House Appropriations Committee OKs CPB Funding Boost

The House Appropriations Committee has proposed to increase funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, approving the recommendation of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, which in April approved a funding boost of $50 million (or about 15%) to $495 million for fiscal year 2022. The subcommittee also approved full funding of $20 million for interconnection and infrastructure, which the full committee also approved. The subcommittee was mum on funding for the Ready to Learn grant program through the Department of Education, which provides early learning education for low-income children, but the full committee has approved a $2 million-plus increase for RTL to $30 million.

The bill now goes to the full House for consideration.