4/30/18: Education Upate

Executive Branch and Administration

• OMB Budget Director Mulvaney told GOP leaders that the ceiling for the forthcoming package of rescissions will be $25B. 
• Rep. Cole reported that...

US Department of Education Activities

• On 4/24 the Department of Education held a pre-application Webinar on using Department of Education grants to support STEM and Computer Science. The webinar provided tips on competing...
• On 4/27 the GAO released a report, finding that the Department of Education needs to improve its oversight of schools’ default rate calculations to ensure schools are not gaming the system. The report is especially critical of...

Congress

• On 4/25 a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the “Creating Quality Technical Educators Act (S. 2737)”. The bill would...
• On 4/25 the House Appropriations LHHS Subcommittee held a hearing on the workforce pipeline. This hearing provides...
• On 4/25 and 4/26 the Senate Appropriations CJS Subcommittee and the House Appropriations CJS Subcommittee, respectively, each held hearings on the FY19 Department of Justice Budget.
• School Safety Grants...
• Sanctuary jurisdictions...
• DACA...

Other Information of Interest

• On 4/30 EAB’s community college research team released a new research white paper on closing the achievement gap for part-time students. The paper found that...

4/23/18: Transportation Update

Department of Transportation: On 4/20 the Department of Transportation announced it will be retooling the TIGER grant program, renaming it BUILD, and changing its focus to advantage rural areas. Highlights of the new program, and new due dates, include...

4/23/18: Education Update

Executive Branch and Administration: President Trump and the White House budget director will unveil a rescission package "in the next couple of weeks" with a goal of a house vote on the package before...

Department of Education: On Thursday the Department of Education sent the White House Office of Management and Budget a proposed rule to delay the effective date of the...

Congress: Multiple hearings of interest this seeking, including...

4/16/18: Education Update

Executive Branch and Administration:

• The White House budget office continued work on a rescission package, which it hopes to release in May. Discussions include the rescission of ...
• On 4/11 President Trump signed an executive order calling for new work requirements and the consolidation of workforce development programs...

Congress: On 4/12 the Senate Appropriations LHHS subcommittee held a hearing on the FY19 proposed Department of Labor budget. Highlights include...

4/12/18: House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing- ICE

Today the House Appropriations Subcommittee held a hearing on FY19 appropriations requests for ICE and CBP. Several ICE enforcement issues of interest were discussed, with grant ramifications, including...