Hi everyone, I hope you all are faring well during a relatively crazy week. A few updates for you: 117th Congress: After January 20 or when the Senate is fully constituted, we expect to see legislation starting to move on top priorities, especially additional COVID relief. With Democrats holding a tiny margin in both the House and Senate, it will be difficult to pass controversial bills, but Congress could use the budget reconciliation process to make it easier to pass spending and revenue legislation in the Senate. Budget reconciliation provides an opportunity for the majority party to push priority legislative agenda items through the Senate with a simple majority vote (vs. 60 votes). Here is a link to 1) ACG’s overview<https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:9970d9de-b104-4183-93d3-4d19c9820ad0> of the budget reconciliation process, including potential legislative priorities and 2) Overview of the budget reconciliation process from the House Budget Committee<https://budget.house.gov/publications/fact-sheet/budget-reconciliation-basics#Reconciliation10>. State allocations of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund and Governor’s Fund: While nothing has come out from the DOE yet, CEF passed along Learning Policy Institute’s estimates for allocations of the ESSER and GEER funds. Click here<https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/product-files/ESSERF-State-Funding_TABLE.pdf> for estimated state allocations from the ESSER Fund. In addition, attached are estimates from LPI of the Governor’s Fund for public schools. The analysis in the spreadsheet assumes that 100% of ESSERF ($13.2 billion) and 50% of GEERF ($1.4 billion) funds under CARES would go to K-12 schools. We will pass along estimates for other education sectors when available. Committee Assignments: House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, announced additional Democratic appointments to the House Committee<https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/1521-0>, including Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) for the Education and Labor Committee. Best, Michele MICHELE DIECUCH | Senior Director of Programs Pronouns: She, Her, Hers ________________________________ ProLiteracy<http://www.proliteracy.org/> | 101 Wyoming St. | Syracuse, NY 13204 p 315.214.2576 | f 315.422.6369 | mdiecuch@proliteracy.org<mailto:mdiecuch@proliteracy.org> Find us and follow us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/ProLiteracy/59618669707> and Twitter<http://twitter.com/#!/ProLitWorld>. Help ProLiteracy advance the cause of adult literacy.<http://www.proliteracy.org/give> [2020-11-PL-EmailSignatures-Advocacy-1042 (003)]<https://www.proliteracy.org/What-We-Do/Advocacy>