Perkins-109th
congress
Click on the link below for text of
Perkins Act of 1998
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d105:HR01853:|TOM:/bss/d105query.html|
Click here to read the final
letters to congressional leadership regarding starting points for
Perkins reauthorization in the 109th Congress.
Click here
for ACTE's Side-by-Side Analysis of 1998
Perkins/ H.R. 366/ S. 250.
January 12, 2005 In a speech at J.E.B. Stuart High School in
Falls Church, VA, President Bush provided more details on his
earlier proposals reform high schools and previewed his Fiscal Year
(FY) 2006 Budget Request. The President announced a new High School
Initiative to be funded at $1.5 billion in his FY 2006 budget. CTE
advocates believe this reform could block Perkins funds.
Click here for ACTE Wire.
Click here for NASDCTEc Legislative
Alert.
January 26, 2005
The
Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act (H.R. 366) was
introduced today by House Education Reform Subcommittee Chairman
Mike Castle (R-DE). With what appears to be only a few technical
changes, this bill is a replica of last year’s H.R. 4496 which
passed through both the House Education Reform Subcommittee and the
full Education & Workforce Committee without opposition.
Click here for NAPE adaptation of
NASDCTEc Legislative Alert.
February 2, 2005
S.250, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education
Improvement Act of 2005, was introduced yesterday evening by the
Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension
Committee, Senator Enzi and is co-sponsored by Senator Kennedy.
S.250 is a replica of last year’s S.2686 that passed the HELP
committee.
Click here for NASDCTEc Legislative
Alert.
Click here for senate staff summary
of S.250.
February 7, 2005
The White House unveiled its fiscal year 2006 budget request,
which includes a proposal to dismantle career and technical
education programs that are funded through Perkins.
Click here for press release from
NASDCTEc and ACTE.
Click here for NASDCTEc call
for action.
February 15, 2005
The House Subcommittee on Education Reform took its
next step in the reauthorization of Perkins by holding a hearing on
H.R. 366—the Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act.
Click here for NAPE summary of
hearing.
Click here for
full text of the
testimony and a webcast of the hearing.
March 2, 2005
(From NASDCTEc)
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings testified yesterday before
the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Labor, Health and Human
Service and Education, which is responsible for approving federal
education spending levels. After her testimony, which focused
on the Administration’s FY06 education budget request, several
senators voiced concerns over the elimination of Perkins. Spellings
explained that Perkins eligible recipients would continue to receive
funding through a new program run out of the Department of Labor—a
$250 million community college initiative. To read the full text of
Secretary Spellings’s testimony, visit
www.ed.gov/news/speeches/2005/03/03022005.html.
March 9,
2005
In a perfunctory markup, the Senate Health Education Labor and
Pension committee unanimously passed S. 250. The House Education and
the Workforce Committee also unanimously approved, by voice vote,
H.R. 366.
Click here for Legislative Alert
from NASDCTEc.
Click here for Alert from
ACTE issued prior to the Senate and House actions.
March 10, 2005 Senate approves S. 250.
Click here for Senate Press
Release.
Click here for Legislative
Alert from NASDCTEc.
April 14, 2005
The Workforce
Alliance sent a letter of support to House and Senate Leadership,
Senate Budget Conferees, and House Budget Committee Leadership
requesting the inclusion of $5.4 billion for education and job
training in the final Budget Resolution.
Click here to read the letter.
May 3, 2005 The Career and Technical Education Coalition
circulated a Support Letter addressed to Representatives Regula and
Obey. To read the letter, visit
www.acteonline.org/policy/legislative_issues/upload/
CTE_Coalition_Letter_to_Appropriators_FY06.doc
May 4, 2005 The House passed H.R. 366 with a vote of 416-9.
All three amendments (see
http://www.house.gov/rules/109rulehr366.htm)
to the bill were passed. The bill now moves into conference.
Click here to read Statement of
Administration Policy issued by the White House shortly after the
House vote.
Click here to read Legislative
Update from NASDCTEc.
Click here for comments ("It's Time
to Speak up for Perkins!") from Wider Opportunities for Women and
here for referenced Dear
Colleague letter.
May 18, 2005 NASDCTEc issued a Legislative Update regarding a
House Dear Colleague letter urging support of Perkins funding.
Click here to read Legislative
Update.
June 9, 2005
The House Appropriations
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education is
scheduled to mark up the FY06 appropriations bill.
Perkins funding will be included in
this markup. Due to the fact that Perkins funding was
cut in the President’s FY06 budget, the appropriations process is
likely to be a tough battle.
Click here for Action Alert from
NASDCTEc.
June 21, 2005 The House Appropriations Committee votes in
favor of continued CTE funding.
Click here for Legislative Update
from NASDCTEc.
June 24, 2005 The House votes to fund Perkins.
Click here for Legislative Alert
from NASDCTEc.
Click here for Action Alert
from Women Work!
Click here for draft letter
referred to in Women Work! Action Alert.
