CONGRESS            The bipartisan leaders of the appropriations and authorizing committees of Congress sent a joint letter to U.S. Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, calling for a timely Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) rollout next year. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chair Sanders announced that […]

CONGRESS            House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that there will be an expansion of House Committee investigations on the compliance of colleges and universities with Federal discrimination laws. The House passed H.R.6090, the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023, by a vote of 320 to 91. ADMINISTRATION ED shared that it has […]

CONGRESS The U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) released several important appropriations deadlines. Programmatic and language requests are due by May 1 and the relevant guidance on submissions can be found here. Outside witness testimony is due by May 3 and the relevant guidance can be […]

CONGRESS The House and Senate are scheduled to be in recess next week. The Senate schedule may change pending the consideration of supplemental appropriations bills and other matters. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on student loan forgiveness. There is a 30-day period for public comment on […]

CONGRESS The House passed H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act, by a vote of 378-26. The House Republican Conference elected Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) as the House Appropriations Committee Chair. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona asking for details on the Department’s Comprehensive Literacy State […]

CONGRESS The House is expected to vote on H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act, on Tuesday, April 9th under suspension of the rules. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) shared updates about inconsistent tax data in the Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) for 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applications. […]

CONGRESS U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Rutgers University officials regarding antisemitism on campus. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that it had processed more than 4.3 million Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms and delivered Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) to […]

CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committees released a final FY 2024 appropriations package that includes bill text and the explanatory language for several fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills, including the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) bill. You can find the bill text here and […]

ADMINISTRATION The Biden Administration submitted its fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request to Congress. Agency-specific documents for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) can be found here, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) here and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) here. ED Secretary Miguel Cardona’s statement on the Administration’s budget request […]

CONGRESS The House passed a package of six appropriations bills on a 339-85 vote. The bills in the package include the fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills for: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; Military Construction, […]