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The House of Representatives moves forward with its appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2023, including huge boosts for critical programs like Title I, Title III, and Pell Grants and funding for a new Career-Connected High Schools initiative to better align high school, college, and careers and increase access to proven programs like dual enrollment and work-based learning. Plus, in a rare bipart...

President Biden secures a commitment from 20 internet service providers to expand access to high-speed internet across the country, and FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel seeks to close the Homework Gap by allowing E-Rate to be used to outfit school buses with Wi-Fi. Plus, the administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2023 substantially boosts Title I and other critical education programs and pr...

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President Biden’s first State of the Union address makes many links to issues facing American families, and their children, including early childhood education, student mental health and support for higher education. Meanwhile, communities across the country work to keep schools open and safe despite tensions on the best ways to educate the next generation. Finally, we celebrate the historic nomin...

Congress leaves Build Back Better on the backburner as they prepare for a Supreme Court nomination, but looming deadlines may force them to move on FY2022 appropriations or face a government shutdown. House Democrats also unveiled the America Competes Bill, which includes provisions to expand STEM pathways, the Supreme Court takes up an affirmative action case that could reshape race-conscious adm...

Congress ends the year on a low note, as Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) strikes a major blow to the Build Back Better Act. Is this the end of the line for the social spending and climate change bill, including its investments to close the digital divide and expand access to child care and preschool? Plus, the Biden administration reconsiders its plans to end the moratorium on student loan repayments i...

Congress finds solutions to keep the government open and raise the debt ceiling, making room for further debate on the Build Back Better Act and delaying any increase in federal education funding until mid-February, at the earliest. Plus, Jessica Rosenworcel is confirmed as the first woman to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and pressure mounts on the Biden administration to furthe...

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The Alliance for Excellent Education is now officially All4Ed. The House sends the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to President Biden’s desk, while Democrats work to move their social spending bill – the Build Back Better Act – to the finish line. Plus, the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control have given the greenlight to COVID vaccines for young children,...

Congress remains at a standstill over budget reconciliation, infrastructure, and raising the debt limit—with President Biden’s free community college proposal hanging in the balance. Senate leaders also put forward a budget proposal with key education investments, including doubling the Title I program, even though the bill faces an uncertain future. Meanwhile, the Department of Education welcomes...

Congress avoids a government shutdown by passing a nine-week continuing resolution through December 3rd , while it continues to negotiate a bipartisan infrastructure package alongside the Biden administration’s Build Back Better Act— and simultaneously avoid a default on the nation’s debt. In the meantime, the administration takes a critical first step to rewrite the rules for relieving student lo...

The Biden Administration continues to support vaccine and mask requirements in public schools to ensure student and educator safety, while the U.S. Department of Education began efforts to collect data on the use of recovery funds. Meanwhile, committees in the House of Representatives released their proposals for the $3.5 trillion budget bill, the Build Back Better Act, including four years of add...

Senate Democrats passed a $3.5 trillion budget resolution, including universal pre-K and two years of free community college. The Senate also passed a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that includes important investments to remove lead pipes in school and connect low-income households to the internet. Finally, as back to school approaches, we cover the latest guidance on school reopening,...

Anne Hyslop , All4Ed Director of Policy Development Ziyu Zhou ,  Policy Analyst   All4Ed Website: All4Ed.org Twitter: @All4Ed YouTube: YouTube.com/All4Ed Facebook: Facebook.com/All4ed The mission of the Alliance for Excellent Education is to promote high school transformation to make it possible for every child to graduate prepared for postsecondary learning and success in life. #All4Ed All4Ed Web...

Phillip Lovell , Associate Executive Director Anne Hyslop , All4Ed Director of Policy Development All4Ed Website: All4Ed.org Twitter: @All4Ed YouTube: YouTube.com/All4Ed Facebook: Facebook.com/All4ed The mission of the Alliance for Excellent Education is to promote high school transformation to make it possible for every child to graduate prepared for postsecondary learning and success in life. #A...

Anne Hyslop , All4Ed Director of Policy Development Ziyu Zhou , FAll4Ed Policy Analyst All4Ed Website: All4Ed.org Twitter: @All4Ed YouTube: YouTube.com/All4Ed Facebook: Facebook.com/All4ed The mission of the Alliance for Excellent Education is to promote high school transformation to make it possible for every child to graduate prepared for postsecondary learning and success in life. #All4Ed All4E...

President Biden released his full FY2022 budget request , with a 41 percent increase for the U.S. Department of Education and proposals to expand public education by four years and create a new $20 billion Title I “equity fund” to tackle inequities in state and local school finance, teacher pay, advanced coursework, and preschool. Plus, the bipartisan Fast Track to and Through College Act was rein...

Two big announcements from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). First, the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program opens May 12 to provide eligible, high-poverty households with discounts on monthly broadband service costs, as well as a one-time discount to purchase a computer or tablet. Also, proposed regulations for spending the emergency $7.2 billion investment under the American Rescue Pla...

Marking his first 100 days in office, President Biden unveiled the American Families Plan , which would extend free public education by four years through universal pre-K and free community college. It also invests in college access and affordability, training and diversifying the educator workforce, and school nutrition programs. Plus, all the details on the new application and guidance from the...

President Biden released a preview of his proposed federal budget for the 2022 fiscal year, which includes $20 billion in new funding for Title I, $2.6 billion to support students with disabilities, and another $1 billion in new funding for students’ social and emotional wellbeing. It also increases Pell Grants and expands Pell eligibility to DACA recipients. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Educ...

President Biden released his American Jobs Plan , which includes investments in school construction and modernization, childcare facilities, community colleges, and broadband infrastructure. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education issued a first batch of waiver decisions to states related to statewide testing requirements, and the House of Representatives held a hearing on charting a path towa...

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) convened the National Safe School Reopening Summit to share strategies and guidance to help schools return to in-person instruction quickly and safely. Also, President Biden announced $81 billion in education relief funds is already on its way to states as new, national survey data shows that millions of students only attend school remotely and receive little...

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act is headed to President Biden’s desk, including much-needed investments in K–12 education and a groundbreaking change to the federal child tax credit. Plus, President Biden issued a new executive order guarding against discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture takes steps to provide f...

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) waives accountability requirements, but questions remain on whether state assessments will go forward as planned this year. Plus, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launches the biggest federal program ever to close the digital divide, the House advances President Biden’s plan for COVID-19 relief, and Dr. Miguel Cardona is officially the new Secretary...

Dr. Miguel Cardona’s confirmation process and coronavirus aid move forward on Capitol Hill, and the administration releases new guidance on school reopening. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance for reopening schools for in-person instruction during the pandemic. Notably, the guidance says states should give educators and other school employees priori...