# Mandatory strengthening HBCUs (HEA III-F, section 371)

**Agency:** Education  
**Account:** Higher Education  
**Source document:** Higher Education · p. 125  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/education/mandatory-strengthening-hbcus-hea-iii-f-section-371  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 80.2 |
| FY2027 | request | 85.0 |

## Education discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $76.50B, FY2026 $79.00B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Provides mandatory FUTURE Act funding to strengthen Historically Black Colleges and Universities, supporting institutional capacity, infrastructure, academic quality, and student support.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Education › Higher Education › Higher Education › Aid for institutional development


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*