/HR 4663), legislation that would add funding to the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF), which was authorized and funded under the American Rescue Plan Act. The letter emphasizes the extraordinarily high demand for ECF funds. The remaining funds from the allocation of the $7 billion in emergency funding to the E-rate program as part of the America’s Rescue Plan Act are anticipated to be fully exhausted in the second week of October 2021.

Sign-on Letter Urging Senate to Include Continued Funding for Digital Connectivity in the Budget Reconciliation Act (8/16/21)
NAFIS joins more than 45 organizations in a sign-on letter sent to Senate leadership requesting that the Budget Reconciliation Act incorporate language from and funding for the Securing Universal Communications Connectivity to Ensure Students Succeed (SUCCESS) Act (S. 2447/HR 4663), legislation that would add funding to the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF), which was authorized and funded under the American Rescue Plan Act. This would sustain ECF for five more years and help to ensure that all K-12 students have a connected device appropriate for education and home Internet access service.

FY22 Senate Dear Colleague Letter on Appropriations (6/24/21)
Forty-seven Senators urge leadership of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to recognize the importance of the Impact Aid Program in setting funding priorities, calling for strong and continued funding for all line items of the program.

Sign-on Letter Urging House & Senate to Increase FY 2022 Labor-HHS-Education Bill (6/10/21)
NAFIS joins more than 292 organizations in a sign-on letter sent to leaders of the House and Senate Committee on Appropriations urging them to increase the allocation for the Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee bill by at least the amount of funding necessary to accommodate the President’s requested funding increases.

Response to FY22 President’s Budget Request (5/28/21)
NAFIS strongly supports President Biden’s FY22 education budget request, which calls for an unprecedented 41 percent increase for the U.S. Department of Education – the largest increase to any agency. The request includes a $40 million increase for Impact Aid Section 7003 Basic Support and level funding for all other parts of the program. It is the first Presidential budget request in nearly a decade that does not call for the total elimination of Section 7002 Federal Property funding.

House Dear Colleague Letter Supports Increased Impact Aid Funding (4/28/21)
Eighty-five members of the U.S. House of Representatives urge leadership of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to request strong and continued funding for all line items of the Impact Aid Program.

Sign-on Letter Urging Senate to Support $7 Emergency Connectivity Fund  (3/4/21)
NAFIS joins more than 50 organizations in a sign-on letter sent to the Senate urging them to act with haste to appropriate $7 billion in one-time, short-term emergency funding to the E-rate program as part of the America’s Rescue Plan Act of 2021. E-rate is the quickest, most efficient, and most equitable way, to disseminate funds to help schools and libraries connect K-12 students with Internet access and appropriate connected devices.

FY22 Funding Request to Congress  (3/2/21)
NAFIS urges leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to continue to recognize the obligation to federally impacted communities and requests a $2 million increase for Federal Property and a $100 million increase for Basic Support for FY22.

Sign-On Letter Urging the House Energy & Commerce Committee to Appropriate $7.6 B to the E-rate Program  (2/10/21)
NAFIS joins over 50 organizations in a sign-on letter sent to the House Energy and Commerce Committee urging them to act with haste to appropriate $7.6 billion in one-time, short-term emergency funding to the E-rate program as part of America’s Rescue Plan. E-rate is the quickest, most efficient, and most equitable way, to disseminate funds to help schools and libraries connect K-12 students with Internet access and appropriate connected devices.

FY21 Appropriations Response (12/22/20)
NAFIS thanks leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for prioritizing Impact Aid in the FY2021 appropriations bill. The bill provides a $14 million increase for Basic Support (Section 7003) and a $1 million increase for Federal Property (Section 7002) for FY2021.

Sign-On Letter Urging Congress to Increase Funding for the Homework Gap in Federal COVID-19 Relief (12/11/20)
NAFIS joins more than 50 organizations in a sign-on letter sent to Congressional leadership urging them to increase funding for broadband connectivity and devices for remote learning in the bipartisan Emergency COVID Relief Act of 2020. The $3 billion figure meets only about 25% of the $12 billion identified homework gap need and will leave too many K-12 students and teachers without adequate remote access to their classes.

Sign-On Letter Urging Congress to Include Funds for Emergency Connectivity Fund in Federal COVID-19 Relief (11/20/20)
NAFIS joins nearly 60 organizations in a sign-on letter sent to Congressional leadership urging them to include in an emergency COVID-19 package an “Emergency Connectivity Fund” to provide $12 billion to schools and libraries to ensure that students and educators have Internet access from home and appropriate connectivity devices.