July 12, 2005
The Senate Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee is tentatively
scheduled to vote on legislation to fund education programs for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 on July 12, followed by a full Appropriations
Committee vote on July 14.
September 26, 2005 In an effort to save Occupational and
Employment Information (Section 118 of Perkins), four key senators
are circulating a “dear colleague” letter requesting that funding be
restore for Section 118.
Click here for Legislative Update
from ACRNA.
Click here for Dear Colleague
solicitation.
Click here for Dear Colleague
letter.
November 17, 2005
According to Congressional staff, despite
best efforts by the House and Senate, it is very unlikely that the
Perkins Act be reauthorized this year.
Click here for Legislative Update from NASDCTEc.
February 6, 2006 The President's FY07 Budget is released and
includes an elimination of Perkins.
Click here for Legislative Update from NASDCTEc.
July 12, 2006
The House passed a motion to instruct conferees for reauthorization.
The following conferees were appointed: Buck McKeon (R-CA),
Michael Castle (R-DE),
Mark
Souder (R-IN), Tom Osborne (R-NE), Marilyn Musgrave (R-CA), George
Miller (D-CA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), and Ron Kind (D-WI). It is
expected that the Senate will do the same shortly.
Click here for update from ACTE.
Click here for article from CQ Today.
July 13, 2006 (From NASDCTEc listserve) The Senate
appointed the full Senate HELP committee—Senators Enzi(R-WY),
Gregg (R-NH), Frist (R-TN), Alexander (R-TN), Burr (R-NC), Isakson(R-GA),
DeWine (R-OH), Ensign (R-NV), Hatch(R-UT), Sessions(R-AL), Roberts
(R-KS), Kennedy(D-MA), Dodd (D-CT), Harkin (D-IA), Mikulski (D-MD),
Jeffords (I-VT), Bingaman (D-NM), Murray (D-WA), Reed (D-RI), and
Clinton (D-NY)—to serve as its representatives to the conference
committee that will work out the differences between the House and
Senate versions of Perkins reauthorization.
July 18, 2006 The Senate
Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related
Agencies marked up its FY 07 bill. The bill provides $1.296 billion
for Perkins, which is the same figure the House approved in their
version of the bill on June 13.
Click here for update from NASDCTEc.
Click here for Senate press release.
July 20, 2006 In a brief meeting
this afternoon, Conferees from the House and Senate unanimously
approved an agreement on the Perkins Reauthorization bill.
Click here for update from NASDCTEc.
Click here for Senate press release.
July 29, 2006 The House passed
the Perkins conference report by a recorded vote of 399-1.
Click here to see the recorded vote.
Click here to obtain a copy of the conference report.
Click here for press release from NASDCTEc.
Click here for press release from the House.
Click here for "Perkins Reauthorization 2006: Priorities for
Women and Working Families Achieved" from WOW.
Click here for "FAQs: Funding for Displaced
Homemakers/Single Parents" from Women Work!
August 12, 2006 President Bush signs Perkins into law.
Click here for full version of P.L. 109-270.
Please visit the Perkins IV section of our
legislative resources page
for resources on implementing Perkins IV.
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WIA-109th congress
Click here for NGA
Center for Best Practices side-by-side comparison of Title I and II
key state and local provisions in the WIA reauthorization bills.
January 4, 2005 House
Education and the Workforce Committee leaders introduced the Job
Training Improvement Act
(H.R.
27),
legislation that would strengthen and improve America's job training
system to help states and communities ensure workers get the
training they need to find good jobs. Through the Workforce
Investment Act (WIA) system, job seekers have access to job
training, job counseling, and labor market information to help them
get back on their feet. The proposal is similar to a bill passed by
the House in 2003.
Click here for Committee
press release.
Click here for WomenWork!'s call
for action.
January 24, 2005 Senator Enzi
introduced the Lifelong Education Opportunities Act (S. 9), which is
the vehicle to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act, the Adult
Education and Family Literacy Act, and Vocational Rehabilitation
Services.
Click here for NASDCTEc Legislative
Alert.
February 17, 2005 The House
Committee on Education and the Workforce approved H.R. 27.
Click here for Committee
Press Release.
Click here for markup
information.
Click here for sign-on letter
(updated for floor action) to be returned by interested parties to
nmeiklejohn@afscme.org
by 2/25/05.
Click here for text from Dear
Colleague letter from Veterans Affairs Committee members.
Click here for Action Alert from
The Workforce Alliance.
February 22, 2005 After a marathon, two-day markup, the
House Education and Workforce Committee approved the “Job Training
Improvement Act” (H.R. 27).
Click here for Legislative Alert
from NASDCTEc.
March 2, 2005
The House passed
H.R. 27 with a partisan vote of 224 to 200. H.R. 27 will reauthorize
the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) through FY 2009. To review the
bill, go to
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:h27eh.txt.pdf.
March 9, 2005 The Senate
Finance Committee reviewed and passed its proposal for
welfare reauthorization. For a summary of the PRIDE Act go to
http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/legislation.htm.
