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Download full textAlexandra Hegji; Benjamin Collins; Cassandria Dortch; Adam K. Edgerton; Abigail F. Kolker; Kyle D. Shohfi; Rita R. Zota – Congressional Research Service, 2025
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY2025 (H.Con.Res. 14) includes reconciliation instructions for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce (EDW) and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) to reduce spending within their jurisdictions by at least $330 billion and at least $1 billion, respectively,…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Budgets
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It has become increasingly difficult for the two major parties in Congress to reach agreement on major higher education legislation. As a result, the Higher Education Act is long overdue for reauthorization. Congressional stalemates on higher education legislation are not conducive to effective and productive governance in this important area of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Government Role, Legislators, Federal Legislation
Eric R. Felix; Denisa Gándara; Sosanya Jones – Teachers College Record, 2024
Background: Nearly two decades have passed since the last successful reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Since then, student loan debt and the accumulation patterns based on race have become a pressing issue to address in U.S. society. Purpose: Student debt is one of the key issues on the federal higher education policy agenda. The…
Descriptors: Race, Debt (Financial), Educational Policy, Higher Education
Butcher, Jonathan; Burke, Lindsey M. – Heritage Foundation, 2022
As Washington prepares to welcome a new Congress in January 2023, incoming policymakers who want to improve education for every student and give parents more control over where and how their children are educated have many policy options at their disposal. New Members of Congress who want to protect taxpayers and rein in college costs also have…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Public Policy, Policy Formation, Legislators
PDF pending restorationCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1975
The family contribution schedule proposed by the Office of Education for use in computing the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant program in the school year 1976-77 was examined by the Senate committee and its witnesses. The liberalization of asset treatment for all individuals, especially those with small farms, is noted. The new schedule should…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Family Characteristics, Family Financial Resources, Family Income
Trotter, Virginia Y. – 1975
The purpose of federal support for the general educational goals of higher education is examined in this testimony. Such support for higher education currently amounts to $3.4 billion, exclusive of research and veterans educational benefits under the GI bill. Two roles are identified for federal support of higher education: (1) the role of…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities, Equalization Aid
Staats, Elmer B. – 1974
Certain aspects of the Guaranteed Student Loan, National Direct Student Loan, College Work-Study, and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants programs are reviewed and evaluated. The rules and regulations OE provides to educational and lending institutions for administering the federally sponsored student financial aid programs are found to be…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1996
The report provides background information on the next reauthorization of the federal Higher Education Act, and is intended for college and university financial aid officers. An introductory section chronicles the history of federal legislation for student financial aid. The next section outlines the congressional reauthorization process,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Committees, Conflict Resolution, Elections
