# Strengthening tribally controlled colleges and universities (HEA III-A, section 316)

**Agency:** Education  
**Account:** Higher Education  
**Source document:** Higher Education · p. 125  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/education/strengthening-tribally-controlled-colleges-and-universities-hea-iii-a  

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

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 108.4 |
| FY2027 | request | 53.8 |

## 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 that enable Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities to improve and expand their capacity to serve American Indian students, including set-asides for construction and renovation.


**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.*