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, […]

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 […]