07-15-2010: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies passed initial legislation to fund the FY 2011 U.S. Department of Education’s Arts in Education programs at $40 million, which is level funding from last year. The subcommittee bill also maintains the current structure of federal arts education support, grants to model projects, and professional development. This is diferent from what the president proposed in his FY 2011 budget, in which the administration had recommended discontinuing this program and pooling funds into a non-arts-specific program.