RAMC Washington Wrap Up – March 27, 2026

Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. CONGRESS The House Education and Workforce Committee released a report examining antisemitism on college campuses. The House Education and Workforce Committee held a markup of H.R. 7894, the Truman Scholarship Clean House Act; H.R. 7892, the No Aid for Ghost […]

RAMC Letter urging Congressional Appropriators and Leadership to fully fund the Pell Grant Shortfall and to find a long-term solution to the Pell Grant shortfall.

In two letters, one to Congressional Appropriators and one to Congressional Leadership, Dr. Monty Sullivan, President of Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC), a coalition of community colleges, and former president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, urged Congress to fully fund the Fiscal Year 2026 and 2027 Pell Grant shortfall and further urged […]

RAMC Washington Wrap Up – March 20, 2026

Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. CONGRESS The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report titled “Federal Student Loans: Education Needs to Address Gaps in Servicer Oversight.” U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) requested GAO to open […]

RAMC Washington Wrap Up – March 13, 2026

Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. CONGRESS The House passed H.R. 6472, the Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act. Chair of the House Committee on Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, Burgess Owens (R-UT), announced he would not seek reelection in […]

RAMC Washington Wrap Up – March 6, 2026

Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. CONGRESS The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a markup of S.1602, Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act, and S.3747, Home School Graduation Recognition Act, as well as other bills. S.1602 passed by a 22 […]

“Setting the Record Straight: Workforce Pell and the Pell Shortfall.” RAMC’s analysis on the Pell Grant shortfall.

As leaders of community colleges across the nation, Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC) strongly encourages Congress to fully fund the Pell Grant shortfall recently reported by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The Pell Grant program provides vital funding to low-income students, including those who attend community colleges. RAMC also wants to highlight that the projected […]