Fellow Members, Following months of delays, Congress ended the week on the verge of finally fulfilling a basic function: it passed the remaining bills to support education and other vital public services into the fall, closing the books on FY2024 funding and averting a government shutdown. The vote followed months of wasted time, caused largely […]

  President Biden released his FY2025 budget on March 11, the third anniversary of the American Rescue Plan Act, the single largest investment in public education in U.S. history. “Now, through this budget, he again gives us a window into his values and continues to demonstrate that he is the most pro-public education president in […]

Six down, six to go. President Biden signed into law six bills funding the federal government through the end of FY2024. Now, Congress must pass the rest—including the bill funding the Department of Education—before midnight, March 22, to avert a partial shutdown. The day before, on the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, President Biden delivered […]