Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here.

CONGRESS

Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) was appointed to the House Education and Workforce Committee.

ADMINISTRATION

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced six new interagency agreements (IAAs) with four agencies: the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Interior, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of State. The IAAs allow these four agencies to administer elements of ED’s K-12, higher education and Indian education programs.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a new “fraud hub” aimed at assisting colleges in identifying student visa misuse and fraud.

ED announced that Richard Lucas will lead the Office of Federal Student Aid as Acting Chief Operating Officer.

COURTS

A district court judge allowed for the continuation of a tuition policy that gives certain undocumented students who graduated from Kentucky high schools access to in-State rates.

A district court judge issued a preliminary injunction, blocking the Trump Administration from proceeding with the issuance of fines and suspension of funds from the University of California to force the system to change its admissions practices and other policies.

Education News Headlines
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Breaking Down McMahon’s Latest Effort to Diminish the Education Dept. [Inside Higher Ed]

EEOC asks court to force Penn response in antisemitism probe [Higher Ed Dive]

Colleges ease the dreaded admissions process as the supply of applicants declines [Los Angeles Times]

Florida public universities plan to cut at least 18 academic programs [Higher Ed Dive]

Trump’s Effort to Break Up Education Dept. Part of Long History [Inside Higher Ed]

Trump wants to ‘return education to the states.’ Is that what he’s doing? [The Washington Post]

Higher education outlook remains negative for 2026, Moody’s says [Higher Ed Dive]

For One Tribal College, $5M Gift is Transformative [Inside Higher Ed]

McMahon calls on Congress to codify ‘hard reset’ at Education Department [The Hill]

Public Universities Don’t Want to Discuss the Compact [Inside Higher Education]

Education Department breakup divides K-12 community [K-12 Dive]

In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards [POLITICO]

Education Department moves to outsource its programs as advocates cry foul [The Hill]

Noncredit Community College Programs Yield Earnings Gains, but Outcomes Vary [Inside Higher Ed]
American Educational Research Association Report: “Labor Market Returns to Community College Noncredit Occupational Education”

University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty vote no confidence in chancellor [Higher Ed Dive]

What Mamdani’s Win Might Mean for Higher Ed in NYC [Inside Higher Ed]

Why Schools Are Adding to Their CTE Offerings, and What Could Slow Them Down [Education Week]

Committee News and Schedule, Schedule for House and Senate Floor

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Press Release: NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Consider Trump Nominees

December 3: Executive Session on “Continuation: Nominations”
Nominees: Scott Mayer to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board and Mary Anne Carter to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts.
430 Dirksen and via webcast.
9:45 a.m. ET

House Committee on Education and Workforce

Press Release: Chair Walberg Launches Nationwide Investigation into Antisemitism in K-12 Schools

House Majority Leader
Press Release: The Republican Recap: Week of November 17, 2025

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Press Release: Walberg, Allen Blast Chicago Teachers Union for Years of Financial Secrecy

Press Release: Walberg, Mackenzie Op-Ed Highlights Why E-Verify Matters

Press Release: ICYMI: Walberg Talks Right-Sizing the Department of Education on Newsmax

Statements and Webcast from Friday’s Full Committee Hearing on Member Day.

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Press Release: Chairman Walberg Statement on September Jobs Report

Press Release: Chairman Walberg to Hold Member Day — Tomorrow at 9:00

Press Release: Chairman Walberg Delivers Opening Statement at Member Day Hearing

Press Release: Ranking Member Scott Welcomes Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva to the Committee

November 21: Full Committee Hearing on “Member Day”
2261 Rayburn and via YouTube
9:00 a.m. EST

House Committee on Ways and Means
Press Release: Four Key Moments: Hearing on Harnessing Innovation & New Technology to Help America’s Foster Youth Succeed

Senate Majority Leader
Press Release: Thune: Regular Order Is the Path to a Stronger, Safer America

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Press Release: UPDATE: Senate HELP Committee to Consider Trump Nominees

Statements and Webcast from Yesterday’s Full Committee Executive Session on Nominations of Scott Mayer, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2029, vice Lauren McGarity McFerran, term expired and Mary Anne Carter, of Tennessee, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts for a term of four years, vice Maria Rosario Jackson, resigned.

