A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group.

CONGRESS

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Glenna Wright-Gallo to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on a 52-44 vote.

The U.S House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce passed H.J. Res. 45 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to “Waivers and Modifications of Federal Student Loans” on a 24-18 vote.

ADMINISTRATION

The Federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 expired this week.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona sent a Dear Colleague Letter to colleges, universities and school districts urging the use of Federal Work Study funds to increase the number of postsecondary students supporting K-12 programming.

ED released an update on student loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)  program and announced that it will update the PSLF Help Tool used to file PSLF applications.

EVENTS

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

May 16: Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on “Oversight of A.I.: Rules for Artificial Intelligence.”

May 16: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Full Committee Hearing on “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Education.”

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

Workforce Pathways for Youth Grant Program Summary

Application Deadline: May 19, 2023

Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Program Grant Summary

Application Deadline: July 7, 2023

Penn Hill Group provides a list of grant opportunities and summaries for select grants. Please visit our  website  for more information.