Washington Wrap Up – April 3, 2018

Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. April 3, 2018   APPROPRIATIONS On Friday, March 23, the President signed the 2018 Omnibus appropriations bill into law, which finalized appropriations for fiscal year (FY) 2018, keeping the government funded through September 30. The bill […]

Washington Wrap Up – March 19, 2018

Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. March 19, 2018 HOUSE  Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is scheduled to testify before the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Appropriations on her agency’s FY2019 budget request. The hearing is […]

Washington Wrap Up – March 12, 2018

Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. March 12, 2018 HOUSE  House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) wrote a letter to appropriators asking for increased funding for the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants at $1.6 billion. […]

Washington Wrap Up – March 6, 2018

Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. March 6, 2018   HOUSE  House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) in response to his February 15 letter requesting a hearing on school […]

Washington Wrap Up – February 27, 2018

Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. February 27, 2018   HOUSE  The House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee has requested Members send their programmatic and language submissions for consideration in the FY2019 appropriations bill by March […]

RAMC Releases Comments on the Higher Education Act Reauthorization

Washington, DC, February 23, 2018 – In response to a request for stakeholder input on the Higher Education Act Reauthorization, Joe May, president of Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC) and chancellor of the Dallas County Community College District, issued the following letter outlining RAMC’s recommendations. Dear Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray: On behalf of […]

Washington Wrap Up – February 20, 2018

Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here. February 20, 2018   HOUSE Budget Committee Chairman Steve Womack (R-AR) released a statement on the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request. Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth (D-KY) released a statement on the President’s FY2019 budget […]

Washington Wrap Up – January 30, 2018

Below is an abridged version of RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here.   January 30, 2018 HOUSE  The House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing on protecting privacy and promoting evidence based policy-making on Tuesday, January 30. SENATE Last Monday, the Senate and House passed a […]