FY21 Appropriations Letter (11/17/20)
NAFIS House and Senate conferees on the FY 2021 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill to recede to the Senate’s proposed $20 million increase for Impact Aid – $19 million for Section 7003 Basic Support and $1 million for Section 7002.

Sign-on Letter in Support of Federal COVID-19 Relief Funding Dedicated to Increasing Student Internet Access (7/22/20)
NAFIS joins nearly 50 organizations on a letter urging congressional leaders to include the Emergency Educational Connections Act of 2020 (S. 3690) in the next COVID-19 stimulus bill. The letter advocates for the allocation of at least $4 billion to the Federal Communication Commission’s E-rate Program to quickly, efficiently and most importantly, equitably, disseminate funds to ensure students have Internet access from home this school year.

House Dear Colleague Letter Supports Increased Impact Aid Funding (7/8/20)
Thirty-six Representatives signed a bipartisan Dear Colleague letter supporting an investment in the Impact Aid program in a future COVID-19 stimulus bill. The letter advocates for full funding of the Basic Support program, increased payments for the Children With Disabilities program, and additional support for Federal Property districts.

Request for Supplemental Impact Aid Funding in COVID-19 Stimulus Package (5/27/20)
NAFIS urges the Senate leadership to include a one-time supplemental investment in Impact Aid in the next COVID-19 stimulus package to assist federally impacted school districts in meeting the challenges they face due to the coronavirus. NAFIS recommends appropriating a supplemental $800 million for Section 7003 – Basic Support; 45 million for Section 7003(d) – Children with Disabilities; and $45 million for Section 7002 – Federal Property.

Senate Dear Colleague Letter Supports Increased Impact Aid Funding (5/14/20)
Twenty-one Senators signed a bipartisan Dear Colleague letter supporting an investment in the Impact Aid program in a future COVID-19 stimulus bill. The letter advocates for full funding of the Basic Support program, increased payments for the Children With Disabilities program, and additional support for Federal Property districts.

Sign-On Letter in Support of Federal COVID-19 Relief for Schools (5/5/20)
NAFIS joins more than 70 organizations on a letter to congressional leaders in supporting additional state stabilization funds, including substantial funding specifically for K-12 education and higher education, in an upcoming legislative package designed to address the continuing challenges and aftermath presented by COVID-19.

Sign-On Letters In Support of an Emergency Digital Connectivity Fund (4/22/20 & 4/29/20)
NAFIS joins more than 50 organizations on two letters to congressional leaders in support of the Emergency Educational Connections Act of 2020. The letter to House leadership supports the House version of the bill that would appropriate $2 billion through the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) E-Rate program for schools and libraries to support distance and remote learning for millions of students without home internet access for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency. The letter to Senate leadership supports the companion bill that would appropriate $4 billion through the same program.

Sign-On Letter Urging Robust Allocation for the Labor-HHS-Education Bill (4/16/20)
NAFIS joins more than 370 organizations on a letter urging congressional leaders to significantly boost the allocation for the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education bill to address vital and on-going needs.  These investments would support crucial services for the American public that impact health and well-being, child development, educational and skills attainment, and productivity.

FY21 House Dear Colleague Letter on Appropriations (4/13/20)
One hundred members of the U.S. House of Representatives urge leadership of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to request strong and continued funding for all line items of the Impact Aid Program.

FY20 Supplemental Funding Request (4/2/20)
NAFIS urges the U.S. House of Representatives to include a one-time supplemental investment in Impact Aid in the next COVID-19 stimulus package to assist federally impacted school districts in meeting the challenges they face due to the coronavirus.

Coalition for Military-Connected Student Success Statement on Impact Aid (4/1/20)
The Coalition for Military-Connected Student Success (of which NAFIS is a member) supports the increase in Impact Aid funding for FY20 and urges additional funding for FY21.

FY21 Funding Request to Congress  (2/28/20)
NAFIS urges leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to continue to recognize the obligation to federally impacted communities and requests a $2 million increase for Federal Property and a $50 million increase for Basic Support for FY21.

