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OCTOBER 9 – OCTOBER 13, 2017
Austin Hall, Editor, ahall@wpllc.net
This Week in Washington, a weekly publication of WPLLC, provides an overview of upcoming events in Washington, D.C. affecting American education. Please use the bookmarks below to navigate to your area of interest.
Weekly Calendar Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Future Hearings & Events
On The Floor This Week Bills to Watch Important Links About WPLLC
Key: E&S – Elementary & Secondary; H – Higher Education; D – Disability Policy
Monday, October 9, 2017
Columbus Day – Federal Holiday.
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Charting a Principled Approach to Federal Higher Education Policy (H)
Subject: The Urban Institute will host an event to discuss and consider how the federal government can most effectively serve students and the country without stifling innovation or creating undue burden on institutions. Participants: Andrew Kelly, senior vice president for strategy and policy, University of North Carolina (Moderator); Sandy Baum, senior fellow, Education Policy Program, Urban Institute; Margaret Spellings, president, University of North Carolina; former Secretary of Education; Douglas Harris, professor of economics and Schleider Foundation Chair in Public Education, Tulane University; Amy Jones, director, Education and Human Services Policy, Majority Staff; House Committee on Education and the Workforce; James Kvaal, former deputy director, White House Domestic Policy Council; and Ted Mitchell, president, American Council on Education; former Undersecretary of Education.
Time and Location: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, NW, 5th floor, Washington, D.C.
Contact: RSVP Here.
NSB Conference Call (E&S, H)
Subject: The Executive Committee of the National Science Board (NSB) will hold a meeting by teleconference to discuss issues and topics for an agenda of the NSB Meeting scheduled for November 8
– 9, 2017.
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Contact: An audio listening line will be available for the public. Members of the public must contact the Board Office to request the number by sending an e-mail to nationalsciencebrd@nsf.gov at least 24 hours prior to the teleconference. For additional information contact James Hamos at 703.292.8000.
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
State Trends in Keeping Youth Out of Adult Courts (E&S)
Subject: In honor of Youth Justice Action Month (YJAM), the Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ) will host an event to release their new report, “Raising the Bar: State Trends in keeping Youth Out of the Adult Courts,” and outline policy actions that hold states to treating children like children and that advance safety.
Participants: Jeree Thomas, policy director, CFYJ; Gerald Mallow, state senator, South Carolina; Olivia Brown, impacted youth, North Carolina; and Richard Sears, state senator, Vermont.
Time and Location: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.; National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor, Washington, D.C.
Contact: RSVP Here.
Behind the Bumper Sticker: One Grant, One Loan (H)
Subject: Third Way will host the first in a series of events where experts will debate what’s “Behind the Bumper Sticker” on some of higher education’s most talked about topics.
Participants: Sandy Baum, senior fellow, Education Policy Program, Urban Institute; Jason Delisle, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI); and Justin Draeger, president and CEO, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).
Time and Location: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.; District Architecture Center, 421 7th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Contact: RSVP Here.
Personalized Learning for Maximum Student Achievement (E&S, D)
Subject: Education Week will host a webinar to outline ways to approach personalized learning to help determine how students learn best and create an environment through the UDL lens of “access, engage, and express.”
Participants: Holly Yettick, director, Education Week Research Center; Martin McKay, CTO & founder, Texthelp; and Kathleen McClaskey, founder, Make Learning Personal.
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Contact: RSVP Here.
The Intersection of Afterschool and SEL for 21st Century Readiness (E&S)
Subject: The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) will hold a webinar to highlight national research and best practices from around the country regarding afterschool and social emotional learning (SEL) research for 21st century readiness.
Participants: Carinne Deeds, senior policy associate, AYPF; Erica Curry Van-Ee, founder, Urban Curry Consulting, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Daniel Tsin, director of data and accountability, Urban Alliance; and Sam Redding, senior learning specialist, Center on Innovations in Learning.
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Contact: RSVP Here.
Communicating the Value and Promise of CTE (E&S, H)
Subject: Advance CTE, in coordination with the House and Senate CTE Caucuses, will host an event to share key the research, including the messages that CTE advocates at all levels can use to highlight the many benefits of CTE, and discuss how participants can see CTE’s value and promise in their own communities, work and lives.
Participants: David Etzwiler, CEO, the Siemens Foundation; Lynne Gilli, assistant state superintendent, Division of Career and College Readiness, Maryland State Department of Education; Lauren Fillebrown, student, Penn State University, CTE and FFA alumni; and Kate Kreamer, deputy executive director, Advance CTE.
Time and Location: 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Capitol Visitors Center, Room HVC-200.
Contact: RSVP Here.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
State Response to the Needs of Dual Language Learner Children (E&S)
Subject: The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) will host a webinar, “Are States Recognizing and Responding to the Needs of Their Dual Language Learner Children?”
Participants: Margie McHugh, director, National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, MPI; Julie Sugarman, policy analyst, MPI; Marlene Zepeda, professor emerita, California State University, Los Angeles; and Maki Park, policy analyst, MPI.
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Contact: RSVP Here.
Briefing on the Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone (PACE) Act (E&S, D)
Subject: ReadyNation, one of the subsidiary groups of Council for a Strong America, will host a panel discussion on the need for child care reform in helping craft the workforce of tomorrow. Reps. Kevin Yoder (R-KS) and Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) will also be speaking on their bill, the Promoting Affordable Childcare for Everyone (PACE) Act.
