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June 12, 2024

CONGRESS                       

Six House Republican Committee Chairs initiated probes into colleges and universities over their response to antisemitic incidents on campuses.

ADMINISTRATION       

The U.S. Department of Education released updated data on 2024-2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form submission rates and completion rates by State/Territory.

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Education News Headlines
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Democrats fractured over views of pro-Palestinian campus protests, poll finds [Politico]

What to do when salaried employees fall below the new overtime threshold [Higher Ed Dive]

Divided Over Digital Learning [Inside Higher Ed]

A Potential Path Forward for Pell Grant Expansion [Inside Higher Ed]

‘Very unpredictable’: Colleges fear FAFSA fiasco will hurt enrollment [The Washington Post]

Will Your Master’s Program Keep Enrollments Up? Don’t Bet on It. [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Yet Again, the Number of College Dropouts Stays Persistently High [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Colleges in Republicans’ Crosshairs Enroll Only a Sliver of U.S. College Students [Inside Higher Ed]

Stanford Becomes Latest School to Reinstate Test Scores Requirement [The New York Times]

Judge orders University of California workers to pause strike over Israel-Hamas war [The Hill]

A Rough Month for Campus Cuts [Inside Higher Ed]

‘Transformative’: More College Programs are Slowly Coming into Prisons [The 74]

Long Waitlists for Introductory English at City College of San Francisco [Inside Higher Ed]

A Vast, Untapped Pool of Stopped-Out Students [Inside Higher Ed]

Universities Try 3-Year Degrees To Save Students Time, Money [The 74]

The quest for ‘embodied equity’ on college campuses focuses on neurodivergent students [The Hechinger Report]

Louisiana Governor Gains More Control Over College Boards [Inside Higher Ed]

The Harvard Corporation Tries to Kill Faculty Governance [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

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

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

June 12: Full Committee Hearing on “The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity

Act: Supporting Efforts to Meet the Needs of Youth, Workers, and Employers”

Witnesses: Ms. Taylor White, Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship, Washington, DC; Dr. David Bradley, Jobs for the Future, Washington, DC; Dr. Monty Sullivan, Louisiana Community and Technical College System, Baton Rouge, LA; Dr. Lisa Bly-Jones, Chicago Jobs Council (CJC), Chicago, IL; Mr. Matthew Dickerson, Mid South Extrusion, Monroe, LA

562 Dirksen and via Webcast.

10:00 a.m. ET

House Committee on Education and the Workforce

Press Release: Foxx Threatens to Subpoena Northwestern After Obstruction of Committee Antisemitism Investigation

Press Release: ICYMI: Foxx Gives Update on Committee’s Antisemitism Investigation

June 13: Full Committee Markup of the ‘Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act’; the ‘Never Again Education Reauthorization and Study Act of 2024’; the ‘Civil Rights Protection Act of 2024’; a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s Title IX rule; the ‘Promoting Responsible Oversight To Eliminate Communist Teachings (PROTECT) for Our Kids Act’; the ‘Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems (CLASS) Act’; the ‘Transparency in Reporting Adversarial Contributions to Education (TRACE) Act’; the ‘Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024’; and the ‘Protecting Student Athlete’s Economic Freedom Act.’

Rayburn 2175 and via YouTube.

10:45 a.m. ET

House Committee on Science, Space & Technology

Press Release: Committee Leaders Question Agencies on Grants to Universities Allowing Antisemitism on Campus

House Committee on Ways and Means

June 13: Full Committee Hearing on “Crisis on Campus: Antisemitism, Radical Faculty, and the Failure of University Leadership”

Witnesses to be announced.

1100 Longworth and via Webcast.

10:00 a.m. ET

U.S. Department of Education and the Administration

IES Blog: IES Releases a New Public Access Plan for Publications and Data Sharing: What You Need to Know

IES Blog: Education Across America: Exploring the Education Landscape in Distant and Remote Rural Areas

Legislative Movement in Congress:

H.R.8648 — Civil Rights Protection Act of 2024

Sponsor: Chavez-DeRemer, Lori [Rep.-R-OR-5] (Introduced 06/07/2024) Cosponsors: (0)

Committees: House – Education and the Workforce

Latest Action: House – 06/07/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Press Release: Chavez-DeRemer Leads Effort to Support Students Facing Discrimination on College and University Campuses

H.R.8649 — Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act

Sponsor: Bean, Aaron [Rep.-R-FL-4] (Introduced 06/07/2024) Cosponsors: (0)

Committees: House – Education and the Workforce

Latest Action: House – 06/07/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

H.R.8660 —To strengthen requirements for contracts between the Department of Education and Federal student loan servicers, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Jacobs, Sara [Rep.-D-CA-51] (Introduced 06/07/2024) Cosponsors: (18)

Committees: House – Education and the Workforce

Latest Action: House – 06/07/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Press Release: Rep. Sara Jacobs, Sen. Ron Wyden Introduce Bill to Hold Student Loan Servicers Accountable for Negligence and Wrongdoing

H.R.8646 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the provision of on-campus educational and vocational counseling by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Van Orden, Derrick [Rep.-R-WI-3] (Introduced 06/05/2024) Cosponsors: (0)

Committees: House – Veterans’ Affairs

Latest Action: House – 06/05/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

S.4470 — A bill to amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide training services linked to employment demand through skills training grants, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Kaine, Tim [Sen.-D-VA] (Introduced 06/05/2024) Cosponsors: (0)

Committees: Senate – Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Latest Action: Senate – 06/05/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S.4481 — A bill to strengthen requirements for contracts between the Department of Education and Federal student loan servicers, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Wyden, Ron [Sen.-D-OR] (Introduced 06/05/2024) Cosponsors: (3)

Committees: Senate – Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Latest Action: Senate – 06/05/2024 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Press Release: Wyden, Merkley Press Navient to Cancel Loans of Borrowers Scammed by Fraudulent, For-Profit Colleges and Servicer Misconduct

Federal Education Training and Grant Opportunities, Notices:

ETA Notice: Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) Program

DOL Notice: Registration and Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship Programs. Comments due on or before June 13, 2024.

ED Comment Request: Income Driven Repayment Plan Request for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans and Federal Family Education Loan Programs. Comments due on or before June 17, 2024.

ED Comment Request: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2024-25 Through 2026-27. Comments are due on or before June 24, 2024.

ED Comment Request: Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Federal Perkins/NDSL Loan Assignment Form. Comments due on or before June 24, 2024.

ED Comment Request: U.S. Department of Education Postsecondary Success Recognition Program. Comments are due on or before July 2, 2024.

ED Proposed Rule: Postsecondary Student Success Grant. Comments due on or before July 8, 2024.

ED Comment Request: International Resource Information System (IRIS). Comments due on or before July 8, 2024.

ED Comment Request: Postsecondary Student Success Grant. Comments due on or before July 8, 2024.

ED Comment Request: Transitioning Gang-Involved Youth to Higher Education Program. Comments due on or before July 8, 2024.

ED Comment Request: National Center for College Students With Disabilities (NCCSD) Database of Disability Services and Activities in Higher Education. Comments due on or before July 29, 2024.

ED Comment Request: William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loan Program) Promissory Notes and Related Forms. Comments due on or before July 29, 2024.

ED Notice: Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program. Applications due on August 5, 2024.

ED Comment Request: Pell Grant Reporting Under the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System