President Barack Obama has issued the details of his first budget for FY 2010 (the 2010-11 school year). Education is one of the three priority areas the president has outlined for his administration. The FY 2010 budget proposes a $1.3 billion increase in education, including critical investments in early childhood education and improving the quality of teaching. Some areas of the president's budget build on the unprecedented increases in education funding provided by Congress in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In addition, President Obama's budget shows his support for serving the needs of the total child through his combined investments in education and children's health care programs. AASA has analyzed this budget proposal in detail. Read more in "AASA's View from the Hill" at www.aasa.org/publications/LeadersEdgeArticle.cfm?ItemNumber=11738.