Statement on FY21 President’s Budget Request (2/10/20)
NAFIS opposes the President’s FY21 budget request, which eliminates Impact Aid Section 7002 – Federal Property and level funds other Impact Aid line items. It also cuts the U.S. Department of Education budget by 8%, consolidates most elementary and secondary education programs into a block grant to states and shifts public dollars to private schools.

Children’s Budget Coalition Sign-On Letters on FY21 Budget  (2/4/20)
NAFIS joins more than 30 organizations on Children’s Budget Coalition letters to the presidential administration and congressional leadership requesting the prioritization of children and families in preparing the FY 2021 budget. The letters urge leadership to adequately fund non-defense discretionary (NDD) programs, robustly fund 302(b) allocations for bills that serve children and families, and to ensure a timely budget process to avoid harmful disruptions in funding.

FY20 Appropriations Response (12/17/19)
NAFIS thanks leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for prioritizing Impact Aid in the FY2020 appropriations bill. The bill provides a $39 million increase for Basic Support (Section 7003) and a $1 million increase for Federal Property (Section 7002) for FY2020.

FY20 Appropriations Letter (12/4/19)
NAFIS urges leadership of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to recognize the importance of investing in education and Impact Aid, calling for the final 2020 appropriations bill to include the total $52 million increase to Impact Aid programs found in the House-passed Labor-HHS bill.

Sign-On Letter on Diversion of Funds from Military Installation School Construction Projects (9/10/19)
NAFIS and MISA join more than 40 organizations on a letter to the President expressing concern about, and asking him to reverse, the decision to divert more than a half billion dollars from construction projects involving schools or child care facilities on U.S. military installations worldwide to build a wall along the southern border.

Children’s Budget Coalition Sign-On Letter on Raising NDD Spending Caps ​(6/11/19)
NAFIS joins more than 40 organizations on a letter to the President, Office of Management and Budget and congressional leaders requesting a bipartisan budget agreement that would raise the budget caps for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021, preventing a significant and disruptive cut of $55 billion in non-defense discretionary spending (NDD).

FY20 House Appropriations Reaction (5/1/19)
NAFIS thanks leadership of the House Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education for prioritizing Impact Aid and proposing a $52 million increase to the program for FY20 ($2 million for Federal Property; $50 million for Basic Support).

FY20 Senate Dear Colleague Letter on Appropriations (4/15/19)
Forty-three Senators urge leadership of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to recognize the importance of the Impact Aid Program in setting funding priorities, calling for strong and continued funding for all line items of the program.

Support for the Investing for the People Act of 2019 (4/9/19)
NAFIS supports H.R. 2021, the Investing for the People Act of 2019, which aims to raise the caps for Defense and Non-Defense Discretionary spending set in the Budget Control Act of 2011, would be devastating to federally impacted school districts and their students.

NDD United Sign-On Letter on Raising Non-Defense Discretionary Budget Caps  (4/2/19)
NAFIS joins more than 800 national, state and local organizations—including some NAFIS subgroups and state associations—in urging Congress to take immediate steps to negotiate a new budget agreement that averts the cuts that would be required under the Budget Control Act and allows smart investments in our nation’s future. In reaching agreement, new investment must be balanced between nondefense and defense programs, as strong investments in both non-defense discretionary (NDD) programs and defense are necessary to keep our country competitive, safe and secure.

FY20 House Dear Colleague Letter on Appropriations (3/28/19)
Ninety-five members of the U.S. House of Representatives urge leadership of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to request strong and continued funding for all line items of the Impact Aid Program.

Statement on FY20 President’s Budget Request (3/12/19)
NAFIS opposes the Administration’s FY20 budget request, which eliminates Impact Aid Section 7002 – Federal Property and cuts the U.S. Department of Education budget by 12% while level funding other Impact Aid line items and shifting public dollars to private schools through a tuition tax credit program.

FY20 Funding Request to Congress (1/24/19)
NAFIS urges leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to continue to recognize the obligation to federally impacted communities and requests a $2 million increase for Federal Properties and a $50 million increase for Basic Support for FY20. In addition, NAFIS urges the Congress to study the facilities needs of federally impacted schools.

Children’s Budget Coalition Sign-On Letter on FY20 Budget ​(10/30/18)
NAFIS joins more than 50 organizations on a letter to the Office of Management and Budget requesting that the Administration prioritize the needs of children in preparing its FY 2020 budget request, working with Congress to develop a budget that raises the caps with parity between defense and non-defense discretionary (NDD) spending as a clear commitment to federal spending decisions that value our children.

