House Approves Short-Term Spending Bill That Would Stave Off Shutdown
The New York Times
The House approved a short-term spending bill that would stave off a government shutdown until just before Thanksgiving, allowing lawmakers additional time to resolve disputes over annual spending legislation without a funding lapse.
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Lamar Alexander Blocks Vote on Funding for Minority-Serving Colleges
The Washington Post
With weeks left before $255 million in federal funding for minority-serving colleges and universities expires, Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) took to the Senate floor Thursday to request unanimous consent for legislation extending the money. Senate Education Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) objected, shutting down the vote but offering to address the funding in a broader package on higher education.
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New Senate Proposal Fails to Address Key Issues in Higher Education
Center for American Progress
U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) announced a piecemeal plan to reform the Higher Education Act.
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Senate Education Spending Bill Would Increase Aid for School Safety, Charters
Politico
The Senate's bill to the fund the U.S. Department of Education would keep overall spending virtually flat, although grants for charter schools would get a relatively small increase, as would programs intended to improve school safety.
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Scaled-Back HEA Plan Coming Soon?
Inside Higher Ed
GOP senator Lamar Alexander is expected to introduce legislation soon that would offer a path to piecemeal reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, after months of stalled talks over a bipartisan overhaul of the landmark law, which wasn't expected to move until at least next year.
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Reps. Shalala, Pressley, and Tlaib Introduce the Protecting Student Aid Act of 2019
(Courtesy of Carlos Condarco, Office of Congresswoman Donna Shalala)
Reps. Donna Shalala (FL-27), Ayanna Pressley (MA-7), and Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) recently introduced the Protecting Student Aid Act of 2019 (PSA Act), legislation designed to reinvigorate the Student Aid Enforcement Unit within the U.S. Department of Education in order to allow the Department to better respond to fraud and abuse within federal student aid programs.
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