Correspondence | Education & the Workforce Committee

PreK-12 Education

Committee Members Conduct Oversight of Obama ESEA Waivers
Apr 19, 2013 - Dear Secretary Duncan: More than a year ago, the Department of Education chose to stop working with Congress to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and instead began issuing temporary, conditional waivers to states. To date, 34 states and the District of Columbia have received wa... More

Committee Members Ask GAO to Conduct Study on New School Lunch Requirements
Oct 31, 2012 - Dear Mr. Dodaro: In December 2010, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act was signed into law, enacting the most comprehensive changes to the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) in more than 15 years. Among the most significant change was a requirement that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) upd... More

Kline, Alexander Ask HHS for Required Data on Head Start Re-Competition Process
Sep 7, 2012 - Dear Secretary Sebelius: The Head Start Act requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure the designation renewal system (DRS) put in place in 2007 to increase program accountability is “fair, consistent, and transparent.” However, the department has refused to release any in... More

Kline Requests GAO Report on Promise Neighborhoods Program
Aug 27, 2012 - Dear Mr. Dodaro: The Promise Neighborhoods program aims to improve educational and developmental outcomes for students in some of the country's most distressed urban, rural, and tribal neighborhoods by providing cradle-to-career support services. In 2012, the first year of the grant, the Department... More

Congressional Leaders Request Information on Funding for DC Opportunity Scholarship Program
Mar 22, 2012 - Dear Mr. Secretary: Last Spring, the President signed into law the SOAR Act which reauthorized, for five years, the highly successful Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). The program, created in response to years of a crisis with respect to the quality of education in the nation's capital, provid... More

Congressional Leaders Request Information From DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation on SOAR Act Collaboration with Department of Education
Mar 22, 2012 - Dear Ms. London: We are very pleased that Congress passed, and the President signed into law, the SOAR Act which reauthorized the highly successful D.C. Opportunity Scholarships Program (OSP) as part of "three-sector" approach to educational improvement in the District. We know that as the current ... More

Kline Letter Encouraging Additional IDEA Funding to Support Students with Disablities
Mar 19, 2012 - Dear Chairman Rehberg and Ranking Member DeLauro: I write to encourage you to increase funding for Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. To read the full lett... More

Kline and Hunter Request Information on IRS "Governmental Plan" Regulations
Feb 6, 2012 - Dear Commissioner Shulman: As you know the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released an advance notice of proposed regulations titled "Determination of Government Plan Status." We understand these regulations would define the term "governmental plan" and will determine what a governmental plan is und... More

Kline and Hunter Letter to Secretary Duncan on NCLB Waivers
Jun 23, 2011 - On Thursday, June 23, 2011, Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Early Childhood and Secondary Education Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) sent a letter to Secretary Arne Duncan requesting information about his proposed plan to award waivers to schools in exchange for reforms not authorized by... More

Kline Letter to Secretary Vilsak on Reauthorization of Child Nutrition Act
Apr 13, 2011 - Dear Secretary Vilsack: Last year, Congress passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. One key provision included in the law requires the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to update the meal patte... More

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