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Press Release: Mackenzie Holds Hearing on E-Verify

Press Release: Kiley Holds Hearing on Strengthening Skills Pathways Through CTE

Press Release: @EdWorkforceCmte to Mark Up Bills to Deliver Flexibility, Fairness, and Faster Pay for America’s Workers — Tomorrow at 10:15

Press Release: Hearing Recap: “E-Verify: Ensuring Lawful Employment in America”

Press Release: Hearing Recap: “From Classroom to Career: Strengthening Skills Pathways Through CTE”

Press Release: Ranking Member Omar Opening Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing on E-Verify

Press Release: ECESE Ranking Member Bonamici Speaks Out Against Efforts to Undermine Career and Technical Education

Statements and Webcast from Yesterday’s Subcommittee Hearing on “From Classroom to Career: Strengthening Skills Pathways Through CTE.”

November 21: Full Committee Hearing on “Member Day”
2261 Rayburn and via YouTube
9:00 a.m. EST

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Press Release: Subcommittee on O&I Holds Hearing on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Press Release: Senator Warren Statement on September 2025 Jobs Report

U.S. Department of Education and the Administration

White House Presidential Action: LAUNCHING THE GENESIS MISSION

White House Press Release: Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Unveils the Genesis Mission to Accelerate AI for Scientific Discovery

White House Press Release: President Trump Launches the Genesis Mission to Accelerate AI for Scientific Discovery

ED Press Release: Myth vs. Fact: The Definition of Professional Degrees

DOL Press Release: Project Firewall partnership leads to enhanced federal enforcement against discriminatory hiring practices

HHS Press Release: HHS Announces Five New Agency Leaders to Advance MAHA Goals

GAO Report: VA Leasing: VA Should Systematically Identify and Address Challenges in Its Efforts to Lease Space from Academic Affiliates

GAO Report: Digital Surveillance: Potential Effects on Workers and Roles of Federal Agencies

ED Blog: Making Universities Great Again: A Common-Sense Approach to Reforming Higher Education

White House Press Release: Progress: Jobs Report Shows Private Sector Gains, Wage Growth for American-Born Workers

DOL Press Release: Secretary Chavez-DeRemer statement on September jobs report

White House Press Release: Good News You May Have Missed: Everyday Proof the Trump Agenda Is Delivering

ED Press Release: U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and University Leaders Participate in Higher Education Roundtable at the White House

Legislative Movement in Congress

H.R.6272 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain child care expenses as qualified expenses for purpose of section 529 of such Code.
Sponsor: McDonald Rivet, Kristen [Rep.-D-MI-8] (Introduced 11/21/2025) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: House – Ways and Means
Latest Action: House – 11/21/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.6282 — To amend title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide program eligibility for distance education programs offered by foreign institutions of higher education.
Sponsor: Smucker, Lloyd [Rep.-R-PA-11] (Introduced 11/21/2025) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 11/21/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Press Release: Smucker, Schneider Introduce Bipartisan Legislation Supporting American Student Studying Abroad

H.R.6284 — Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Service Workers Act
Sponsor: Swalwell, Eric [Rep.-D-CA-14] (Introduced 11/21/2025) Cosponsors: (6)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 11/21/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R.6285 — To amend the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Culture and Art Development Act.
Sponsor: Tokuda, Jill N. [Rep.-D-HI-2] (Introduced 11/21/2025) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 11/21/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Press Release: Rep. Tokuda Leads Bipartisan Bill to Secure More Funding for Native Hawaiian Arts and Culture

H.R.6186 — No Antisemitism in Education Act
Sponsor: Fine, Randy [Rep.-R-FL-6] (Introduced 11/20/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 11/20/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R.6231 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and enhance the work opportunity tax credit, to encourage longer-service employment, and to modernize the credit to make it more effective as a hiring incentive for targeted workers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Smucker, Lloyd [Rep.-R-PA-11] (Introduced 11/20/2025) Cosponsors: (7)
Committees: House – Ways and Means
Latest Action: House – 11/20/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

H.R.6236 — To provide a universal payment to adults between the ages of 19 and 67 to increase the take-home pay of American workers and enhance their financial stability, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Tlaib, Rashida [Rep.-D-MI-12] (Introduced 11/20/2025) Cosponsors: (8)
Committees: House – Ways and Means
Latest Action: House – 11/20/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Press Release: Tlaib Introduces Economic Dignity for All Agenda to Tackle Affordability Crisis

S.3265 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve and enhance the work opportunity tax credit, to encourage longer-service employment, and to modernize the credit to make it more effective as a hiring incentive for targeted workers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Cassidy, Bill [Sen.-R-LA] (Introduced 11/20/2025) Cosponsors: (8)
Committees: Senate – Finance
Latest Action: Senate – 11/20/2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