Comments on Proposed IRS Rule on Contributions in Exchange for State or Local Tax Credits (10/11/18)
NAFIS supports the elimination of a federal income tax shelter that allows taxpayers to benefit from combined state and federal tax credits by donating to state tuition tax programs to fund private schools. NAFIS believes taxpayer dollars should go to public schools.

Updated FY19 Funding Request to Congress (9/4/18)
NAFIS thanks leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education for securing additional funding for Impact Aid in both the House and Senate appropriations bills and urges them to maintain the higher House-approved funding levels (which include a $2 million increase for Federal Properties and a $50 million increase for Basic Support for FY19) as the appropriations process moves forward.

FY20 Funding Request to the Administration (8/1/18)
NAFIS recommends that the Trump Administration’s FY20 Budget Request to Congress reflect an increase in the Impact Aid program ($4 million for Federal Properties; $100 million for Basic Support). In addition, NAFIS requests a one-time $1 billion infusion into the Impact Aid construction program, either through annual appropriations or through an infrastructure package.

FY19 Funding Request to Congress (5/14/18)
NAFIS urges leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to continue to recognize the obligation to federally impacted communities and recommends a $2 million increase for Federal Properties and a $50 million increase for Basic Support for FY19. In addition, NAFIS urges the subcommittee to request additional information about the facilities needs of federally impacted schools and to oppose Impact Aid vouchers.

FY19 Senate Dear Colleague Letter on Appropriations (4/12/18)
Thirty-nine Senators urge leadership of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to recognize the importance of the Impact Aid Program in setting funding priorities, calling for strong and continued funding for all line items of the program.

Impact of Administration’s FY19 Budget Request (Spring 2018)
NAFIS shows the financial impact of the Administration’s proposed $525 million cut in the FY19 Budget Request on each school district that receives Impact Aid Basic Support.

Statement on FY18 Omnibus Bill (3/23/18)
NAFIS thanks Congress for prioritizing Impact Aid throughout the FY18 appropriations process, noting the $81 million increase for Basic Support and $4.5 million increase for Federal Properties.​

FY19 House Dear Colleague Letter on Appropriations (3/16/18)
One hundred and three members of the U.S. House of Representatives urge leadership of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to request strong and continued funding for all line items of the Impact Aid Program.

Children’s Budget Coalition Sign-On Letter on FY18 Omnibus ​(3/12/18)
NAFIS joins more than 35 organizations on a letter to leadership of the House and Senate urging them to pass an FY18 omnibus funding bill that fulfills the agreement to increase non-defense discretionary spending by $131 billion over FY18 and FY19.

NAFIS Executive Director Stands Up for Impact Aid at U.S. Department of Education Stakeholders Meeting on the President’s Budget Request (2/14/18)
NAFIS Executive Director Hilary Goldmann questions Department of Education staff on cuts to Impact Aid at the Stakeholders Meeting regarding the Administration’s FY19 Budget Request.

Statement on FY19 President’s Budget Request (2/13/18)
NAFIS opposes the Administration’s FY19 budget request, which cuts Impact Aid by $594 million while introducing a new $500 million school voucher proposal, essentially shifting taxpayer dollars from public education to private schools.  ​

NDD United Sign-On Letter on Remainder of FY18 Spending (1/24/18)
NAFIS joins 2,000 national, state and local organizations—including dozens of NAFIS subgroups, state associations and members—in urging Congress to ensure adequate funding for “nondefense discretionary” (NDD) programs funded through annual appropriations, providing relief from sequestration budget cuts and opposing new efforts to cut these programs more deeply.

AASA Sign-On Letter on House Tax Bills (11/13/17)
NAFIS joins more than 40 organizations on a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to tax bills being considered in Congress, which would undermine funding for public schools as deficit-financed tax reform adds to the federal debt and will increase pressure for Congress to curb education and other discretionary spending.

FY19 Funding Request to the Administration (9/13/17)
NAFIS asks that the Administration’s FY19 Budget Request to Congress reflect an increase in the Impact Aid program sufficient to restore the erosion of funding for the Basic Support program and offset the cost of newly eligible Federal Properties school districts ($8 million for Federal Properties; $100 million for Basic Support).

