CONGRESS House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx sent a letter to Harvard University stating that the Committee will issue a subpoena if Harvard does not comply with previous Committee requests for information. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education sent its final rule on sexual misconduct and gender identity provisions in Title […]

CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act on a 357-70 vote. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce voted to favorably report H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act, to the full House on a 22-19 vote. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking […]

CONGRESS U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and other lawmakers sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office asking for an investigation of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED’s) launch of the 2024-2025 […]

CONGRESS The U.S. Senate, on a 77-18 vote, and the U.S. House of Representatives, on a 314-108 vote, passed a continuing resolution (CR) to extend the current CR expiring on January 19 and February 2 to March 1 and March 8 respectively. The House passed the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act on a 212-207 vote. ADMINISTRATION […]

CONGRESS U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives leadership announced a framework for a fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations package. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a markup of H.R. 6914, the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act and reported the bill favorably to the full House on a 24-17 vote. House Committee on […]

A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS The U.S. Senate is in recess until next Monday, January 8. The U.S. House of Representatives is in recess until next Tuesday, January 9. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) announced that he will not be voting until February as […]

A quick look back at the news from the last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS The U.S. Senate recessed (joining the U.S. House of Representatives, which recessed last week) until Monday, January 8. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Republicans sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona objecting to the […]

A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) passed S. 3392, the Advancing Research in Education Act (AREA), by a 20-1 margin. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce passed H.R. 6655, A […]

A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced S. 3392, legislation to reauthorize authorities included in the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA). The legislation would […]

A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent a Dear Colleague letter previewing his priorities for the Senate in the remainder of 2023. The Senate failed to invoke cloture on the nomination of Jose Javier Rodriguez to be the Assistant […]