Confused by what you’re hearing about the federal budget? You’re not alone. The annual budget process is frequently challenging to fully understand, but figuring out what’s going on this year is particularly difficult for many of us.
To help us understand what’s going on with both the fiscal year 2011 and 2012 federal budgets, the Early Ed Watch blog from the New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative has developed a “Making Sense of the Federal Budget Process” podcast. The podcast features Jason Delisle, director of the Federal Education Budget Project at the New America Foundation, who “explains how the budget process is supposed to work each year and helps to untangle the confusing state of affairs on Capitol Hill this month, with budget proceedings for both fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 2012 on Congress’s to-do list.” The podcast also seeks to clarify and explain Congress’ efforts related to funding early childhood programs.
