CONGRESS The House and Senate passed a continuing resolution (CR) extending the current CR expiring on March 1 to March 8. The bill also extended the CR expiring on March 8 to March 22, which covers the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) fiscal year (FY) 2024 bill. Additionally, the bill […]

CONGRESS U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA) released a report on child literacy and requested feedback on a series of questions pertaining to child literacy by April 5. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider H.R. 6585, the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act, under suspension […]

CONGRESS House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx announced that she will not seek another term in Education and Workforce Committee leadership. Relatedly, POLITICO reported that Representatives Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Burgess Owens (R-UT) will seek to succeed Foxx as the top Republican Member of the Committee next Congress. The House Committee on […]

CONGRESS House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx sent a letter to Harvard University stating that the Committee will issue a subpoena if Harvard does not comply with previous Committee requests for information. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education sent its final rule on sexual misconduct and gender identity provisions in Title […]

CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act on a 357-70 vote. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce voted to favorably report H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act, to the full House on a 22-19 vote. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Ranking […]

CONGRESS U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and other lawmakers sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office asking for an investigation of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED’s) launch of the 2024-2025 […]

CONGRESS The U.S. Senate, on a 77-18 vote, and the U.S. House of Representatives, on a 314-108 vote, passed a continuing resolution (CR) to extend the current CR expiring on January 19 and February 2 to March 1 and March 8 respectively. The House passed the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act on a 212-207 vote. ADMINISTRATION […]

CONGRESS U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives leadership announced a framework for a fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations package. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a markup of H.R. 6914, the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act and reported the bill favorably to the full House on a 24-17 vote. House Committee on […]

A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS The U.S. Senate is in recess until next Monday, January 8. The U.S. House of Representatives is in recess until next Tuesday, January 9. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) announced that he will not be voting until February as […]

A quick look back at the news from the last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. CONGRESS The U.S. Senate recessed (joining the U.S. House of Representatives, which recessed last week) until Monday, January 8. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Republicans sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona objecting to the […]