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House Passes Education Spending Plan, Now Awaits Senate Response as Deadline Approaches – NASFAA

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The House on Friday passed 217-197, its fiscal year 2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) spending bill. While the chamber has now advanced more than half of its annual spending bills, the Senate has yet to formally start the process, increasing the likelihood that Congress is careening toward a continuing resolution to fund programs housed under the Department of Education (ED) past September 30.

The House measure would provide a total of $73.5 billion in discretionary funds for ED, an increase of $716 million from fiscal year 2020 and $6.9 billion from President Donald Trump’s budget request.

“The school year approaches. The White House chooses to make that a political battle to threaten schools and teachers. Instead of beating them down, we are lifting them up, to invest in them so they can meet the challenge that faces them,” said Labor-H Subcommittee Chairwoman Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) in urging the House to advance the measure.

Due to the narrowed congressional calendar and additional spending being debated to address the novel coronavirus, there’s a possibility that the spending bills and aid measures could be combined, but much remains uncertain for the upcoming congressional negotiations.

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