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August 14, 2009

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Update

U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, released a statement on the death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Shriver founded the Special Olympics and was a lifelong advocate for people with intellectual disabilities. For more information, click here. 

On Friday, August 7, U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA) and U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), the chairmen of the House and Senate Labor Committees, issued the following statement today after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that 247,000 jobs were lost in July and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent. For more information, click here.

-The House and Senate is on recess until Tuesday, September 8.

Federal Register Announcements

Overview Information: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects for American Indians With Disabilities; Notice Reopening Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Competition for the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects for American Indians With Disabilities Program, CFDA Number 84.250A

U.S. Department of Education Headlines

Anchorage Receiving $1.2 Million Grant to Keep Alaska Native Students in School on Path to College and Careers

Statement from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Passing of Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Obama Administration's Rural Tour Stops in Western Alaska

Sharpton, Gingrich and Duncan Announce Education Tour 

Publications

Government Accountability Office.  Teacher Quality: Sustained Coordination among Key Federal Education Programs Could Enhance State Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality (July 2009)

Government Accountability Office. Federal Student Aid Formula: Cost-of-Living Adjustment Could Increase Aid to a Small Percentage of Students in High-Cost Areas but Could Also Further Complicate Aid Process (August 14, 2009)