Federal Government Funding: Appropriations
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that a stopgap spending bill through early December “makes a good deal of sense,” less than 24 hours after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) floated the same timing for a temporary funding patch during a private GOP conference call…
President and Administration
More than four million student loan borrowers have enrolled in the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan, “Saving on a Valuable Education," top administration officials said today (9/5)…
On Friday, 8/4, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new prescription drug to treat postpartum depression, greenlighting the first pill marketed for people experiencing the debilitating condition after pregnancy…
On Friday, 8/4, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released IRS Notice 2023-59, which specifies requirements for U.S. taxpayers to claim the “Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit” under section 25C of the U.S. tax code for home energy audits…
The Biden administration is boosting an experiment in downsized policing sparked by George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020…
A systematic review in Pediatrics of 31 studies published through December 2022 reveals that persistent symptoms three months after confirmed COVID-19 infections, or "long COVID," affect 16 percent of children and adolescents…
This guide, entitled “Connecting Communities to Substance Use Services: Practical Tools for First Responders,” provides practical, evidence-based information that first responder agencies, their partners, and communities can use to implement or expand practices and programs for linking people to substance use services…
According to new government data, about 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever…
This guide provides staff with knowledge and strategies to best support diverse rural communities…
Just days after warning that pharmacies wouldn’t provide free COVID vaccines to people without health insurance until October, the Biden administration and retail pharmacies are trying to accelerate the timeline…
Education
A research brief, published by Amplify, on national end-of-school-year reading data for K-3 students revealed that while schools across the country have made progress in reading scores among earlier elementary grades (K-2), gains among third graders remains comparatively slow…
The Education Department’s inspector general (IG) recommended the agency improve its procedures to review and monitor charter school program grant spending, following a yearslong audit of the department’s performance reporting process for federal charter replication and expansion grants…
After George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer who held him to the ground facedown for nearly 10 minutes, lawmakers passed rules to ensure children wouldn’t suffer similar fates at school…
Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo has what he calls a short-term plan to shore up a private school scholarship program, after Democratic legislators rejected a proposal last month that involved using unallocated federal money…
Actions in the nation’s two largest school districts are testing the idea that charter and traditional schools can exist under one roof…
According to a new study, over the first two full school years under the COVID-19 pandemic, K-12 enrollment in public schools fell dramatically (i.e., by more than 1.2 million students) with losses concentrated among the youngest students…
Schools are spending millions of dollars on social-emotional learning programs, social workers and hotlines to support the mental health of students…
President Biden has yet to complete one of his major campaign promises — rewriting the Title IX rule that prohibits sexual discrimination and harassment in education, including a sweeping expansion to include transgender students in sports…