Dr. Kaitlyn Brennan
Washington Update, July 8, 2025
Dear Colleagues:
Last week we focused on the sudden “programmatic review” that put roughly $7 billion in K-12 formula and competitive grants on ice—including 21st CCLC, Title II-A, Title III, Migrant...
Washington Update, July 3, 2025
Dear Colleagues:
July 1 was supposed to be “money-drop day.” Instead, district CFOs opened their inboxes to a four-sentence memo from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announcing that six big...
Read more >Washington Update, June 30, 2025
Dear Colleagues:
This Washington Update arrives at a moment when the policy landscape around education finance, curriculum rights, and pandemic recovery remains in flux. Senate Republicans’ efforts to...
Read more >Washington Update, June 24, 2025
Dear Colleagues:
As summer enters the chat, Congress and federal agencies are moving forward with a flurry of decisions that will reshape everything from civil rights enforcement to funding for teacher...
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