New Legislation
HR 7251. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that local educational agencies receive Impact Aid payments for lands held in trust for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe or individual Indian and to amend title 31 of the United States Code to ensure that local governments receive payments in lieu of taxes for lands held in trust for the benefit of a federally recognized Indian tribe or individual Indian. (Rep. McHugh, NY-23)
Featured Event
The College Board's Access and Diversity Collaborative is pleased to announce its 2008-09 series of national seminars that will address a comprehensive mix of legal, policy, communications and advocacy issues associated with institutional efforts to achieve access and diversity goals. Led by EducationCounsel, the Collaborative will sponsor two series of seminars:
Knowing the Basics—a seminar series designed to address legal and policy fundamentals; and
Leading Institutional Change—a seminar series designed to address major policy and research trends, effective communications strategies, and key institutional policy management issues. (The first of the Leading Institutional Change seminars will be held in Austin, TX on October 23-24.) Further information regarding these seminars (including registration information), can be found at
www.collegeboard.com/diversitycollaborative.
Federal Register Announcements
No new updates for this week.
U.S. Department of Education Headlines
Secretary Spellings delivered the keynote address at the National Math Panel Forum on October 7 in Washington, DC.
Click here.Secretary Spellings announced personnel changes at the U.S. Department of Education on October 6.
Click here. Publications
IES.
Reenrollment of High School Dropouts in a Large, Urban School District. July 2008.
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The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.
The Red Tape Report: An Exploratory Study of the Regulatory Interference Faced by School Leaders in Five States. October 2008.
Click here.OECD.
Education at a Glance 2008. October 2008.
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