A quick look at the news from last week: BUDGET Congress approved and the President signed into law an FY2015 “cromnibus” appropriations bill – the House passed the bill by a vote of 219—206, and the Senate passed it by a vote of 56—40. The appropriations bill largely flat funds most education and workforce programs […]
Congressional leaders released the Fiscal Year 2015 (FY2015) omnibus appropriations bill on December 9 — it was subsequently passed by the House and Senate, and signed into law by President Obama. The bill largely flat funds most education- and workforce-related programs compared to FY2014, with a few notable exceptions. Click here: 12-10-14 Memo – Overview […]
Meet Claire Arnaiz, a senior at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who has joined Penn Hill Group as an intern through the UC Washington Center’s research and internship program. With an interest in social issues, Claire is a Legal Studies major who will graduate in December of this year. See our interview with Claire […]
The midterm elections were on Tuesday, November 4 with all 435 House seats and 36 Senate seats in play. Penn Hill Group’s midterm election analysis (PHG – Memo on Midterm Elections (November 7 2014)) includes a broad look at the election results, an analysis of how the results will affect politics and policy in the […]
A quick look at the news from last week: HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess and are scheduled to return for legislative business on November 11. ADMINISTRATION The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education issued a Dear Colleague letter focused on requirements related to Title VI of […]
A quick look at the news from last week: HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess and are scheduled to return for legislative business on November 11. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education released information on the latest cohort default rate (CDR) calculations for institutions of higher education. As in past years, […]
Penn Hill Group Principal Vic Klatt was quoted in an August 27 Education Week article, “Policy Stakes High as Parties Vie for Senate Control,” specifically on the likelihood of passage of a charter school bill in the new Congress: “The charter bills’ fortunes could improve no matter what the political landscape looks like, because the […]
A quick look at the news from last week: HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate were in recess until September 8. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold a joint subcommittee hearing titled, “Improving Department of Education Policies and Programs through Independent Oversight,” on Wednesday, September 10. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department […]
A quick look at the news from last week: HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess until September 8. House education committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Senate education committee Ranking Member Lamar Alexander (R-TN) have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) look into the Department of Education’s waiver policies for […]
A quick look at the news from last week: SENATE and HOUSE The House and Senate were in recess last week. The House is scheduled to take up H.R. 803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, on Wednesday, July 9. The bill, which is a bipartisan compromise between House and Senate leaders on two pieces […]
