More Massachusetts families would become eligible for subsidized child care and "transformational" grants that kept the early education system afloat during the pandemic would be made permanent, under a bill the Senate unanimously passed.
(The Center Square) – Universal education savings accounts for families with schoolchildren could get a vote on the floor of the Louisiana Senate as soon as Monday. Legislation to create the accounts advanced from the Education Committee in the chamber this week. Giving All True Opportunity to Rise Scholarship Program, authored by Sen. Rick Edmonds, R-Baton Rouge, passed 5-2. It would replace an existing voucher program for students in low-performing school...
(The Center Square) - The Iowa Senate passed a bill that would give school districts control of money used to provide special education and other services. House File 2612 would give school districts the option to no longer contract with Area Education Agencies who currently receive the funding. The districts could have their own in-house special education department, contract with another service or still use an AEA. The bill drew heated comments from Democrats...
A cap on Georgia’s film and television production tax credit looks much different now in the latest version of a bill that’s passed from the House to the Senate. The annual limit on tax credit transfers, the prospect of which gave the entertainment industry some agita, was actually lowered to 2.3% of the state budget […]
West Texas A&M University's Educator Preparation Program recently earned a commendation from the Texas Education Agency's State Board of Educator Certification under its “Preparing the Educators Texas Needs” category.
The House approved a $1.2 trillion government funding bill Friday, sending the sprawling package to the Senate hours before the deadline and officially capping off the fiscal 2024 appropriations process in the lower chamber. The legislation — which includes six funding bills — cleared the House in an 286-134 vote, hours before a slew of agencies and []
The committee announced Tuesday it was digging into a matter reported to its members on Dec. 11
Tonight the St. Landry Parish school board signed a resolution agreeing to oppose a house bill that would allow for state dollars to help pay for private school, and are urging local lawmakers to do the same. The legislative bill is house bill 745.
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security The Big Story House agrees on defense spending, sends Senate bill to avert shutdown The House approved a $1.2 trillion government funding bill Friday — including $825 billion for military spending — sending the sprawling package to the Senate hours before the
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce has passed a new Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution, authored by Congressman Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.), which would repeal a Department of Labor (DOL) final rule that jeopardizes the livelihood of 27 million independent contractors. This effort is joined by Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who has also introduced a CRA resolution for the independent […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Kansas Senators have derailed a tax plan that passed the Kansas House, making room for potential negotiations on a final tax relief deal. However, lawmakers are working against the clock, as the deadline to consider bills approaches next Friday. "We need to unbundle the various tax policy pieces from here on out," []
The proposed amendment was sold as attempting to protect doctors in medical emergencies, but would have gone much, much further.