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

CONGRESS

Despite the U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee approving a rule to consider a continuing resolution (CR) on the House floor, the full House did not vote on such a measure this week and has not scheduled such a vote for next week.

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce released a report titled “Freedom of Speech and Its Protection on College Campuses.”

ADMINISTRATION

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) completed its review of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED’s) new final rule on Gainful Employment and began review of ED’s new final rules on Financial Responsibility, Administrative Capability, Certification Procedures and Ability to Benefit regulations.

ED sent a letter to 16 governors urging equitable funding of land-grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

ED issued new proposed priorities, requirements and definitions for its Title III National Professional Development Program and released a related blog post centered on bilingual teacher preparation.

ED announced that the Biden Administration will award $40 million to Hispanic-Serving Institutions through the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Grant and Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program.

THE COURTS

The Biden Administration filed a motion to dismiss State of Florida v. Miguel Cardona et. al., a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. higher education accreditation system.

EVENTS

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

September 28: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee Hearing on “How SCOTUS’ Decision on Race-Based Admissions is Shaping University Policy.”

September 28: House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee Hearing on “Modernizing Child Welfare to Protect Vulnerable Children.”

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

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