Education Update: 6/10/19

President and Administration

On Friday, 6/7, President Donald Trump dropped his unpopular plan to impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of goods from Mexico after the two countries reach a deal to stem the flow of Central American migrants entering the United States. Mexico said it would…                   

On Wednesday, 6/6, House Democratic appropriators met to discuss the President's $4B border supplemental request…

 

Department of Education

 The U.S. Department of Education has formed a five-person team that will be devoted full-time to helping schools recover from hurricanes, floods, and wildfires…The House education subcommittee heard about the new dedicated staff at the same time they heard testimony from…

 

Congress

On Tuesday, 6/4, the House voted to protect so-called Dreamers and establish a path to citizenship for more than 2 million immigrants without legal status. The bill would grant…

On Wednesday, 6/12, the House will take up an FY 20 five-bill megabus totally roughly $990 billion. The package includes...

The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee advanced by voice vote its FY’20 Homeland Security bill…The bill provides a total of...

On Wednesday, 6/12, the Committee on Small Business will meet for a hearing set to discuss the fact that student loan debt is now a $1.49 trillion issue that continues to...

Funding/Support Opportunities

A new funding opportunity from the Department of Education…