# Strengthening HBCUs (HEA III-B, section 323)

**Agency:** Education  
**Account:** Higher Education  
**Source document:** Higher Education · p. 125  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/education/strengthening-hbcus-hea-iii-b-section-323  

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

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 838.9 |
| FY2027 | request | 405.8 |

## 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

Makes formula-based development grants to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities strengthen their academic programs, infrastructure, management, and financial stability.


**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.*