A weekly report of public policy issues in American education from Washington Partners, LLC, Washington DC. NCEA Legislative Report Archive: 2005
8 April 2005
- Budget and Appropriations
- Secretary Spellings Announces New NCLB Policy
- House and Senate Committees Discuss Head Start Financial Accountability
- House Committee Discusses Child Obesity During CDC Hearing
- Department Hosts Community Colleges Virtual Summit
- New Publications
- In the News
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1 April 2005
- Budget and Appropriations Update
- Department Announces Additional Public Meetings on IDEA
- Spellings Considers Increasing 1% Cap for Special Education Students
- Department to Hold Workshops for Teachers and Principals
- New Report Shows Academic Progress in Urban School Districts
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25 March 2005
- Senate Appropriations Subcommittees and Staff Finalized
- IES Announces 2005 Research Agenda
- CEP Releases Report on the State of NCLB Implementation
- In the News
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18 March 2005
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- Budget and Appropriations Update
- House Subcommittee Approves Work and Child Care Legislation
- School Nutrition Focus of Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing
- Public Education Network Releases NCLB Report
- New Study Finds Education Leadership Programs Range From "Inadequate to Appalling"
- Arts Celebrated on Capitol Hill
- New Publications
- In the News
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11 March 2005
- Budget and Appropriations Update
- Spellings Restructures the Department of Education
- HELP Committee Passes Caring for Children Act
- First Lady and President Bush Promote "Helping America's Youth" Initiative
- New SAT Debuts March 12
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4 March 2005
- Budget and Appropriations
- WIA Update
- Personnel Changes at the Department of Education
- Governors and Business Leaders Commit to Redesigning the American High School
- Correction
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HOUSE AND SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEES AND CHAIRMEN
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25 February 2005
- Budget and Appropriations Update
- House Education Committee Releases "Views and Estimates for FY 2006"
- Governors Focus on High School Redesign
- Department of Education Holds Final IDEA Public Meeting
- New Scientifically Based Research Regulations Go Into Effect
- State Legislators Recommend Changes to NCLB
- Study Looks at Affects of President's Budget on Domestic Programs after 2006
- Alliance for Excellent Education Explores Adolescent Literacy Interventions
- New Publications
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18 February 2005
- Budget and Appropriations Update
- House Appropriations Changes Approved, Senate Has Yet to Follow Suit
- WIA Reauthorization Jumps Another Hurdle
- Biggert and Hinojosa Form Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus
- Bipartisan, Bicameral Federal Youth Coordination Act Reintroduced
- In Brief
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11 February 2005
- Budget and Appropriations Update
- Education Community Disappointed with Budget Request
- House and Senate Continue Disagreement Over Appropriations Shuffle
- House Begins WIA Reauthorization
- House and Senate Launch Afterschool Caucuses
- Obesity Briefing Held on Hill
- New Publications
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President's Bush FY06 Budget Request Eliminates 48 Education Programs
February 11, 2005
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7 February 2005
- Budget and Appropriations Update
- Education Subcommittees Finalized, Appropriations Reorganization Still up for Debate
- House to Markup Workforce Investment Act
- Spellings Sworn in as Education Secretary
- Department Creates New Resources to Combat Diploma Mills
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Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives, 109th Congress
Including Sub-Committees.
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28 January 2005
- Budget and Appropriations
- Senate Leadership Introduces Education Legislation
- House Republicans Assign New Members to Education and Workforce Committee
- Secretary of Education Spellings Announces New Chief of Staff
- College Board Reports More Students Succeeding in AP Courses
- Castle Introduces Perkins Reauthorization Bill
- In Brief
- New Publications
- In the News
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21 January 2005
- Washington Update
- Senate Confirms Margaret Spellings as Secretary of Education
- Senate HELP and Finance Committees Hold Confirmation Hearings on Leavitt
- In Brief
- In the News
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14 January 2005
- Washington Update
- Bush Launches High School Initiative
- Senator Kennedy Presents "A Democratic Blueprint for America's Future"
- Wellness Policy Briefing
- Department of Education Introduces National Education Technology Plan
- Symposium Held on Next Steps for NCLB
- Internet Links Change as 109th Congress Convenes
- New Publications
- In the News
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7 January 2005
- Washington Update
- Margaret Spellings Confirmation Hearing
- New Teacher Initiative Launched
- Education Week Annual Quality Counts Publication Looks at School Finance
- E-Rate Funds to Resume
- In the News
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