Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. CONGRESS The House Appropriations Committee released the text of its fiscal year 2027 Commerce-Justice-Science bill. The Subcommittee approved the bill by a 5 to 4 vote. The House passed the Senate-passed budget resolution, which did not include instructions […]
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. CONGRESS The House Committee on Education and Workforce held a markup on H.R. 8210, A Stronger Workforce for America Act of 2026. The bill was favorably reported by the Committee by a vote of 19 to 14. […]
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced the implementation of new measures to prevent fraud when students apply through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The measures will take effect on April 26, 2026. ED’s […]
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. CONGRESS Chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee Tim Walberg (R-MI) introduced A Stronger Workforce for America Act of 2026, which reauthorizes and updates the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The related press release can be found here. ADMINISTRATION […]
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. ADMINISTRATION The fiscal year (FY) 2027 Presidential Budget Request was sent to Congress. The agency-specific summaries can be found here: U.S. Department of Education (ED); U.S. Department of Labor (DOL); and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. U.S. […]
In a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education, Dr. Monty Sullivan, President of Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC), a coalition of community colleges, responded to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Workforce Pell. The letter thanks the Department for its work on Workforce Pell to date and urges the Department to address […]
Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. CONGRESS The General Services Administration and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that ED will move from its current location at the Lyndon B. Johnson headquarters building to 500 D Street SW. U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]