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

September 27, 2022

Education News Headlines
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Senate Democrats release short-term government funding bill [The Hill]

Price tag of Biden’s student debt relief is about $400B, CBO says [POLITICO]

Title IX Mandatory Reporting Expansion Under Fire [Inside Higher Ed]

Higher Ed’s Hiring Crunch Was Already Bad. It Got Worse Over the Summer. [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

A deep dive into HBCUs, college rankings and exclusion [The Washington Post]

HBCUs got a windfall of COVID relief money. Here’s how colleges are spending it [NPR]

Florida A&M students sue state over funding, allege discrimination of HBCUs [The Washington Post]

Here’s how many people in your state may get student loan relief [The Hill]

NC Senate leader pans exempting student loan forgiveness tax [The Associated Press]

Committee News and Schedule, Schedule for House and Senate Floor:
Speaker of the House
Press Release: Pelosi Statement on Passage of House Democrats’ Public Safety Legislative Package

House Majority Leader
Press Release: House Democrats Put People Over Politics to Lower Costs, Create Better-Paying Jobs, and Build Safer Communities

Senate Majority Leader
Press Release: Joint Statement from Leader Schumer & Senator Warren on CBO Estimate of Student Debt Cancellation

House Education and Labor Committee
Press Release: Chairman Scott Applauds Biden Administration for Ending Wasteful Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Program

Press Release: Foxx Introduces Legislation to Give Borrowers Timely Relief

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Press Release: Senator Murray Statement on Biden Administration Ending Low-Quality Trump-Era Apprenticeship Program

House Appropriations Committee
Press Release: DeLauro Statement on Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023

House Budget Committee
Press Release: CBO Reports $400 Billion Price Tag for Biden’s Welfare for the Wealthy Student Loan Cancelation Scheme

House Ways and Means Committee
Press Release: Hispanic Americans Will Be Disproportionately Hurt By Coming Biden Recession

U.S. Department of Education and the Administration:
DOL Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor Awards Nearly $199M in Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, Training Disaster Recovery Grants

IES Press Release: NCES Data Show Black or African American Graduates Who Took Out Federal Student Loans Owed Average of 105 Percent of the Initial Loan Values 4 Years After Graduation

White House Press Release: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Announces New Actions and Funding to Address the Overdose Epidemic and Support Recovery

ED Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Launches $1 Million Future Finder Challenge to Reimagine Career Navigation for Adult Learners

GAO Report: Broadband: Needs of Rural Small Businesses and Federal Programs to Support The

Legislative Movement in Congress Last Week:
H.R.8970 — 117th Congress (2021-2022)
To provide funding to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and capabilities by expanding community colleges programs leading to the award of cybersecurity credentials that are in demand in government, critical infrastructure, nonprofit, and private sectors, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: McClain, Lisa C. [Rep.-R-MI-10] (Introduced 09/22/2022) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: House – Education and Labor; Science, Space, and Technology; Appropriations
Latest Action: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Press Release: Rep. McClain, Clarke Introduce Bipartisan National Community College Cybersecurity Challenge Act

H.Res.1383 — Expressing support for the designation of September 2022 as “National Workforce Development Month”.
Sponsor: Bonamici, Suzanne [Rep.-D-OR-1] (Introduced 09/22/2022) Cosponsors: (13)
Committees: House – Education and Labor
Latest Action: House – 09/22/2022 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Press Release: Bonamici Introduces Resolution to Recognize National Workforce Development Month

H.R.8932 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify requirements for disclosure of transfer of credit policies.
Sponsor: Castro, Joaquin [Rep.-D-TX-20] (Introduced 09/21/2022) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Education and Labor
Latest Action: House – 09/21/2022 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Press Release: Congressman Castro Introduces Bill to Improve Credit Transfer Process for Community College Students

S.1098 — Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act
Sponsor: Warner, Mark R. [Sen.-D-VA] (Introduced 04/13/2021) Cosponsors: (3)
Committees: Senate – Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: House – 09/21/2022 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Press Release: Bass Votes to Help Borrowers with Consolidated Loans

S.Res.780 — A resolution designating September 2022 as “National Workforce Development Month”.
Sponsor: Feinstein, Dianne [Sen.-D-CA] (Introduced 09/20/2022)
Cosponsors: (28)
Latest Action: Senate – 09/20/2022 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4877; text: CR S4860-4861)

Federal Education Training and Grant Opportunities, Notices:
ED Comment Request: Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Field Test-Student Data Collection and Student Records. Comments due on or before November 28, 2022.

ED Comment Request: Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records. Comments are due on or before October 24, 2022.

Presidential Document: National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, 2022