Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) gaveled in Thursday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee markup with laser-focused determination: to advance his 21st Century Dyslexia Act and honor his pledge to Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) by bringing to a vote a...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has indicated that plans are taking shape for a round of votes next week before the Senate departs for the August recess. Top priority is taking up the short-term funding bill (aka continuing resolution) passed by the House...
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee has scheduled a markup for Thursday, July 30 to vote on an unprecedented bipartisan agreement that prohibits the transfer of certain offices and functions of the Department of Education (ED) to other...
Last week, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) led the House through two votes that tee up federal funding discussions after the August recess. The first is passage of a short-term continuing resolution (CR) that will extend federal appropriations funding -for...
Eighty-six House Democrats sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) urging a halt to its planned transfer of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office for Civil...
The Children’s Equity Project (CEP) has published The Data and Policy Landscapes of Education Vouchers: Inequitable Opportunity and the Unprecedented Shift in Public Education Dollars. The report examines the evolution and current state of education voucher programs,...
As millions of students prepare to return to school, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) still hasn't explained how it will protect students' civil rights and special education rights after announcing plans to transfer major responsibilities to other federal...
Protect Democracy and Jacobson Lawyers Group have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), the Massachusetts Teachers Association, and other organizations challenging actions by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the...
Last week, the House Education and the Workforce Committee held a markup to amend and vote on the “Less Bureaucracy, Better Education” legislative package. The package consists of 10 bills to permanently move certain K-12, higher education, adult education, and career...