HOUSE and SENATE The House passed the Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act (H.R. 5086) by a vote of 379-16. The bill provides several updates to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program, including a requirement that the NSF develop a course to support commercialization-ready research ventures. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) […]
HOUSE and SENATE House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that he will be retiring at the end of this Congress, ending his term as Speaker after approximately 3 years. It is being reported that the Administration, along with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), is considering use of procedures under the Impoundment Control Act of […]
HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate resume session next week. The Senate returns on Monday, April 9, and the House returns on Tuesday, April 10. Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled, “Discipline Disparities for Black Students, Boys, and Students with Disabilities.” Press reports […]
APPROPRIATIONS This week Congress passed legislation to finalize appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. The bill includes $70.9 billion in discretionary spending for the Department of Education (ED), which is an increase of $3.9 billion, or 6 percent, from the FY2017 enacted funding level. The bill includes significant increases for both K-12 and higher education […]
HOUSE Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is scheduled to testify before the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Appropriations on her agency’s FY2019 budget request. The hearing is scheduled for March 20. House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) issued a statement after the Trump […]
HOUSE House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) wrote a letter to appropriators asking for increased funding for the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants at $1.6 billion. President Trump’s fiscal 2018 and 2019 budgets propose defunding the program entirely. The Congressional Tri-Caucus, which is composed […]
HOUSE House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) in response to his February 15 letter requesting a hearing on school safety following the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The Foxx letter supported increased funding for the Student Support […]
HOUSE The House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee has requested Members send their programmatic and language submissions for consideration in the FY2019 appropriations bill by March 19. Please note that other subcommittees have different deadlines for submissions. SENATE The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) […]
HOUSE Budget Committee Chairman Steve Womack (R-AR) released a statement on the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request. Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY) released a statement on the President’s FY2019 budget request. Appropriations Committee Chairman Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) released a statement on the President’s FY2019 budget request. The Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early […]
Penn Hill Group Senior Advisor Michele McLaughlin was quoted in an February 6 Education Week article, “Major Education Research Programs May Be Combined in Budget, Advocates Say”, McLaughlin commented on the Administration’s budget possibility to combine three significant research programs—the State Longitudinal Data System grants, the Regional Educational Laboratories, and the Comprehensive Centers: “Money for all three […]