Updates
U.S. Ed Announces Discretionary Grant Priorities
The Department of Education this week released a Final Notice of priorities for future discretionary grant programs, beginning with Fiscal Year 2011. The Notice identifies 16 agency-wide priorities that the Department will be able to select from for inclusion in competitive grant competitions. The Notice reflects the culmination of a public comment process launched on August 5.
For more information, click here to visit the Department of Education website.
Congress Poised to Pass Short Term Continuing Resolution
Senate efforts to pass an omnibus spending measure for Fiscal Year 2011 collapsed Thursday evening and Congress is now expected to pass a short term continuing resolution to operate the federal government at Fiscal Year 2010 levels until February 2011. This outcome means the Fiscal Year 2011 budget process, including the Department of Education budget, will not likely be resolved until the new Congress convenes next year.
New Legislation
S.4039 : A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and stalking. Sponsor: Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. [PA] (introduced 12/16/2010)Cosponsors (1) Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 12/16/2010 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S.RES.702 : A resolution recognizing the work and importance of special education teachers. Sponsor: Sen Roberts, Pat [KS] (introduced 12/16/2010)Cosponsors (3) Latest Major Action: 12/16/2010 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Congressional Headlines
Education and Labor Committee. New Government Report Finds Schools Hired and Retained Staff with Histories of Sexual Misconduct (December 16, 2010)
HELP Committee. Undercover recordings of visits by GAO agents to for-profit schools (December 14, 2010)
U.S. Department of Education Headlines
U.S. Education Secretary Highlights Best Practices of Bullying Policies (December 16, 2010)
U.S. Department of Education and Partners to Convene World’s Education Leaders for Summit on Teaching Profession in March 2011 (December 15, 2010)
U.S. Secretary of Education Announces New Board Members for Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (December 13, 2010)
Federal Task Force in Bullying Prevention Invites Public to Submit Ideas on Ways to Combat Bullying (December 10, 2010)
Federal Register
Publications
Institute of Education Sciences. WWC Quick Review of the Report "The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Third Year Report" (December 14, 2010)
National Center for Education Statistics. Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2008 (December 8, 2010) Government Accountability Office. K-12 Education: Selected Cases of Public and Private Schools That Hired or Retained Individuals with Histories of Sexual Misconduct (December 8, 2010) National Center for Education Statistics. Highlights From PISA 2009: Performance of U. S. 15-Year-Old Students in Reading, Mathematics, and Science Literacy in an International Context (December 7, 2010) National Science Foundation. More Focus on Finances Needed to Increase Latino Science and Math Graduates (December 1, 2010)
