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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) shared new data showing that over 1800 institutions of higher education (IHEs) have nonpayment rates (defined as 90 days delinquent) at or exceeding 25 percent and issued guidance to IHEs on improving their institutional […]