DC Shuttle … Legislation Would Require Reporting of Donations to Colleges. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced legislation that would eliminate tax deductions for donations made to colleges unless the… Read more »
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A U.S. Wall for Chinese Students?
DC Shuttle … China Warns Students of Risk in US. China warned students about the “risks” of going to the U.S. China warned students to think about the risks associated… Read more »
Fixing Unfair Tax Bill
DC Shuttle … Student Tax Fix Passes House. The U.S. House passed a measure by a 417 to 3 vote that would fix a provision in the 2017 GOP tax… Read more »
Tackling School Segregation 65 Years After Brown v. Board of Education
DC Shuttle … House Committee Passes Two Education Equity Bills. The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee held a markup and approved two bills designed to tackle racial segregation in… Read more »
House Dems Would Bump Up Funds for Pell Grants, Federal Work-Study, Teacher Development
DC Shuttle … House Subcommittee Approves Education Spending Bill. House Democrats released the text of their education spending bill for fiscal 2020, and it was approved at markup by the… Read more »
A Boost for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
DC Shuttle … Legislation Introduced to Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness. A group of Senate Democrats, led by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), introduced legislation to expand… Read more »
Pell Grant Experiment Has Offered “Second Chance” to 8,800 Incarcerated Students
DC Shuttle … Ed Dept Meeting on Pell Grants for Prisoners. U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos gave opening remarks at an Education Department roundtable where officials got an update on… Read more »
Congressional Panels Grill DeVos on Ed Cuts, Threats to Special Olympics
DC Shuttle … Senate Holds Hearing on Education Budget. U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appeared before a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee to testify on the president’s budget proposal… Read more »
Washington Report: Cuts Proposed to U.S. Ed Dept Budget, College Transparency Act Reintroduced
DC Shuttle … Administration Releases 2020 Budget Proposal The Trump administration proposed a budget which would cut billions of dollars from the Education Department’s budget. The request would cut discretionary… Read more »
House & Senate Address Oversight of Student Loan Servicing Companies
DC Shuttle … House Holds Hearing on Student Loan Servicing – On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee’s Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee held a hearing on how The Education Department has to do… Read more »