Weekly Update-6/9/2025
President and Administration:
The Trump administration is working on a plan for time limits on rental aid: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is reportedly drafting a rule to impose time limits and work requirements on federal rental assistance, bypassing Congress …
Tracking who Trump is appointing to fill key administration roles: President Trump has picked 329 nominees to fill key roles in his administration so far…
Congress:
Senate considering Reconciliation legislation: Republicans are advancing President Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” which includes proposals to reduce Medicaid spending by instituting work…
California:
Newsom touts education funding amid budget shortfall: Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled California’s Golden State Literacy Plan, emphasizing continued investment in student literacy amid a $12 billion budget deficit….
California lawmakers advance bill clamping down on charter schools: The California Assembly narrowly passed a contentious bill to impose stricter regulations..
Education:
Education Department takes steps to bring back fired workers amid pending court challenges: The Education Department is working to reinstate employees it planned to fire after a federal judge…
Education secretary pledges to cooperate with agency watchdog ‘as the law requires’: Education Secretary Linda McMahon pledged to cooperate with the department’s inspector general “as the law requires,” after Democrats accused her agency of obstructing an internal investigation..,
Senate appropriators lob concerns at McMahon about proposal to zero out federal TRIO programs: During a Senate Appropriations hearing on Tuesday, 6/3, Education Secretary McMahon defended the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate nearly $1.2 billion in TRIO…
Senate HELP Democrats grill top Education Department nominees: On Thursday, 6/5, Senate HELP Democrats, led by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), challenged Trump’s Education Department nominees Penny Schwinn and Kimberly Richey…
DOJ warns California districts of ‘legal liability’ in transgender athletic policies: The U.S. Department of Justice warned California school districts that they could face legal liability…