A quick look at the news from last week (May 26-30): HOUSE  The House Science Committee finished marking up, and passed by a vote of 20 to 16, the “Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology Act of 2014” (the FIRST Act, H.R. 4186). The committee began marking up the bill on May 20. The bill […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (May 12 – May 16): HOUSE and SENATE The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved the Strong Start for America’s Children Act, by a partisan vote of 12-10. The bill is Chairman Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) version of the President’s proposed state Pre-K […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (May 5– May 9): HOUSE The House of Representatives passed H.R. 4366, the Strengthening Education through Research Act, a bill to reauthorize the Education Sciences Reform Act (ESRA) by a voice vote. The House of Representatives passed H.R. 10, the Success and Opportunity through Quality […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (April 14 – April 18).  ADMINISTRATION The Department of Labor published the notice for the fourth and final round of the TAACCCT grant competition (Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grants). There is $450 million available for this round of the competition for job-training partnerships […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (April 7 – April 11).   BUDGET The House of Representatives voted 219-205 to pass a Fiscal Year 2015 budget resolution, which was originally introduced by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI). Twelve Republicans and all Democrats voted against the budget resolution. The budget […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (March 31 – April 4).  BUDGET House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released a Fiscal Year 2015 budget resolution last week, which the House Budget Committee marked up and passed on Wednesday. The budget resolution proposes no change to the overall cap on discretionary spending and the individual caps […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (March 24 – 28).   ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education held the second of several Negotiated Rulemaking sessions on Program Integrity issues last week on March 26 – 28. The panel is considering a number of proposed higher education regulations including Title IV aid disbursement, state authorization, underwriting […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (March 17 – 21).  ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education will hold the second of several Negotiated Rulemaking sessions on Program Integrity issues on March 26 – 28. The panel is considering a number of proposed higher education regulations including Title IV aid disbursement, state authorization, underwriting standards […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (March 3 – 7).    SENATE The Senate passed S.1086, a bill to reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, by a vote of 96-2 on Thursday. The Senate confirmed the nominations of James H. Shelton to serve as Deputy Secretary of Education at the U.S. Department of […]

Here’s a quick look at the news from last week (March 3 – 7).    BUDGET President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2015 budget request on Tuesday, March 4. The budget request for the Department of Education proposes $68.6 billion in discretionary spending, which is an increase of $1.3 billion, or 1.9 percent, over the Fiscal Year 2014 […]