Senate Continuing Resolution, Disaster Supplemental, and Extension of the Debt Ceiling > Yesterday Congressional leaders and the President agreed to a compromise to postpone a crisis about the end of September deadlines to raise the debt ceiling and keep the government running after fiscal year (FY) 2017 ends on September 30. The Senate will take up the House-passed Harvey relief supplemental appropriations bill and amend it by extending both the debt limit and current FY 2017 funding through December 8, 2017. Congress is expected to pass the package by this weekend…. > …the short-term funding bill covers all 12 appropriations bills, maintains current FY 2017 funding levels without “poison pill” policy riders or funding for any new activities, including a border wall (my emphasis) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 Section-by-Section Summary: https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/090617-CONTINUING-APPROPRIATIONS-ACT-FY18-SECTION-BY-SECTION.pdf <https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/090617-CONTINUING-APPROPRIATIONS-ACT-FY18-SECTION-BY-SECTION.pdf> House FY 2018 Omnibus > Yesterday the House considered and voted on a number of amendments to the first four of the eight “non-security” FY 2018 appropriations bills under consideration this week (there were 118 amendments to consider). Last night the House Rules Committee issued a rule allowing for another 224 amendments, of which 59 are to the Labor-HHS-Education part of the bill (Division F). > The education and workforce-related amendments listed below show the order in which they will be considered on the House floor, and also their “amendment number,” which is how they will be referred to and which reflects the order they were submitted to the Rules Committee. > > 131, Rep. Kildee (amendment #123) – provides $10 million more for Youth Employment > 132, Rep. B. Lee et al (amendment #60) – provides $16 million more for Job Corp > 133, Rep. Mitchell (amendment #21) – cuts general administrative and departmental salary and expense accounts in Division F (the Labor-HHS-Education bill) > 140, Rep. Bonamici et al (amendment #141) – increases funding for women apprenticeship grants > 161, Rep. DeLauro et al (amendment #35) – restores funding to 21st Century Community Learning Centers (cut by $192 million in the bill), paid for by offsetting cuts in Department of Education program administration funds > 162, Reps. Bonamici and Costello (amendment #138) – provides $8.9 million more for Title I State Assessment grants > 163, Rep. Bonamici et al (amendment #136) – provides an additional $1.15 billion for Title IV-A Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants (the bill provides $500 million) > 164, Rep. Courtney (amendment #83) – increases funding for magnet schools by $1.2 million, paid for by offsetting cuts in charter schools > 165, Rep. Grijalva (amendment #173) – increases funding for English Language Acquisition by $62.6 million (the bill freezes funds at current levels) > 166, Reps. DeSaulnier and G. Thompson (amendment #81) – provides $10 million for Statewide Family Engagement Centers > 167, Rep. J. Lewis et al (amendment #101) – Increases funding for career and technical state grants by $70.2 million, paid for by offsetting cuts to higher education programs > 168, Rep. Grothman (amendment #151) – reduces by 2% the funding for the Department of Education’s program administration, Office of the Inspector General, and student aid administration > 169, Rep. F. Rooney (amendment #73) – reduces funding for the Institute of Education Sciences by $195 million > 174, Rep. Blackburn (amendment #105) – cuts all funding by 1% in Division F (the Labor-HHS-Education bill) Unsurprisingly, nothing specific here on adult education. Some stuff would likely be indirectly of consequence, like cutting IES. BTW the Lewis amendment to increase CTE funding would be offset by cuts to TRIO and GEAR UP. Jeff