CONGRESS

A bipartisan group of senators announced that they have agreed to a framework for firearm-related legislation that includes provisions regarding school safety and mental health.

ADMINISTRATION

President Biden signed an executive order on “Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals,” which, in part, aims to address “harmful and discriminatory legislative attacks on LGBTQI+ children, youth, and families.”

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona released a statement on the tenth anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced the launch of the National Parents and Family Engagement Council.

The agenda and meeting access instructions were published for the July 19 through 22, 2022 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity in the Federal Register.

EVENTS

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

June 22: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Full Committee Hearing on, “Supporting Students and Schools: Promising Practices to Get Back on Track.”

June 23: House Appropriations Subcommittee Markup of the “FY 2023 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill

June 23: House Education and Labor Subcommittee Hearing on, “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service.”

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

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