By Bob Kerrey and Jeffrey T. Leeds Virtually all middle-class jobs now require postsecondary skills and credentials. Yet as many middle- and lower-income families and students adjust to the reality that college has become a necessity rather than a luxury, the luxury price tag that college commands is less and less affordable. Many students need to take on large amounts of debt, and these loans of... Read more »
House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice dropped its injunction against a private school choice program in Louisiana: We are pleased the Department of Justice has started to reverse course on its misguided lawsuit ag... Read more »
The House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing to discuss proposals to strengthen career and technical education (CTE) through a reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education held a related hearing in September to discuss challenges facing ... Read more »
A few weeks ago the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education convened a hearing to examine the benefits of career and technical education, or CTE. In addition to highlighting innovative CTE programs that are helping students compete for in-demand jobs, the hearing allowed us to identify a number of challenges facing career and technical education. For example, redundant... Read more »
On Wednesday, November 20th at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled "Redefining Companion Care: Jeopardizing Access to Affordable Care for Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. In 1974 Congress amended the Fair Labor Standards Act t... Read more »
On Tuesday, November 19th at 10:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN) will hold a hearing entitled, “Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Jobs: Improving the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Educati... Read more »
Today the House of Representatives will consider the Keep Your Health Plan Act, legislation that will help families maintain their current health care coverage. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) spoke in support of the bill, urging his colleagues to reject administrative gimmicks and endorse real solutions that will help families hurt by the president’s health ... Read more »
140,000 – that’s the number of people from my home state of Minnesota who have been notified their health coverage will be cancelled as a result of the president’s health care law. John, a constituent from Burnsville, recently learned his own health plan is no longer available. John liked the plan he had and now has to pay 20 percent more to secure coverage. For many people a cancellation notice m... Read more »
Members of the Education and the Workforce Committee took to the House floor today to share stories of constituents who have had their health care coverage cancelled as a result of the president's health care law. The stories demonstrate the importance of tomorrow's planned vote on the Keep Your Health Plan Act, legislation that will help families maintain their preferred health care coverage. Wat... Read more »
The House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing to discuss the challenges schools and postsecondary institutions now face as a result of President Obama’s government takeover of health care. “Over the last several years we've talked a great deal about the budgetary challenges facing states, school districts, and institutions of higher educat... Read more »
