2/26/18: Education Update

Executive Branch and Administration

• On 2/26 the Supreme Court declined to conduct an expedited review of the Administration’s appeal of a lower court’s decision to resume renewal of DACA status for current DACA participants. This means...

US Department of Education

• On 2/27 the Department of Education is expected to publish a notice to delay implementation of a rule aimed at reducing minority student disproportionality in special education classes. The rule would...
• Looking Ahead
• • The Advisory Committee on Veterans’ Employment, Training and Employer Outreach (ACVETEO) will meet to discuss....
  • The Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion (DOL and ED joint committee) will convene to...

Congress

• This week Congress is expected to face continued pressure to address gun regulations. There are seven policy topics that are likely to be considered...
• On 2/23 House leaders announced members of Congress’ newly formed budget and spending reform panel...

2/23/18: DC Gun Violence Activities

A brief update on the significant activity and efforts to make it more difficult for individuals to get guns since last week’s horrific shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. There seems to be movement toward tougher firearm rules. Even with youth protests this is a hot political issue that Congress has been reluctant to address given the power of the National Rifle Association...

2/20/18: Appropriations, Immigration, Infrastructure Update

 Executive Branch and Administration

• Gas tax: President Trump said he backs a 25-cent hike in the federal gasoline tax as a way to fund his administration’s $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan. Carper said....
• FY’19 Budget:  Last week the White House unveiled its $4 trillion-plus budget blueprint for fiscal 2019.  The plan calls for...

Congress

• Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations: House appropriators are being asked by leadership to finish their FY18 appropriations bills by...
• Immigration: On 2/15 the Senate failed to pass any immigration reform proposals. Speaker Ryan said that Congress needs to pass legislation replacing the DACA program by...
• Last week a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking the President from ending DACA. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis in Brooklyn means...

2/20/18: Education Update

Executive Branch and Administration

• On 2/19 President Trump signaled tentative support for legislation to improve federal background checks for prospective gun buyers. The bi-partisan legislation...
• On 2/15 HHS Secretary Alex Azar opened the possibility of having the CDC engage in federal gun violence research. Sec. Azar believes...

US Department of Education Activities

• On 2/15 news broke of the Department of Education’s proposal for a significant overhaul of its organizational structure. The proposal would...

Congress

• House appropriators are being asked by leadership to finish their FY18 appropriations bills by 3/14 to provide nine days of cushion before the current appropriations authority runs out on 3/23.
• On 2/15 the Subcommittee on Research and Technology (House Science, Space and Technology Committee) held a hearing on Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships for STEM Education and Careers. Committee members and witnesses discussed three prominent themes...
• On 2/15 a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the “Accountability of Leaders in Education to Report Title IX Investigations Act (ALERT Act)”. The bill would...

2/12/18: Infrastructure proposal

Today President Trump released his $1.5 trillion infrastructure proposal. The proposal references four areas: stimulate new state/local/private investment, streamline federal permitting, invest in rural projects, and improve the workforce.

Provisions related to Education and City priorities include...