A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: SENATE The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a roundtable-style hearing on February 3 titled, “Fixing No Child Left Behind: Innovation to Better Meet the Needs of Students.” This hearing is the third hearing the Committee has […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group HOUSE House education committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) stated at an AEI event that he hopes to have a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) on the House floor by March of this year, and that the […]
A quick look at the news from last week, compiled by Penn Hill Group: HOUSE Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) was elected to a third term as Speaker of the House, by a vote of 216-192. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced recommendations for committee assignments – Democrats will vote on the nominations this week. […]
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 […]
