Legislative Updates

June 17, 2009 the Center on Education Policy held a press conference to present CEP's latest report on achievement since the enactment of No Child Left Behind (NCLB).   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations
-Cranky tone in Congress after returning from Memorial Day recess; controversial debate centered on healthcare and the President's supreme court nominee.   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations
-Congress spent week in Memorial Day recess.
-Secretary Duncan set to meet with the Senate, Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittees next week.
-Much work to do when they return in order to reach their goal of passing all 12 FY2010 appropriations spending bills before the August recess.   --> read more »

See attached below for your reference a two-page summary from WP of the House Education and Labor Committee’s hearing titled, “The Obama Administration’s Education Agenda,” where Secretary of Education Arne Duncan served as the only witness.

Outline of attachment:

1. Committee's opening statements
2. Duncan's testimony

1. Budget and Appropriations
-Consumed with the $90 billion supplemental spending bill for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, action on the FY 2010 budget was postponed until after the Memorial Day recess.   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations
-Education community digested and began to respond to the release of the Obama Administration's detailed FY 2010 budget proposal last week (see 5/8 ed report and chart for details)
-Despite overall increased ed spending, notable criticism and concern has emerged around spending freezes and transitions to competitive grant based funding for longtime ed programs.   --> read more »

See attached below a comprehensive chart from Washington Partners on the FY 2010 education funding details that were released by the administration during the first week in May. The chart also includes stimulus funding information.

1. Budget and Appropriations
-The release of the Obama Administration's detailed FY 2010 budget request was the big news of the week.
-Promising news for education on the heels of stimulus funding, with $58.5 billion requested for education reform programs   --> read more »

1. Budget and Appropriations
-Specter (R-PA) joins the democrats which might mean, with the conclusion of the Minnesota case, that they will reach the magic filibuster proof # of 60 by early summer.   --> read more »