NDD United Sign-On Letter on Funding Nondefense Discretionary Programs (9/6/17)
NAFIS joins 2,000 national, state and local organizations—including dozens of NAFIS subgroups, state associations and members—in urging Congress to ensure adequate funding for “nondefense discretionary” (NDD) programs in FY18, working to replace scheduled sequestrations cuts through a package that is balanced, and maintains parity between defense and NDD program spending.

FY18 Appropriations Letter (6/12/17)
NAFIS asks leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to continue recognizing the obligation to federally impacted communities and provide a $51 million increase to Impact Aid for FY18 ($2 million for Federal Properties; $49 million for Basic Support).

Federal Properties Sign-On Letter (6/12/17)
NAFIS led development of letter urging leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to reject the Administration’s FY18 budget proposal to eliminate funding for Impact Aid Federal Properties. Seventy national education, military and other organizations signed on.

Statement on Administration’s FY18 Budget (5/23/17)
NAFIS opposes the Administration’s FY18 budget request because it slashes U.S. Department of Education funding, eliminates Impact Aid Federal Properties and diverts critical resources away from public schools.

FY18 Senate Dear Colleague Letter on Appropriations (5/23/17)
Thirty-eight Senators urge leadership of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to recognize the importance of the Impact Aid Program in setting their funding priorities, calling for strong and continued funding for all line items of the program.

Children’s Budget Coalition Sign-On Letter on FY18 Appropriations (5/11/17)
NAFIS joins approximately 50 organizations on a letter to leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees asking them to consider four priorities in the FY18 appropriations process: reversing the divestment trends in children’s programs; lifting the budget caps for non-defense discretionary spending set forth in the Budget Control Act of 2011; maintaining parity between non-defense and defense discretionary spending; and increasing 302(b) allocations in the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education; Agriculture; Transportation-Housing-Urban Development; and Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bills.

302(b) Allocation Sign-On Letter (5/8/17)
NAFIS joins nearly 800 organizations representing the full range of stakeholders—including dozens of NAFIS subgroups, state associations and school districts—supporting the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations bill, which has jurisdiction over Impact Aid funding, in urging leadership of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees to increase the FY18 302(b) subcommittee allocation for these programs and services.

FY17 Omnibus Letter (5/2/17)
NAFIS supports the $23 million increase for Impact Aid in the FY17 Omnibus Appropriations and urges Congress to approve a permanent solution to repeal the caps of the Budget Control Act.

FY18 House Dear Colleague Letter on Appropriations (4/6/17)
Ninety-nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives urge leadership of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Services-Education to request strong and continued funding for all line items of the Impact Aid Program.

Statement on the Administration’s FY18 Budget Proposal (3/16/17)
NAFIS opposes cuts to the U.S. Department of Education budget and the elimination of Federal Properties Impact Aid funding in the Administration’s FY18 Budget Proposal.

FY18 Impact Aid Testimony (3/8/17)
NAFIS Executive Director Hilary Goldmann submits written testimony for the record in support of the Federal Impact Aid program, outlining NAFIS requests for FY18 funding.

NDD Sign-On Letter Urging Adequate Funding (3/1/17)
NAFIS joins 2,000 national, state and local organizations—including dozens of NAFIS subgroups, state associations and members—in urging Congress to ensure adequate funding for “nondefense discretionary” (NDD) programs, continuing the bipartisan practice of providing relief from sequestration budget cuts and opposing any new efforts to cut these programs more deeply.

Children’s Budget Coalition Sign-On Letter on Mulvaney Hearing (1/23/17)
NAFIS joins more than 30 organizations on a Children’s Budget Coalition (CBC) letter to the leadership of the Senate Budget Committee. The letter requests that during the confirmation hearing for the Director of the Office of Management & Budget, committee members ask the nominee, Representative Mick Mulvaney, his positions on increasing funding for critical children’s programs and lifting the caps on non-defense discretionary funding.

Statement on Extended Continuing Resolution (12/14/16)
NAFIS is concerned that without the release of funds beyond the April 28 Continuing Resolution, federally impacted school districts may face cash-flow shortages or be forced to borrow money to continue operations.

Sequestration Survey (October 2013)
Following a 2012 study on the impact of sequestration, NAFIS surveys its members on how federally impacted schools are implementing cuts to their federal revenues. It is clear that these budget cuts are having a significant impact on federally impacted districts, including the military dependents and Native American children who live there.

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