Law and Order

Federal Law Requires Colleges to Improve Sexual Assault and Crime Reporting

Recent allegations of campus sexual assault have renewed debate over how far colleges must go to protect students from sexual harassment and violence,...

Politics

IRS Proposes Revoking Tax Exemptions for Private Schools Over DEI

A proposed IRS rule would make all forms of racial discrimination in education, including affirmative action and DEI programs, grounds for a private school...

Follow the Money

Timing For Education Funding Weighed as School Districts Wait

Impact Aid's largest payment category, Section 7003(b) Basic Support Payments, is the only federal elementary and secondary education program receiving at...

Education

House Panel Will Examine School Choice Tax Credit

School choice has moved from a state-level debate to a federal policy question with real fiscal stakes. On Oct. 1, the Treasury Department and the IRS...

Lobbying Activity

Seaman District Hires AdvocacyBuild for Education Lobbying

Seaman Unified School District 345 (Kansas) registered with a federal lobbying firm for the first time, signing a new client registration on September 29.

Lobbying Activity

Paola USD 368 Hires AdvocacyBuild for Education Lobbying

Paola (Kan.) Unified School District 368 has retained AdvocacyBuild LLC to lobby on its behalf in Washington.

Government Operations

Fed Education Oversight Halts as Student Absenteeism Hits Crisis

The U.S. Department of Education has failed in its oversight of chronic absenteeism just as the problem remains at crisis levels in American schools,...

Education

Cleary University Hires Firm for Education Lobbying

Cleary University, a private nonprofit business-focused university located in Howell/Ann Arbor, Michigan, was represented by Washington Strategies LLC from...

Education

Senate HELP Committee Will Examine Student Aid Fraud Bill

Federal student aid fraud is increasing, according to The U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The agency flagged elaborate schemes using...

Congress

House Weighs 20% Cap on International College Athletes

Why it matters: A House hearing on Sept. 16 examined whether international athletes are taking scholarship and roster opportunities from Americans.

Government Operations

Federal K-12 Funding Falls From Pandemic-Era Highs

According to a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report titled "Funding for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools", the federal share jumped to 12.74...

Education

2025 Law Expands Whole and 2% Milk Options in School Meals

Congress is reshaping federal nutrition standards for school meals after more than a decade of low-fat-only rules. The law, enacted on January 14,...

Social Welfare

House Panel Weighs State-Led Solutions to Child Care Shortage

With only 14 percent of eligible children currently served, the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary...

Labor and Employment

Federal Rules Limit Aircraft Mechanic Career Pathways

Nearly 100 aviation maintenance programs are training high school students as the aviation industry faces thousands of projected job openings each year, but...

Labor and Employment

Workforce Pell Grants Expand Aid to Job Training, CRS Says

The Department of Education estimated an initiative on Workforce Pell Grants would cost over $300 million annually and serve roughly 190,000 students per...

Education

FIU Adds Lobbyist Amid Federal Funding Pressures

Florida International University filed an amended lobbying disclosure as an in-house registrant on September 7, adding Kenrick E. Chiocca to its lobbying...

Law and Order

Courts Block Education Dept. Student Loan Forgiveness Restrictions

Federal courts have blocked the Trump administration's effort to restrict student loan forgiveness based on employer conduct, according to a new...