Legislative Updates

During this last week of the August Congressional recess, on Wednesday, the Aspen Institute’s Commission on No Child Left Behind emerged from its long hiatus to hold its first in a series of public hearings, which will build upon the Commission’s February 2007 recommendations for improving the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).   --> read more »

1.Budget and Appropriations
-Even though Congress is in recess, the House Education and Labor Committee and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee staff are expected to work on the budget reconciliation legislation this month.   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations
-The Senate took center stage on education funding last week. Tuesday the Appropriations Subcommittee on labor, Health and Human Services and Education met to mark-up a bill making appropriations for those agencies for FY 2010. The overall spending is $300 million less than the amount proposed in the House measure adopted last week.   --> read more »

1.Budget and Appropriations
-The full house passed the FY 2010 House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act with a vote of 264-153.
-The action now turns to the Senate where the LHHS Appropriations Subcommittee is scheduled to mark up its final FY 2010 bill on Tuesday, July 28. The full Committee then meets on the 30th if everything goes as planned.   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations
-The House Appropriations Committee met to approve the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education funding bill for FY 2010.
-The outcome for education was as expected: an increase in overall spending of approximately three percent.
-There was mixed news for President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan:   --> read more »

1.Budget and Appropriations

-Money, money, money-that was all that appeared to be on the minds of legislators on Capitol Hill this week.   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations
-It has been quiet on Capitol Hill. Members of Congress are on their week-long July 4th Recess, but face a daunting number of tasks to complete once they return including: Passing the remaining appropriations bills, healthcare reform hearings, confiming a Supreme Court Justice and other key appointments to the Obama Administration.   --> read more »

1.Budget and Appropriations
-Congress was hard at work this week, making progress on appropriations bills, healthcare reform and climate change legislation.   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations

Appropriators moved into high gear to get the ball rolling on the FY 2010 budget. This sparked much controversy from both sides.   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations

-Important step: 302B allocations (specific instructions on spending parameters for federal agencies) handed down to subcommittees.
-House LHHS allocates $160.65 billion for FY 2010 (5% increase from 2009)
-Senate LHHS allocation forthcoming
-Ranking Republican on House Ed and Labor Committee steps down--replacement to be selected next week   --> read more »