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covering education policy @politico | north carolinian | call me, beep me šŸ“§: [email protected] signal: mwilkes.77

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Mackenzie Wilkes
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Congressional Republicans are forging a plan to make good on President Donald Trump’s directive to close the Education Department. They see a path to chipping away at the agency program by program, using multiple bills. ā¬‡ļø.
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Mackenzie Wilkes
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RT @nicholaswu12: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release some previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, d….
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Mackenzie Wilkes
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New: House appropriators are now expected to mark up the bill to fund the departments of Education, Labor and HHS when they return from August recess, Labor-H Chair Robert Aderholt told me. The committee was originally aiming for markups next week.
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Lawmakers are proposing to fund the departments of Education, Labor, Health and Human Services and related agencies at over $184 billion
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Mackenzie Wilkes
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RT @_erinmansfield: Trump's megabill contains the first increases to child care tax credits in a generation. Sen. Katie Britt, a Republic….
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There are three federal tax provisions related to child care. Trump's new tax law recently expanded all of them through a reconciliation package.
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RT @Trish_Crain: Here are the federal funds that Alabama schools are waiting for. These are current budget year - FY25 - numbers. https://t….
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RT @gardnerakayla: Scoop: Millions of student-loan borrowers enrolled in a Biden-era repayment plan (blocked in court) will see interest ch….
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Mackenzie Wilkes
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The megabill headed to President Donald Trump's desk includes an education overhaul:. - new student loan repayment plans .- the first federal school choice tax credit.- a hike on the endowment tax for some colleges.
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The legislation would make a range of changes to student aid programs and create the first federal school choice tax credit.
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Mackenzie Wilkes
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RT @SophiaCai99: Our @politico interns are here, give them a follow! . @pavanmacharya .@nicolejmarkus .@_amiramckee .@MunisJacqueline.@rach….
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RT @Reporter_Mia: Follow @cassandra_dumay!!! . I watched her kill it at BU and now am pumped to have her join our team and crush the Capito….
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Mackenzie Wilkes
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RT @politico: House Republicans proposed to diminish a federal grant for students. Campus leaders want the Senate to save it. https://t.co/….
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Under proposed changes in the House, most recipients could receive a smaller award. Campus leaders want the Senate to save it.
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Mackenzie Wilkes
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College presidents are looking to the Senate GOP to stave off the House proposal for dramatic changes in Pell Grant eligibility . ā€œThis is a difference between some of those students either coming to our universities or tech colleges or not.ā€.
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Under proposed changes in the House, most recipients could receive a smaller award. Campus leaders want the Senate to save it.
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Mackenzie Wilkes
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The Senate parliamentarian objected to this portion of the tax bill early this morning, ruling that it should be subject to a 60-vote threshold. Finance Republicans proposed a permanent $4B annual tax credit for donors who support school scholarship orgs.
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Brian Jodice
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BREAKING: @POTUS @realDonaldTrump just now, "We're also going to empower American parents by expanding opportunity scholarships to provide school choice. School choice is a big deal.". EVERY STATE WILL HAVE SCHOOL CHOICE SOON!
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Mackenzie Wilkes
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After outcry from tribes, the feds scale back tribal school choice plan: The Bureau of Indian Education is floating tutoring and afterschool programs instead of "offering to pay for students to attend competing private, religious or charter schools".
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Trump’s order expanding school choice to Indian Country met resistance from parents and educators who worried it would undermine tribal sovereignty.
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Mackenzie Wilkes
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RT @JasperJSmith_: Black colleges are pausing research, losing scholarships, and rethinking how they define their mission as federal agenci….
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chronicle.com
HBCUs’ mission-driven effort to serve Black communities could now result in severe budget cuts under Trump’s crusade against DEI. It’s all a big misunderstanding, advocates say.
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Mackenzie Wilkes
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In case you were sleeping: The Senate parliamentarian determined *early* this morning that the GOP’s two new student loan repayment plans can’t be applied to current borrowers.
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Mackenzie Wilkes
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ICYMI: A tax credit in the ā€˜big beautiful bill’ could transform school choice. Lawmakers, advocates are maneuvering to extract an even bigger get out of the Senate. They want:. •$10B over 10 years compared to House’s $5B over 4.•No income limits.
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The House-passed reconciliation bill includes language to encourage charitable donations for educational expenses.
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