Public Policy Increasing FAFSA Completion Rates and Postsecondary Plans with Iowa’s College and Career Transition Counselor Initiative Iowa’s College and Career Transition Counselors (CCTCs) are filling a need within school counseling and admission programs for learner-centered,… August 24, 2023
Public Policy Legislative Update: New CTE Innovation Grants Announced As Congress Remains On Recess Congress remains on its annual August recess this week while the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announces new innovation… August 18, 2023
Public Policy Legislative Update: Career Counseling Legislation Introduced & Efforts to Address Teacher Shortages Unveiled While Congress left Washington, D.C. this week to return to home districts and states as part of its annual… August 4, 2023
Public Policy Legislative Update: Senate Advances FY24 Appropriations Measure With Additional Perkins Funding This week, lawmakers in the Senate advanced funding legislation for the upcoming 2024 federal fiscal year (FY24) that proposes… July 28, 2023
Public Policy Legislative Update: ED Proposes New Gainful Employment Rule While Debt Limit Impasse Continues This week top congressional leaders continued to try and find consensus on the need to raise the nation’s statutory… May 19, 2023
Public Policy Legislative Update: House Republicans Advance Significant Spending Cut Proposal This week Congress’ collective attention has been centered on the need to raise the nation’s statutory borrowing authority. House… April 27, 2023
Public Policy Legislative Update: Secretary Cardona Testifies as Congress Aims to Raise Debt Ceiling This week U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona testified before House lawmakers while Speaker Kevin McCarthy unveiled a new… April 21, 2023
Public Policy Legislative Update: Advance CTE Board President Testifies Before Congress This week Advance CTE’s Board of Directors President Laura Scheibe testified on Capitol Hill. Elsewhere, efforts to fund federal… March 31, 2023
Public Policy Legislative Update: Lawmakers Return to Capitol Hill as Advance CTE Hosts Assistant Secretary Amy Loyd and the Biden Administration Works to Address Teacher Shortages Over the last two weeks, lawmakers have returned from their annual August recess to address upcoming federal funding deadlines.… September 9, 2022
Public Policy Legislative Update: FY22 Omnibus Signed Into Law This week President Biden signed a full-year spending package for the current fiscal year, providing several increased investments of… March 18, 2022