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CONGRESS

House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a bipartisan roundtable on antisemitism at postsecondary institutions.

ADMINISTRATION

The Biden Administration submitted its fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request to Congress. Agency-specific documents for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) can be found here, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) here and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) here. ED Secretary Miguel Cardona’s statement on the Administration’s budget request can be found here.

Chief Operating Officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid Richard Cordray wrote a blog post titled “Modernizing Federal Student Loan Servicing.”

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
Penn Hill Group provides a list of grant opportunities and summaries for select grants. Please visit our website for more information.

Education News Headlines
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West Texas A&M president cancels drag show for second time following Supreme Court denial [The Hill]

How a ‘Post-Generational Society’ Might Reshape Higher Ed: Key Podcast [Inside Higher Ed]

Small Liberal Arts University Relocates Satellite Campuses to Bolster Transfers [Inside Higher Ed]

Can a Marketing Push Solve UW Madison’s Political Woes? [Inside Higher Ed]

Kentucky’s higher ed funding scheme is unconstitutional, state attorney general says [Higher Ed Dive]

Student Aid Forms Start Trickling In [Inside Higher Ed]

Committee News and Schedule, Schedule for House and Senate Floor:

Speaker of the House

Press Release: Speaker Johnson Statement on FY24 Appropriations

Senate Majority Leader

Press Release: Majority Leader Schumer Statement On Final Appropriations Package Agreement

House Committee on Education and the Workforce

Press Release: @EdWorkforceCmte Will Mark Up Bills to Bolster Workforce and Academic Freedom

Press Release: Foxx, Committee Members Object to Biden’s Federal Apprenticeship Power Grab

Press Release: Williams, Foxx Introduce Bill to Tackle Plague of Illiberalism on College Campuses

House Committee on Appropriations

March 20: Subcommittee Hearing on “Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request For The Department Of Health And Human Services”

Witnesses: The Honorable Xavier Becerra, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services

2358 Rayburn or via webcast.

10:00 a.m. ET

House Committee on the Budget

March 21: Full Committee Hearing on “The President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request”

Witnesses to be announced.

10:00 a.m. ET

U.S. Department of Education and the Administration

White House Press Release: FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Up To $8.5 Billion Preliminary Agreement with Intel under the CHIPS & Science Act

IES Press Release: A Majority of Grade 9-12 Public Schools Rate Themselves Favorably on Preparing Students for College

Legislative Movement in Congress:

H.R.7683 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to adopt and adhere to principles of free speech, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Williams, Brandon [Rep.-R-NY-22] (Introduced 03/15/2024) Cosponsors: (2)

Committees: House – Education and the Workforce

Latest Action: House – 03/15/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

H.R.7725 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit graduate medical schools from receiving Federal financial assistance if such schools adopt certain policies and requirements relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Sponsor: Murphy, Gregory F. [Rep.-R-NC-3] (Introduced 03/19/2024) Cosponsors: (35)

Committees: House – Education and the Workforce

Latest Action: House – 03/19/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Press Release: Murphy Introduces Bill to Ban DEI in Medicine

H.Res.1091 — Recognizing and thanking the Nation’s women’s colleges and universities and recognizing March 5 as “National Women’s Colleges and Universities Day”.

Sponsor: Granger, Kay [Rep.-R-TX-12] (Introduced 03/19/2024) Cosponsors: (2)

Committees: House – Education and the Workforce

Latest Action: House – 03/19/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Federal Education Training and Grant Opportunities, Notices:

HHS Comment Request: Health Professions Student Loan Program, Loans for Disadvantaged Students Program, Primary Care Loan Program, and Nursing Student Loan Program Administrative Requirements. Comments due on or before March 21, 2024.

ED Comment Request: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Revised Second Chance Pell Experiment and Prison Education Program (PEP) Data Collection. Comments due on or before March 29, 2024.

ED Grant Notice: Applications for New Awards; Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities Program-Preservice Program Development Grants at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, and Other Minority Serving Institutions To Diversify Personnel Serving Children With Disabilities. Applications due on or before April 4, 2024.

ED Comment Request: Personal Authentication Service (PAS) for Federal Student Aid ID. Comments due on or before April 16, 2024.

ED Comment Request: Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Gainful Employment/Financial Value Transparency Reporting Requirements. Comments due on or before April 22, 2024.

ED Grant Notice: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Higher Education Programs (HEP): Institutional Service: Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) Program. Applications due on or before April 29, 2024.

ED Comment Request: College Affordability and Transparency Explanation Form (CATEF). Comments due on or before May 10, 2024.

ED Grant Notice: National Center on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), and Other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to Diversify the Workforce Serving Children with Disabilities. Applications due on or before May 15, 2024.

ED Notice: Annual Notice of Interest Rates for Variable-Rate Federal Student Loans Made Under the Federal Family Education Loan Program Prior to July 1, 2010.