Participants: Michael Chesser, chairman emeritus and former CEO, Great Plains Energy; Laura Jana, pediatrician, health communicator, and author of Including the Toddler Brain; Melanie Bronfin, executive director, Louisiana Policy Institute for Children; and Aparna Mathur, resident economic policy scholar, American Enterprise Institute.
Time and Location: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.; 2456 Rayburn HOB.
Contact: RSVP to Mrandazzo@ReadyNation.org
Friday, October 13, 2017
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Using Data To Get To and Through College (H)
Subject: Third Way will host an event to explore how institutions are using data to help students who are already enrolled in higher education graduate and how data can be used to best connect graduates with workforce needs.
Participants: Richard Barth, CEO, KIPP Foundation; Erin Bibo, deputy chief, College and Career Education, District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS); and Cheryl Oldham, senior vice president of education and workforce, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
Time and Location: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.; 444 North Capitol Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Contact: Register Here.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Evidence-based Policymaking and Protecting Privacy (E&S, H, D)
Subject: Results for America will release the 2017 Federal Invest in What Works Index and Final Report of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. Featured speakers will discuss their efforts to collect, share, and protect data to balance protecting privacy with encouraging innovation to improve outcomes.
Participants: John Bridgeland, former director, White House Domestic Policy Council and Bruce Reed, former Director, White House Domestic Policy Council (Moderators); Katharine Abraham, chair, Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking; Ron Haskins, co-chair, Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking; Jenn Bell-Ellwanger, director, Policy and Program Studies Service, Department of Education; Naomi Goldstein, deputy assistant secretary, Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children & Families, Department of Health & Human Services; Molly Irwin, chief evaluation officer, Department of Labor; Matthew Klein, executive director, New York City Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity; and David Medina, co-founder and COO, Results for America.
Time and Location: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.; 385 Russell SOB.
Contact: RSVP Here. Refreshment will be served.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Preparing to Lead (E&S, H)
Subject: The National Center on Education and the Economy’s (NCEE) Center on International Education Benchmarking will host a webinar to release a new report, “Preparing to Lead,” that looks at how top-performing education systems around the world identify, develop and support school leaders. Participants: Marc Tucker, president, NCEE; and Ben Jenson, report author.
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Contact: Register Here.
Re-envisioning Equity Research: Disability Identification Disparities (E&S, D)
Subject: The American Educational Research Association will host an event to examine complex equity problems in the context of research on disability disparities that are historically linked to demographic markers such as race, social class, and gender.
Participant: Alfredo J. Artiles, professor of special education and dean, Graduate College at Arizona State University.
Time and Location: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.; The Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
Contact: RSVP Here.
Friday, October 20, 2017
Employer-Driven Innovations in CTE: Promise, Practice, & Opportunities for Policy (E&S, H) Subject: The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) will host an event to discuss the research and innovative strategies in CTE that have strong employer partners and are informed by research.
Participants: Mary Visher, senior associate, MDRC; Van Ton-Quinlivan, vice chancellor for workforce and economic development, California Community College System; Stan Litow, vice president of corporate citizenship & corporate affairs, IBM; and Cate Swinburn, vice president of programs, Educate Now!
Time and Location: 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.; Location TBD, Capitol Hill.
Contact: RSVP Here.
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Senate Floor:
In recess until Monday, October 16.
House Floor:
S. 585 – Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 Legislation Related to Disaster Supplemental Appropriations
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Bills to Watch
FY 2018 APPROPRIATIONS
Omnibus Appropriations
H.R. 3354 Sponsor: Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 (FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act (9/14/17 Passed by House of Representatives)
Budget Resolutions
H.Con.Res.71 Sponsor: Rep. Diane Black (R-TN)
FY 2018 House Budget Resolution (10/5/17 Passed by House of Representatives; 7/19/17 Passed by Budget Committee)
S. Sponsor: Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY)
FY 2018 Senate Budget Resolution (10/5/2017 Passed by Budget Committee)
Appropriations Bills
H.R. 3267 Sponsor: Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act of FY 2018 (7/13/17 Passed by Appropriations Committee; 6/29/2017 Passed by Subcommittee)
S. 1662 Sponsor: Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act of FY 2018 (7/27/2017 Passed by Appropriations Committee; 7/25/2017 Passed by Subcommittee)
H.R. 3358 Sponsor: Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK)
Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Act of FY 2018 (7/19/17 Passed by Appropriations Committee; 7/13/17 Passed by Subcommittee)
S. 1771 Sponsor: Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Act of FY 2018 (9/7/17 Passed by Appropriations Committee; 9/6/17 Passed by Subcommittee)
H.R. 3354 Sponsor: Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Interior and Environment Appropriations Act of FY 2018 (9/14/17 Passed by House; 7/18/17 Passed by Appropriations Committee; 7/12/17 Passed by Subcommittee)
CARL D. PERKINS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT
H.R. 2353 Sponsor: Representative Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (6/22/17 Passed House of Representatives; 6/7/17 Passed by Education & Workforce Committee)
JUVENILE JUSTICE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT
H.R. 1809 Sponsors: Representatives Jason Lewis (R-MN) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 (5/23/17 Passed by the House; 4/4/17 Passed by Education & Workforce Committee)
S.860 Sponsors: Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017 (8/1/17 Passed by the Senate; 8/1/17 Discharged by the Judiciary Committee; 4/5/17 Introduced)
Links for Up-to-Date Information on Hearings, Legislation, and Events
U.S. House of Representatives 2017 Schedule
U.S. Senate 2017 Schedule U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce
U.S. Senate Budget Committee U.S. House Budget Committee Congressional Budget Office Federal legislative information
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