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April 16, 2025

CONGRESS

The Senate Appropriations Committee released guidance for fiscal year 2026 appropriations requests. For the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) Subcommittee, the deadline to submit Congressionally Directed Spending requests is May 16, and the deadline for programmatic requests is May 23.

The Senate passed its version of the budget resolution by a 51 to 48 vote, followed by the House which approved the Senate-passed version by a 216 to 214 vote. Under the resolution, the House Education and Workforce Committee and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee must report their reconciliation bills by May 9.

The House Committee on Education and Workforce favorably reported H.R. 2617, Say No to Indoctrination Act, on a roll call vote of 18 to 12; H.R. 2616, Parental Rights Over the Education and Care of Their Kids Act (PROTECT Kids Act) , on a roll call vote of 18 to 12; H.R. 2262, Flexibility for Workers Act, on a roll call vote of 18 to 13; and H.R. 2270, Empowering Employer Child Care and Elder Solutions Act, on a roll call vote of 18 to 13. Additionally, the Committee adversely reported H.Res. 237, Of Inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the reduction in force and other downsizing measures at the Department of Education, on a roll call vote of 18 to 12.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Chair Mike Lee (R-UT), and House Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust Chair Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) launched a bicameral investigation into potential Ivy League tuition pricing collusion, requesting a variety of documents, including communications between the institutions regarding tuition rates and admissions practices.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) wrote a letter to Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russell Vought reminding him of OMB’s statutory requirement to post apportionment data on a public website.

GAO published a report titled, “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Federal Actions Needed to Help Connect College Students with Benefits.”

ADMINISTRATION

President Trump released a memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies titled “Directing the Repeal of Unlawful Regulations.”

OMB released two memorandums on Federal agency AI use and procurement.

COURTS

The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to terminate funding for the Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) and Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) grants while ongoing litigation continues.

The Supreme Court lifted one of two lower court preliminary injunctions blocking the Trump administration from firing probationary workers. Shortly after, a Federal appeals court lifted the remaining lower court injunction on this matter.

A district court judge permanently blocked the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from limiting indirect research cost funding to 15%. The decision may be appealed by the Trump Administration.

Education News Headlines
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Harvard receives support from Yale, Stanford [The Hill]

NIH Resumes Key Grant Review Panels [Inside Higher Ed]

Tracking Higher Ed’s Dismantling of DEI [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

What you missed from the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit [Higher Ed Dive]

Trump administration freezes more than $2 billion in grants to Harvard [The Hill]

Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Universities [The New York Times]

A Reduced Civil Rights Office Could Leave Students and Institutions in Limbo [Inside Higher Ed]

What are colleges’ legal options when threatened with federal funding cuts? [Higher Ed Dive]

How One Professor Tracked Grade Inflation at His College [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Bills in Congress detail path to closing the Education Department [K-12 Dive]

College financial aid hit with glitches, delays due to federal staffing cuts [The Washington Post]

Trump’s education agenda leaves ‘a political void’ for Democrats to fill [Politico]

Is Admissions Trump’s Next Higher Ed Target? [Inside Higher Ed]

Some foreign students fear speaking out as visa cancellations rise [Inside Higher Ed]

International students may be among the biggest early beneficiaries of ChatGPT [The Hechinger Report]

Tracking Trump’s Actions on Student Visas [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

The Ripple Effects of Draining the Ph.D. Pool [Inside Higher Ed]

Accreditor Urges Academe to ‘Rage” Against Challenges to Higher Ed. It’s Also Revising Its DEI Standards. [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

GAO Calls for Federal Agencies to Do More to Close the SNAP Gap [Inside Higher Ed]

Trump Cut Teacher-Training Grants for Schools and Colleges. Now What? [Education Week]

The Education Dept. Wants to End DEI. Does It Have the Staff? [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Community Colleges Make Difficult Calls and Cuts Under Trump [Inside Higher Ed]

Hundreds of students, dozens of colleges hit by Trump’s visa purge: What to know [The Hill]

California to launch ‘career passports’ to encourage job access [Higher Ed Dive]

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

Senate Majority Leader

Press Release: Leader Schumer Statement On Harvard Rejecting The Trump Administration’s Unlawful Demands

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

Press Release: NEWS: Sanders, Scott, 175 Colleagues Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $17 by 2030, Benefitting Nearly 22 Million Americans

Senate Committee on Appropriations

Press Release: Senators Collins and Murray Announce the Start of the FY26 Appropriations Process, Releasing Guidance on Programmatic, Language, and Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

House Majority Leader

Press Release: Scalise: Passage of Budget Resolution Starts Implementation of Trump’s Agenda

House Minority Leader

Press Release: LEADER JEFFRIES: “WE ARE GOING TO HOLD REPUBLICANS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY EFFORT TO DISMANTLE SOCIAL SECURITY”

House Committee on Education and Workforce

Press Release: College Presidents to Answer for Mishandling of Antisemitic, Violent Protests — May 7th at 10:15 A.M.

