Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here.

September 13, 2022

Education News Headlines
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Education Department plan to squash sham nonprofit conversions draws mixed response [Higher Ed Dive]

Who’ll Pay for Public Access to Federally Funded Research? [Inside Higher Ed]

Short-Term Pell didn’t make it into August’s CHIPS Act. Where does it go from here? [Higher Ed Dive]

Colleges prepare to expand programming when Pell Grants are reinstated for prison education in 2023 [Higher Ed Dive]

ACICS will shut down by early 2024 [Higher Ed Dive]

Committee News and Schedule, Schedule for House and Senate Floor:
Speaker of the House
Press Release: Pelosi Statement Marking 21 Years Since the Terror Attacks of September 11, 2001

House Majority Leader
Press Release: Hoyer Statement on the 21st Anniversary of 9/11

House Minority Leader
Press Release: Leader McCarthy’s Statement Commemorating the 21st Anniversary of 9/11

House Education and Labor Committee
September 14: Full Committee Hearing: In Solidarity: Removing Barriers to Organizing
Witnesses: Dr. Kate Bronfenbrenner, Director of Labor Education Research and Senior Lecturer, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations Ithaca, New York; Mr. Mark Pearce, Visiting Professor/Executive Director, Workers’ Rights Institute/Georgetown Law School, Silver Spring, Maryland;
Mr. Roger King, Senior Labor and Employment Policy Counsel, HR Policy Association; Ms. Michelle Eisen, Barista, Starbucks, Buffalo, New York.
10:15 a.m. EST via Zoom

Press Release: @EdLaborGOP: ED’s Assault on Women Must Stop

Press Release: Foxx: The Biden Department of Education Is Not Off the Hook

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Press Release: Murray, Democrats Applaud Biden Admin’s Proposed Title IX Rule, Push to Further Strengthen Protections

House Small Business Committee
September 15: Subcommittee Hearing: Back to School, Back to Startups: Supporting Youth Apprenticeship, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development
Witnesses: Mr. Noel Ginsburg, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, CareerWise
Denver, CO; Ms. Deborah Kobes, Senior Director, Jobs for the Future (JFF), Washington, DC; Ms. Shani Watkins, Director, West Sound Technical Skills, Center, Bremerton School District, Bremerton, WA.
10:00 am EST Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building and via Zoom.

House Committee on Rules
Press Release: Meeting Announcement for H.R. 302, H.R. 2988, and H.R. 8326

House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
Press Release: Chairwoman Johnson Arrives in Ohio to Join President Biden at Groundbreaking of New Intel Chip Factory

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Press Release: Pallone, Neal Applaud Biden Administration’s Final Public Charge Rule

Online Events:
September 15: AACOM & National Health Service Corps (NHSC) webinar — Don’t Let School Debt Be A Distraction: Apply for NHSC Students to Service Loan Repayment. Join AACOM and the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) to learn more about the NHSC Students to Service Loan Repayment Program (S2S LRP). The NHSC S2S LRP provides qualified individuals up to $120,000 in tax-free loan repayment for medical school student loans, in exchange for a three-year service commitment in a high-need rural, tribal or urban community. During this exclusive webinar, students will engage with NHSC staff and learn how they can join thousands of NHSC participants across the country who deliver primary healthcare services to communities in need. Want to know more? Check out the NHSC S2S LRP fact sheet. Presenter: Lisa Ronquillo is a Supervisory Management Analyst within the Division of NHSC’s Scholarship Branch in the Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW). BHW administers health workforce programs as part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources & Services Administration.
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Register here

U.S. Department of Education and the Administration:
White House Press Release: Remarks by Vice President Harris Before a Meeting With Civil Rights and Reproductive Rights Leaders

White House Press Release: Remarks by President Biden on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

White House Speech: Remarks by President Biden at 9/11 Memorial Ceremony

ED Media Advisory: U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Continues Road to Success Back-to-School Bus Tour in Virginia

ED Press Release: Secretary Miguel Cardona Announces the Road to Success Back to School Bus Tour

DOL Press Release: US Department of Labor Awards Nearly $20m in Funding to Support Training, Services, Wage Subsidies for Workers Hurt by Foreign Trade

Legislative Movement in Congress Last Week:
H.R.4374 — Broadband Internet Connections for Rural America Act
Sponsor: Scott, David [Rep.-D-GA-13] (Introduced 07/09/2021) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Agriculture; Energy and Commerce
Committee Report: H. Rept. 117-113
Latest Action: House – 09/09/2022 House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 22, 2022.

S.4792 — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish fair and consistent eligibility requirements for graduate medical schools operating outside the United States and Canada.
Sponsor: Durbin, Richard J. [Sen.-D-IL] (Introduced 09/07/2022)
Cosponsors: (0) Committees: Senate – Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate – 09/07/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Press Release: Durbin Introduces Legislation To Improve Accountability Of Foreign Medical Schools Receiving Federal Student Aid

S.4795 — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize a program to recognize institutions of higher education that offer outstanding services and programs for foster and homeless youth, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Stabenow, Debbie [Sen.-D-MI] (Introduced 09/07/2022)
Cosponsors: (1) Committees: Senate – Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate – 09/07/2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Federal Education Training and Grant Opportunities, Notices:
ED Comment Request: Federal Direct Loan Program Regulations for Forbearance and Loan Rehabilitation. Comments due on or before November 14, 2022.