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 […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. Budget and Appropriations The House and Senate passed legislation early this morning that among other things extends the continuing resolution (CR) through March 23. This legislation also included the recent budget deal reached by House and Senate leaders to increase […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House could vote as early as next Tuesday on a stopgap bill to fund the government through March 22, 2018. The current Continuing Resolution (CR) would keep the Federal government operating through February 8, 2018. On Tuesday, the […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing on protecting privacy and promoting evidence based policy-making on Tuesday, January 30. SENATE On Monday of this week, Senate and House passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) that would […]