SRCD signed on to a Friends of IES letter addressed to Shalanda Young, Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), that outlines recommendations regarding opportunities to increase investments in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request.
The letter notes, “As you develop the FY 2024 budget, we encourage two recommendations that would support the continued work of IES to invest in innovative research, training programs that seek to broaden participation in education research, and the capacity to produce high-quality and trustworthy data. These recommendations align with the administration’s FY 2024 research and development priority of innovating for equity and with the FY 2022-26 Department of Education learning agenda. First, support the highest possible increase over the FY 2023 funding level for the top line of IES... Second, address staffing needs to support IES research, statistics, assessment, evaluation, and dissemination activities.”
The Friends of IES is a coalition of more than 40 scientific associations, education organizations, universities, and research institutions committed to supporting the Institute of Education Sciences’ (IES) research, data, statistics, and evaluation programs.