CONGRESS

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) announced that the deadline for submitting outside witness testimonies is Wednesday, May 11.

The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate were in recess this week and will reconvene for legislative business on Tuesday, April 26 and Monday, April 25, respectively.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the income-driven repayment (IDR) program titled, “Federal Student Aid: [ED] Needs to Take Steps to Ensure Eligible Loans Receive Income-Driven Repayment Forgiveness.”

ADMINISTRATION

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued a press release on its actions to address issues with the IDR program.

ED announced that it will hold a virtual summit on the afternoon of April 27 titled, “From Recovery to Thriving: How the American Rescue Plan is Supporting America’s Students”

EVENTS

Penn Hill Group plans on providing clients a summary of the following events next week:

April 26: Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee Hearing on, “Child Care and Other Policy Tools to Combat Bottlenecks and Inflation.”

April 27: House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Hearing on, “Examining Workforce Development and Job Creation in Surface Transportation Construction.”

April 28: House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing on, “FY 2023 Budget Request for the Department of Education.”

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

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