Posts Tagged ‘the New England Council’
DC Shuttle: Congress Looks to Redraw PK-12, Higher Ed Laws
by The New England Council
September 9, 2013
Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is due for reauthorization and proposals have been introduced in the House and Senate. (The last reauthorization of ESEA was the No Child Left Behind under President George W. Bush.) On July 19, the House passed the Student Success Act (H.R. 5). The ...
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DC Shuttle: Still Wrestling with Student Loan Interest; No Child Left Behind
by The New England Council
June 10, 2013
Student loan rates. The Senate rejected two proposals to extend low interest rates on student loans after they expire on July 1. Without legislation, interest rates will double from 3.4% to 6.8% with the expiration of the one-year fix put in place last summer. Movement to proceed with a Senate Democratic bill (S. 953) to ...
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DC Shuttle: House Passes STEM Visa Bill Prompting Veto Threat
by The New England Council
December 3, 2012
On Friday, the House voted 245-139 to pass the STEM Jobs Act (H.R. 6249). The bill would offer visas for skilled immigrants who earn advanced degrees from American institutions. Many Democrats are opposed to the bill because it includes the abrogation of the diversity immigration program, which allocates visas by lottery. The 55,000 visas originally ...
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DC Shuttle: Bill to Boost STEM and other Higher Ed News from Washington
by The New England Council
May 23, 2011
On Monday, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) announced that she and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced legislation (S. 969) aimed at encouraging and improving science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. The bill would provide planning and implementation grants on a competitive basis to help states integrate engineering instruction into K-12 education. Sen. Snowe said in ...
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