S.3277 — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public service employment, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Blumenthal, Richard [Sen.-D-CT] (Introduced 11/20/2025) Cosponsors: (5)
Committees: Senate – Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate – 11/20/2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

H.R.2259 — National Strategy for School Security Act of 2025
Sponsor: Gonzales, Tony [Rep.-R-TX-23] (Introduced 03/21/2025) Cosponsors: (9)
Committees: House – Homeland Security
Committee Report: H. Rept. 119-378
Latest Action: House – 11/19/2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

H.R.6131 — To increase the recruitment and retention of school-based mental health services providers by low-income local educational agencies.
Sponsor: Chu, Judy [Rep.-D-CA-28] (Introduced 11/19/2025) Cosponsors: (27)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 11/19/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Press Release: Reps. Chu, Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Access to Mental Health in Schools

H.R.6133 — To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college high schools and dual or concurrent enrollment programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Espaillat, Adriano [Rep.-D-NY-13] (Introduced 11/19/2025) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 11/19/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R.6134 — To require disclosure of the total amount of interest that would be paid over the life of a loan for certain Federal student loans.
Sponsor: Feenstra, Randy [Rep.-R-IA-4] (Introduced 11/19/2025) Cosponsors: (2)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 11/19/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Press Release: Feenstra Leads Legislation to Help Students Comprehend Full Cost of Student Loans

H.R.6159 — To establish in the Office of Science and Technology Policy the Artificial Intelligence Literacy and Education Commission, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rivas, Luz M. [Rep.-D-CA-29] (Introduced 11/19/2025) Cosponsors: (3)
Committees: House – Science, Space, and Technology
Latest Action: House – 11/19/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

H.Res.894 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that strong public education in United States history and civics is essential to preserving the Nation’s founding ideals on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the United States.
Sponsor: Costa, Jim [Rep.-D-CA-21] (Introduced 11/19/2025) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 11/19/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.Res.896 — Expressing support for designating November 2025 as “National Career Development Month”.
Sponsor: Thompson, Glenn [Rep.-R-PA-15] (Introduced 11/19/2025) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 11/19/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Press Release: Thompson, Bonamici Recognize November as National Career Development Month

S.Res.508 — A resolution designating November 8, 2025, as “National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Day” and celebrating the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in education and the workforce in the United States.
Sponsor: Rosen, Jacky [Sen.-D-NV] (Introduced 11/19/2025) Cosponsors: (1)
Latest Action: Senate – 11/19/2025 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

Federal Education Training and Grant Opportunities, Notices

ACF Comment Request: State Court Improvement Program. Comments due on or before December 26, 2025.

ED Comment Request: National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 2025-2027. Comments due on or before December 26, 2025.

DOL Comment Request: Required Elements of an Unemployment Insurance (UI) Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA) Grant State Plan. Comments due on or before December 26, 2025.

ED Comment Request: Prison Education Program Accreditation Requirements. Comments due on or before December 24, 2025.

DOJ Grant Notice: SMART FY25 Keep Young Athletes Safe Continuation. Applications due on or before November 24, 2025.

ED Notice: Accrediting Agencies Currently Undergoing Review for the Purpose of Recognition by the U.S. Secretary of Education

ED Comment Request: Guaranty Agency Financial Report. Comments due on or before December 22, 2025.

ED Comment Request: Lender’s Request for Payment of Interest and Special Allowance-LaRS. Comments due on or before December 22, 2025.

ED Comment Request: Loan Cancellation in the Federal Perkins Loan Program. Comments due on or before December 22, 2025.

ED Comment Request: Student Assistance General Provisions-Student Right To Know (SRK). Comments due on or before December 22, 2025.

ACF Comment Request: Caseload Reduction Documentation Process. Comments due on or before December 20, 2025.

ED Comment Request: Accreditation Participation and Disclosures. Comments due on or before December 22, 2025.

ED Comment Request: Federal Family Education Loan Program Regulations. Comments due on or before December 22, 2025.

ED Comment Request: Student Assistance General Provisions-Non-Title IV Revenue Requirements (90/10). Comments due on or before December 22, 2025.

SAMSHA Comment Request: Program Evaluation for Prevention Contract (PEPC) Evaluation (OMB No. 0930-0377)—Revision. Comments due on or before January 20, 2026.

SAMSHA Comment Request: SAMHSA Unified Performance Reporting Tool (SUPRT)—Project (P)—(OMB No. 0930-NEW). Comments are due on or before January 20, 2026.

Today’s Federal Register.