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The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing to examine a recent proposal by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to rush union elections. The proposal would provide employers just seven days to prepare a legal case to present before the NLRB and delay answers to critical questions until after the union election. The proposal... Read more »

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today introduced the third in the committee’s series of education reform bills designed to overhaul current elementary and secondary education law. The State and Local Funding Flexibility Act (H.R. 2445) will provide states and local school districts maximum flexibility in how they use federal education dollars. Chairma... Read more »

LIVE Webcast – Click here to watch the LIVE webcast of the hearing beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET. Opening Statement of House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (remarks as prepared): This week, the Wall Street Journal noted that “the stumbling recovery has also proven to be the worst since the economic disaster of the 1930s.” With the backdrop of this difficult economy, we meet today to ... Read more »

On Friday, July 8 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a joint hearing with the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending. The hearing, entitled “The Gainful Employment Regulation: Limiting Job Growth and Student Choice,” w... Read more »

On Thursday, July 7 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, ”Rushing Union Elections: Protecting the Interests of Big Labor at the Expense of Workers’ Free Choice.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. On June 22, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issue... Read more »

A new report from the independent Congressional Research Service (CRS) raises concerns about the Secretary of Education’s recent proposal to grant conditional waivers of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) requirements in exchange for reforms not authorized by Congress. The CRS analysis confirms the Secretary’s authority to waive statutory requirements under ESEA; however, the report war... Read more »

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement as a series of higher education regulations proposed by the Department of Education took effect today: “The Department of Education has put in place a series of short-sighted and reckless regulations that will be detrimental to the nation’s institutions of higher learning. These regulation... Read more »

U.S. House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after providing public notice for a hearing next week. The hearing will examine the National Labor Relations Board’s proposal to make sweeping changes to union election procedures." The Obama National Labor Relations Board continues to feed the fear and uncertainty facing America's job creators. ... Read more »

The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce today approved the second in a series of education reform bills designed to overhaul current elementary and secondary education law. The Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218), sponsored by Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), passed by a strong biparti... Read more »

Click here to watch the LIVE webcast of the markup beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET. Opening Statement of House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (remarks as prepared): We can all agree that when it comes to educating our children, the status quo simply does not work. Forty years of more federal spending and more federal mandates have failed to improve student achievement. Decisions about ... Read more »