This afternoon, the Senate confirmed Ted Mitchell as the new Under Secretary of Education. Mitchell succeeds Martha Kanter, who stepped down in December to take a post at NYU. Mitchell has been President at the New School Venture Fund.
Mitchell was nominated in October of 2013. The nomination was approved unanimously by voice vote.
The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Economic Affairs is holding a hearing this morning called, “Defining and Improving Success for Veterans Students”. The hearing will have two panels, which will be as follows:
Panel 1
Panel 2
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the publication of two proposed regulations, including a rule to extend employment authorization to spouses of certain H-1B workers, and a proposal to enhance opportunities for certain groups of highly-skilled workers by removing obstacles to their remaining in the United States.
Both Notices of Proposed Rulemaking will soon publish in the Federal Register. DHS encourages the public to comment on the proposed rule through www.regulations.gov. All public comments will be considered before the final rule is published and goes into effect.
The House is expected to consider H.R. 4366, the Strengthening Education through Research Act on Wednesday of this week. The legislation would reauthorize the Institute of Education Science, which is the research arm of the Department of Education.
Reauthorizing legislation of research agencies is typically noncontroversial, and surprisingly, that spirit has held true this year with the IES reauthorization — so far. The House is expected to pass the legislation as a Suspension bill, which requires 2/3rd of the House in the positive for the bill to pass.
This measure is one of several higher education reauthorization bills the Office of Federal has been tracking.
Here is a list of hearings the Office of Federal Relations will be paying attention to throughout the week.
TUESDAY
Senate Budget Committee
Fiscal 2015 Budget: Education
Full Committee Hearing
10:30 AM; 608 Dirksen Building
House Energy & Commerce – Subcommittee on Health
State of Biomedical Innovation
Subcommittee Panel Discussion
3 PM; 2123 Rayburn Building
WEDNESDAY
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee
Farm Bill Implementation
Full Committee Hearing
9 AM; 328-A Russell Building
Senate Appropriations Committee
Investing in Cybersecurity: Understanding Risks and Building Capabilities for the Future
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
2 PM, 192 Dirksen Building
Senate Appropriations Committee
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations: CDC, HRSA, ACF, CMMS
Subcommittee Hearing
10 AM; 138 Dirksen Building
House Floor
HR 4366 – Strengthening Education through Research Act
HR 4438 – American Research & Competitiveness Act
10 AM; House Chamber
THURSDAY
House Education & Workforce Committee
Big Labor on College Campuses: Examining the Consequences of Unionizing Student Athletes
Full Committee Hearing
10 AM; 2175 Rayburn Building
House Veterans’ Affairs – Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Veteran Education
Subcommittee Hearing
10 AM; 334 Cannon Building