Penn Hill Group Principal Vic Klatt was quoted in an July 27 Bloomberg Government  article, “Pressure, Time, Ivanka: How a Bipartisan Jobs Bill Got Unstuck” Klatt commented on the reauthorization of the The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act: “The authorization that passed earlier this week was unlike any he’d seen before. It’s safe […]

Meet Penn Hill Group’s summer interns, Darine Bailey and Katherine Knox.  Darine is a senior at University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Katherine is a sophomore at Swarthmore College. See our interviews with Darine and Katherine below to learn more about them and all that they bring to our office. Welcome, Darine […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee (LHHS) released and marked up its Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 spending bill. Most education programs were level funded compared to FY2018. However, career and technical education (CTE) programs, the Charter School program, Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants, TRIO […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House passed the Administration’s rescissions package (H.R. 3) by a vote of 210 to 206. The Senate voted to confirm the nomination of Kenneth Marcus to be the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) by a vote of 50 to 46. Speaker Paul Ryan stated that […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate were in recess this week and will resume next week. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said that the Committee was not going to produce a Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization bill this year. ADMINISTRATION The Federal Commission on School Safety held […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate are in recess the week of May 28. The House Appropriations Committee approved the spending levels for each of the 12 appropriations subcommittees, referred to as 302(b) allocations, for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. The House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee (LHHS) was […]

HOUSE and SENATE Reps. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Will Hurd (R-TX) filed a discharge petition to open floor debate on four immigration proposals that deal with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Appropriations will accept written testimony from […]

HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate were in recess this week, and will be back in session next week. The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Appropriations will accept written testimony from outside witnesses on fiscal year (FY) 2019 appropriations. The deadline to submit written testimony is Friday, […]

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 […]