Executive Branch and Administration
- On 5/9 the Treasury Department set new federal student loan interest rates, which will go into effect for loans taken out after July 1 for the 2018-19 school year. The new rates are...
- On 5/10 the Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion approved its final slate of recommendations. The recommendations are...
- On 5/14 President Trump announced his nomination of Scott Stump to be Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical and Adult Education. Stump previously...
Department of Education
- The Department of Education continues moving forward with plans to reorganize and consolidate its divisions. The proposal would...
Congress
- On 5/9 the House Appropriations subcommittee held a hearing on the Commerce, Justice, Science and other agencies FY19 appropriations bill. The bill includes Department of Justice programs for school safety, as well as other National Science Foundation and NASA grant programs the District may target. Highlights include:...
- On 5/9 the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing on “Closing the Skills Gap: Private Sector Solutions for America’s Workforce”. Highlights include:...
- On 5/10 the Congressional Black Caucus introduced the Jobs and Justice Act, an omnibus bill that is multiple pieces of legislation. The legislation is unlikely to be adopted as a whole package, but pieces of the legislation could get incorporated into other bills. Programs related to education include:...
- On 5/16 the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on a number of bills, including H 5731, which would require the Department of Homeland Security to take actions to decrease the risk of school shootings, among other things. The text of the bill is not yet available.