Press Release: Rep. Courtney, DeSaulnier Reintroduce Legislation to Institute Major Reforms to Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Following Attacks from Trump Administration

Press Release: Congressional Democrats Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks on Independent Worker Protection Agencies

Press Release: @EdWorkforceCmte Markup: Protecting Students and Empowering Workers

Press Release: Chair Walberg Delivers Opening Statement at Markup to Protect Students, Empower Workers, and Remove Red Tape

Press Release: Ranking Member Scott’s Opening Statement on Bill Demanding Transparency and Accountability for Trump Dismantling ED

Press Release: Rep. Courtney, DeSaulnier Reintroduce Legislation to Institute Major Reforms to Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Following Attacks from Trump Administration

Statements and Webcast from the April 9 Full Committee Markup of H.R. 2617, H.R. 2616, H.Res. 237, H.R. 2262, H.R. 2270

May 7: Full Committee Hearing: “Beyond the Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses”

Witnesses: Dr. Jeffrey Armstrong, President, California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo); Dr. Wendy Raymond, President, Haverford College; Dr. Robert Manuel, President, DePaul University

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House Committee on Appropriations

Press Release: Aderholt Remarks at Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Public Witness Day Hearing

Statements and Webcast from Yesterday’s Subcommittee Hearing on “Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education – Public Witness Day”

House Committee on the Budget

Press Release: Boyle, Pallone, Craig, Casar, Schneider, Correa Lead Fight Against Draconian Republican Cuts to Medicaid and Food Assistance

U.S. Department of Education and the Administration

White House Presidential Action: Preventing Illegal Aliens from Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits

White House Presidential Action: EDUCATION AND SHARING DAY, U.S.A., 2025

White House Press Release: Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Prevents Illegal Aliens from Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits

ED Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Announces Trump-Vance Appointees

ED Press Release: Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism Statement Regarding Harvard University

ED Blog: What the Department of Education Doesn’t Do

HHS Press Release: Joint Task Force Statement Regarding Harvard University

GAO Report: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Federal Actions Needed to Help Connect College Students with Benefits

Legislative Movement in Congress:

H.R.980 — Modernizing the Veterans On-Campus Experience Act of 2025

Sponsor: Van Orden, Derrick [Rep.-R-WI-3] (Introduced 02/05/2025) Cosponsors: (0)

Committees: House – Veterans’ Affairs

Latest Action: House – 04/09/2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

H.R.1527 — Reforming Education for Veterans Act

Sponsor: James, John [Rep.-R-MI-10] (Introduced 02/24/2025) Cosponsors: (0)

Committees: House – Veterans’ Affairs

Latest Action: House – 04/09/2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

H.R.1578 — Veterans Claims Education Act of 2025

Sponsor: Peters, Scott H. [Rep.-D-CA-50] (Introduced 02/25/2025) Cosponsors: (4)

Committees: House – Veterans’ Affairs

Latest Action: House – 04/09/2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

H.R.1872 — Fairness in Veterans’ Education Act

Sponsor: Jackson, Ronny [Rep.-R-TX-13] (Introduced 03/05/2025) Cosponsors: (1)

Committees: House – Veterans’ Affairs

Latest Action: House – 04/09/2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

point of order against reconciliation measures that cut benefits for Medicaid or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Boyle, Brendan F. [Rep.-D-PA-2] (Introduced 04/09/2025) Cosponsors: (5)

Committees: House – Rules; Budget

Latest Action: House – 04/09/2025 Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

H.R.2763 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a refundable child tax credit with monthly advance payment.

Sponsor: DeLauro, Rosa L. [Rep.-D-CT-3] (Introduced 04/09/2025) Cosponsors: (210)

Committees: House – Ways and Means

Latest Action: House – 04/09/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Press Release: DeLauro, DelBene, Torres Introduce Legislation to Make Permanent the Expanded, Monthly Child Tax Credit

H.R.2778 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require additional disclosures relating to gifts and contracts from foreign sources.

