Education Update: 1/7/19

Partial Federal Government Shutdown

The partial federal government shutdown is now on Day 17…Discussions this morning (1/7) reportedly focused on amending the definition of a wall to be…

On the first day of the new Congress (1/3) Democrats in the House passed an omnibus bill to reopen the federal government. The content was…House Democrats are also planning to…

Grant Impacts: CAP checked in each agency that we believe (client) receives significant funding from or has a competitive grant award…

  

Executive Branch and Administration

President Trump is scheduled to give an address tomorrow (1/8, 9pm eastern) on the “Humanitarian and National Security Crisis on our Southern Border”. He is also scheduled to visit…

On 1/3 President Trump signed S. 3777 and S. 2248. S. 3777 will require the VA to...S. 2248 would prohibit…

 

Department of Education

On 1/7 the Department released its proposed rewrite of higher education rules, to be taken up in the negotiated rule making process set to begin on 1/14. The proposed changes would most significantly impact…

 

Congress

Senate committee assignments have the following members to join the Senate HELP Committee… The Committee is hoping to reauthorize the Higher Education Act this year. 

 

Funding/Support Opportunities

A new HRSA funding opportunity…