AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION — ​President Biden released his budget request for FY 2024 last week, which includes $90 billion in discretionary funding for programs at the Department of Education. Most notably, the budget contains a request for an $820 increase in the Pell Grant award, which would take the maximum grant from $7,395 to $8,215 in 2024-25. The request reiterates that the administration’s goal is to double the maximum Pell award by FY 2029, though funding at the levels requested are not sufficient to meet that goal. Other student aid programs, such as Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants and Federal Work Study, were level-funded, remaining below what is needed.