Sponsor: Houchin, Erin [Rep.-R-IN-9] (Introduced 04/09/2025) Cosponsors: (0)

Committees: House – Education and Workforce

Latest Action: House – 04/09/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R.2789 — To amend the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to strengthen adult education.

Sponsor: McBath, Lucy [Rep.-D-GA-6] (Introduced 04/09/2025) Cosponsors: (1)

Committees: House – Education and Workforce

Latest Action: House – 04/09/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Press Release: McBath, Mrvan Introduce Bipartisan Workforce Development Bill with Senators Reed, Young

H.R.2809 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education participating in Federal student assistance programs from giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to legacy students or donors.

Sponsor: Kim, Young [Rep.-R-CA-40] (Introduced 04/10/2025) Cosponsors: (1)

Committees: House – Education and Workforce

Latest Action: House – 04/10/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Press Release: Rep. Young Kim Leads Bipartisan Bill to End Legacy Admissions at U.S. Colleges & Universities

H.R.2829 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and reduce interest rates.

Sponsor: Courtney, Joe [Rep.-D-CT-2] (Introduced 04/10/2025) Cosponsors: (1)

Committees: House – Education and Workforce

Latest Action: House – 04/10/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Press Release: Rep. Courtney, DeSaulnier Reintroduce Legislation to Institute Major Reforms to Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Following Attacks from Trump Administration

H.R.2845 — To establish competitive Federal grants that will empower community colleges and minority-serving institutions to become incubators for infant and toddler child care talent, training, and access on their campuses and in their communities, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Hayes, Jahana [Rep.-D-CT-5] (Introduced 04/10/2025) Cosponsors: (1)

Committees: House – Education and Workforce; Ways and Means

Latest Action: House – 04/10/2025 Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 committees concerned.

Press Release: Hayes Reintroduces Legislation to Expand Child Care In Community Colleges & Minority-Serving Institutions

H.R.2899 — To provide for accountability in higher education.

Sponsor: Takano, Mark [Rep.-D-CA-39] (Introduced 04/10/2025) Cosponsors: (4)

Committees: House – Education and Workforce; Judiciary

Latest Action: House – 04/10/2025 Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: Takano, Durbin Introduce Legislation to Protect Students Against Fraud

S.1400 — A bill to amend the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to strengthen adult education.

Sponsor: Reed, Jack [Sen.-D-RI] (Introduced 04/09/2025) Cosponsors: (1)

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

Latest Action: Senate – 04/09/2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Press Release: Bennet, Booker, Warnock, Cortez Masto, Durbin, Wyden, Senate Colleagues Reintroduce the American Family Act to Expand the Child Tax Credit

S.1402 — A bill to abolish the Department of Education, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rounds, Mike [Sen.-R-SD] (Introduced 04/09/2025) Cosponsors: (2)

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

Latest Action: Senate – 04/09/2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Press Release: Rounds Leads Legislation to Eliminate U.S. Department of Education

S.1411 — A bill to establish competitive Federal grants that will empower community colleges and minority-serving institutions to become incubators for infant and toddler child care talent, training, and access on their campuses and in their communities, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Booker, Cory A. [Sen.-D-NJ] (Introduced 04/10/2025) Cosponsors: (1)

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

Latest Action: Senate – 04/10/2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Press Release: Booker Reintroduces Legislation to Expand Child Care in Community Colleges and Minority-Serving Institutions

Federal Education Training and Grant Opportunities, Notices:

DOL Comment Request: Survey of Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum for the Research Support Services for Employment of Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum (REYAAS) Project. Comments due on or before April 23, 2025.

ED Notice: Intent To Receive Public Feedback for the Development of Proposed Regulations and Establish Negotiated Rulemaking Committee. Comments due on or before May 5, 2025.

ACF Comment Request: Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) Automated Function Checklist and Data Quality Plan. Comments due on or before May 23, 2025.

NSF Comment Request: Intent To Seek Approval To Establish an Information Collection. Comments due on or before May 30, 2025.

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 9, 2025.

ED Comment Request: Perkins Career and Technical Education Act State Plan Guide. Comments are due on or before June 9, 2025.

ED Comment Request: Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. Comments are due on or before June 9, 2025.

NSF Grant Noice: Fire Science Innovations through Research and Education. Applications due on or before June 20, 2025.

DOD Grant Notice: Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI). Applications due on or before September 5, 2025.

NSF Grant Notice: Applied Mathematics. Applications due on or before November 17, 2025.

NSF Grant Notice: Facilitating Research at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions. Applications accepted anytime.