State of the Union
President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass the CHIPS Act, a law that would provide chipmakers with $52 billion in subsidies to advance semiconductor manufacturing in the United States, during his State of the Union speech…
President Biden proposed an additional $2,000 in assistance to low-income students by increasing the Pell Grant award…
Declaring that children’s “lives and education have been turned upside-down,” President Joe Biden highlighted the pandemic’s blow to student mental health and fixed some of the blame on social media…
Last week, the White House announced plans to boost nursing home staffing and oversight, blaming some of the 200,000-plus COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents and staff during the pandemic on inadequate conditions…
President and Administration
A new report from SAMHSA on children’s mental health used data from different sources to describe mental health and mental disorders in children during 2013–2019…
A new fact sheet from SAMHSA provides data about trending alcohol use among girls and young women…
Last week, the Supreme Court appeared poised to narrow the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to reduce carbon pollution from power plants, a move that could further derail President Biden’s ambitious plans to fight climate change…
Last week, a Texas judge partially blocked enforcement of Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to treat gender-affirming care as child abuse…
The U.S. Economic Development Administration received 509 applications for the Good Jobs Challenge…
Congress
Government funding expires on Friday night, 3/11, and House and Senate appropriators were scrambling to finish the omnibus package over the weekend…
The upcoming funding bill to keep the government open is unlikely to include tax provisions…
Last week, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said that he could support a smaller version of Build Back Better that splits revenue equally between new spending and deficit reduction…
The Job Protection Act, unveiled on Thursday, 3/3, by Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) and Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN), would extend existing protections under the Family and Medical Leave Act to part-time and gig workers, as well as employees of small businesses…
Last week, the House overwhelmingly approved legislation that would make lynching a federal hate crime…
Education
To assist educators and policymakers on how to support students with disabilities during COVID-19, the Department compiled relevant resources on a dedicated Disability Rights web page…
Black and Latino students are suspended at disproportionately high rates compared to their peers, a phenomenon that starts as early as preschool…
The Los Angeles Community College District will not appeal a lower court’s ruling on disability services to the Supreme Court…
More than 60 percent of likely voters would support another extension of the Education Department’s freeze on federal student loan payments, according to a new tracking poll out last week from the progressive groups Data for Progress and the Student Borrower Protection Center…
The White House has already begun meeting with outside groups to discuss the Education Department’s proposal - which is not yet public - to overhaul Title IX regulations governing sexual misconduct in schools and federal protections for LGBT students…
A new report identified five policy priorities based on the data and feedback from principals in the focus groups: (1) Improve principal pipelines and workforce incentives; (2) Rethink testing and accountability; (3) Consult administrators on principal and teacher preparation and professional development; (4) Honor, recognize and listen to principals; (5) Boost funding and resources…
In honor of Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month, the Department published multiple blogs: “CTE Pathways to Quality Jobs,” “Fast Forward to 2022: Showcasing our Scholars in CTE Alumni,” and “American Rescue Plan Reengaging Students through CTE”…