A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Betsy DeVos […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE 62 Members of Congress sent a bicameral letter to U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Betsy DeVos urging her to take steps toward reducing excessive discipline in schools. 59 Members of Congress sent a letter to ED Secretary […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House Appropriations Committee marked up the fiscal year (FY) 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) appropriations bill, which passed on a party-line vote. Overall, the bill cuts U.S. Department of Education (ED) spending by $2.4 […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies released then approved the FY2018 Labor-HHS Education bill for submission to the full committee by a party-line vote of 9-6. The bill is a $2.4 billion reduction […]
Penn Hill Group Principal Vic Klatt was quoted in a June 2o Inside Higher Ed article, “Staffing Woes at the Education Department.” Klatt commented on the hiring of personnel at the U.S. Department of Education (ED), in the context of Claude Pressnell withdrawing his name from consideration for the job of assistant secretary for postsecondary education at ED: “It’s […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released a statement supporting President Trump’s recently signed executive order (EO) that seeks to expand funding for apprenticeships. House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget request for the Department of Labor (DOL), where DOL Secretary Alexander Acosta testified. […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s summer interns, Erin Sullivan and Zach Schaeffer! Erin is a senior at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Zach is a senior at Washington and Lee University. See our interviews with Erin and Zach below to learn more about them and all that they bring to our office. Welcome, Erin and Zach! […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will hold a hearing entitled “Department of Labor (DOL) – Budget Hearing” on Wednesday, June 7, where DOL Secretary Alexander Acosta will testify The House […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget, where ED Secretary Betsy DeVos testified. The House Education and […]
