Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce today introduced several bipartisan bills that will help strengthen higher education for students and taxpayers. The legislative proposals will help simplify and improve the student financial aid process, as well as enhance existing support and accountability for institutions serving minority students. “Helping more Americans pursue the... Read more »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement today after the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) released two reports documenting the significant challenges facing the multiemployer pension system: These reports put in stark detail the very real risks facing American workers, retirees, and taxpayers. They also demons... Read more »
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, today introduced a resolution (H. J. Res. 95) under the Congressional Review Act to protect workers, students, nonprofit organizations, and small business owners from the consequences of the Department of Labor’s controversial overtime rule. Concerns have been raised that the department fail... Read more »
On Thursday, June 23 at 9:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Next Steps for K-12 Education: Examining Recent Efforts to Implement the Every Student Succeeds Act.” Part of the committee’s ongoing oversight of the implementation of the law that has replaced the failed No Child Left Behind, the hearing will i... Read more »
A report released today by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed a number of weaknesses in the Department of Education’s federal Direct Loan program, which provides loans to undergraduate and graduate students and their families. Requested by Republican leaders in the House and Senate, the report concludes weaknesses in the department’s “customer service for borrowers and... Read more »
Fewer than one-third of Americans are satisfied with the direction in which the country is moving, and the economy continues to rank as the most important problem we face as a nation. As House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) explained after last month’s troubling jobs report: Millions of Americans are being left behind in an anemic economy that has failed to delive... Read more »
A quality education is crucial to escaping poverty and succeeding in the workforce. Yet at a time when rising college costs are making it harder for Americans to pursue the dream of a college degree, the Obama administration has finalized a new rule that will make matters even worse. College and universities have long warned that the Department of Labor’s overtime rule will force a reduction in st... Read more »
More than 15 million children lack the healthy meals they need to grow and succeed—a troubling statistic with consequences that make it even more difficult for students to learn in school. That’s why House Republicans are working to strengthen child nutrition assistance with the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016 (H.R. 5003). Introduced by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), the bill will en... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today issued the following joint statement regarding the Department of Education's new proposed regulation affecting student borrowers: When a school commits fraud against a student, there should be a fair process in place to hold the schoo... Read more »
All across the country, nonprofit organizations urged the Department of Labor to pursue a responsible approach to updating our nation’s overtime rules, and they warned of the dire consequences if the department failed to listen. Charitable organizations play an integral role in our communities, from serving disadvantaged youth and building homes for low-income families to helping people with disab... Read more »
