CONGRESS By a 12 to 11 vote, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced several nominations for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and U.S. Department of Labor to the full Senate floor. The House Committee on Education and Workforce held a markup of H.R. 3453, the Empower Charter School Educators to […]

CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives advanced the Administration’s rescissions request by a 214 to 212 vote. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released text representing the Committee’s portion of the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill. The Committee-provided section-by-section can be found here. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced a new […]

ADMINISTRATION The Administration submitted additional materials related to its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget request to Congress. The U.S. Department of Education’s (ED’s) budget request can be found here, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL’s) budget can be found here and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS’s) budget request can be found here. The full […]

CONGRESS Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) wrote to White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought criticizing his oversight of the submission of fiscal year (FY) 2025 operating plans to Congress. ADMINISTRATION Vought, as part of a media interview, stated that […]

CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives passed the House GOP’s budget reconciliation bill on a 215 to 214 vote. House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-OK) announced the markup schedule for the House appropriations bills for fiscal year (FY) 2026. The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations bill is set […]

CONGRESS The House Ways and Means Committee passed its reconciliation bill on a party-line 26 to 19 vote, advancing it to the House Budget Committee. The House Agriculture Committee passed its reconciliation bill on a party-line 29 to 25 vote, advancing it to the House Budget Committee. The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed its […]

CONGRESS The Senate passed a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the FCC’s “Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program” rule in a 50 to 38 vote. The rule allows telecommunications funds to support take-home Wi-Fi for students. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced its intention to hold negotiated rulemaking sessions on […]

CONGRESS The House Education and Workforce Committee passed its reconciliation bill by a 21 to 14 vote. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a markup of S.558, the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025, and S.163, the Protecting Students on Campus Act of 2025. Final votes on both bills were postponed. The House […]

CONGRESS Committee Chair Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent letters to the three college leaders who will be witnesses at the upcoming hearing titled “Beyond the Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses.” A group of 42 Democrat Senators wrote a letter to […]

ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced additional political appointees. ED’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) shared that it will be begin a series of reviews to provide information on ED’s programs and operations in light of its recent employee separations, which occurred through the Deferred Resignation Program, voluntary separation incentive payment, voluntary early […]