Legislative Updates

1. Budget and Appropriations
-Congress inched a little closer to completing work on the FY 2010 budget this week. An agriculture spending bill was passed and sent to the President for his signature.   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations
-The healthcare debate continued to dominate the activity on Capitol Hill last week. The House under Nancy Pelosi revised the comprehensive bill to be readied for floor action in mid-October. The Senate last announced that they intended to debate healthcare reform before the end of the month.   --> read more »

Attached please find the latest WP update that provides an overview of this week's release of official draft mathematics and English language arts standards by the Common Core Standards Initiative, community reaction and expected next steps.

1. Budget and Appropriations
-Progress on the remaining eight appropriations bills was slow this week. Only one bill crossed the finish line.
-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid acknowledged for the first time that a continuing resolution would be necessary at the end of September to maintain government operations; and that the Senate would most likely give up its October Recess.   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations
-The mood in Washington this week was "cranky." Healthcare reform dominated the conversation and there appears to be little consensus about how to move legislation forward.When the Congress was not debating healthcare reform, they tried to make progress on the FY 2010 budget.   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations
-Congress returned to the nation's Capitol on Tuesday, ready to tackle a packed agenda in a very short legislative calendar.
-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was quick to announce Senator Tom Harkin as successor to Kennedy as Chairman of the Health, Educatiion, Labor and Pensions Committee.   --> read more »

Overview

There has been much said and written about the Department of Education’s (ED) plans for
spending $100 billion. While ARRA makes a historic investment in education, most of the
money flows directly to States via the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) and established
formula programs. This unprecedented amount of new federal funding directed to the States for   --> read more »

Attached please find an Issue Brief outlining the information Secretary Duncan and Assistant Deputy Secretary Shelton shared on the i3 program.

Overview   --> read more »

Info below is from ISTE and CSPAN
Frank Baker

President Barack Obama to Make Historic Speech to America's Students

C-SPAN and White House Web Site to Broadcast Speech Live

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

September 8, 2009
12 p.m.20Eastern Time
9 a.m. Pacific Time   --> read more »