April 8, 2005 The Center for Law
and Social Policy publishes "Recommendations for Senate WIA
Reauthorization Legislation: Title I Provisions Affecting
Disadvantaged Adults."
Click here to read publication.
April 13, 2005 The Center for Law and Social Policy publishes
"Senate WIA Reauthorization Bill Should Not Adopt the
Administration's Consolidation or WIA Plus Proposals.."
Click here to read publication.
May 2, 2005 The Center for Law and Social Policy publishes
"Recommendations for Senate WIA Reauthorization: Title I Provisions
Affecting Youth."
Click here to read publication.
May 11, 2005 The Senate Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions committee to mark up WIA.
Click here to read article in CQ
Today.
June 29, 2006 The Senate passes WIA without debate.
Click here for update from The Workforce Alliance.
Click here for update from CQ Today.
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TANF-109th CONGRESS
January 4, 2005 Senior Republican
House members introduced H.R. 240, the Personal Responsibility, Work
and Family Promotion Act of 2005, to reauthorize and strengthen
reforms begun in the 1996 welfare reform law. H.R. 240 is nearly
identical to H.R. 4 which passed in the 108th Congress.
Click here for Committee Press
Release.
January
24, 2005 Senator Grassley introduced a new version of his TANF
legislation, the Personal Responsibility and Individual Development
for Everyone bill (PRIDE), which is included in S. 6 and largely
identical to his bill from the previous Congress.
Click here
for Workforce
Alliance Alert.
February 10, 2005 The House Ways and Mean Committee held a
hearing on Welfare Reform Reauthorization proposals.
Click here
for more information.
February 24, 2005 Staff from
CLASP submitted written testimony to the Human Resources
Subcommittee of the House Committee on Ways and Means. The testimony
discusses work-related provisions in Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families reauthorization, with particular attention to H.R. 240, the
Personal Responsibility, Work and Family Promotion Act of 2005.
Click here for information about
the hearing.
Click here for testimony.
March 9, 2005 The Senate Finance
Committee voted to approve a draft version of its TANF
reauthorization legislation. The version includes a bigger increase
in child care subsidies than the House bill and requires 34 hours
per week of work.
March 15, 2005 The House Human Resources subcommittee voted out
a reauthorization bill that contains provisions increasing the work
requirement from 30 to 40 hours a week, reducing the amount of
training that could count towards work, increasing childcare
funding, and promoting marriage policy.
June 29, 2005 The House voted to extend TANF until September
30th. This is the 10th time that lawmakers will have temporarily
extended the 1996 welfare law while they continue to work out
details on the program.
June 30, 2005 The Senate voted to extend TANF until September
30th.
Click here for complete extension
bill.
September 7, 2005 The House
introduced HR 3672, the TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act of
2005, which extends TANF to December 2005, provides ways for states
to use TANF funds to assist hurricane victims, and includes waivers
of work requirements for hurricane victims.
Click here for bill.
Click here for CLASP analysis of the new legislation.
Click here for CLASP PowerPoint, "TANF Fiscal Structure:
Trends, Implications of Reauthorization and Katrina."
October 20, 2005 The House Education and Workforce Committee
approved H.R. 240.
February 8, 2006 The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 (PL
109-171) became law. Section 7101 of the final bill (S 1932)
involves TANF reauthorization. The Department of Health and Human Services has been directed to
publish regulations by June 30, 2006.
Click here for Section 7101 language.
Click here for press release from DHHS.
Click here for a brief from Wider Opportunities for Women, "Next
Steps: What You Can Do in Your State for Women and Families."
Click here to read 5 publications from CLASP regarding TANF
and implementing the changes in the DRA, child support,
transitional jobs, early childhood, and education and training
activities.
Click here to read "Two-Thirds of States Qualify as 'Needy
States' for Extended Counting of TANF Job Search and Job Readiness
Assistance" by CLASP.
June 28, 2006 The U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services issue interim final rule with request for comments. The
final rule is due by September 30, 2006.
Click here for interim final rule.
September 28, 2006 NAPE and CTEEC provide comments on the
interim final rule.
Click here for joint memo.
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TITLE IX
For detailed information about Title IX,
please visit I Exercise My Rights at
http://www.titleix.info.
March 17, 2005 The Department of
Education issued a Dear Colleague letter and “Additional
Clarification” about how to comply with prong three of the
three-part participation test. You can find all this on the
Department’s website at
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/title9guidanceadditional.html
March 21, 2005
The National Women's Law Center (NWLC) issues Press Release, “Bush Administration Weakens Title IX”
Click here for press release.
Click here for talking points from
NWLC.
March 22, 2005
Senator Clinton urges Bush Administration to reconsider attempt
to undermine Title IX.
Click here for News Release.
March 28, 2005
The National Coalition for Women
and Girls in Education issues a letter to Secretary of Education
Spellings about the March 17 "Clarification."
Click here to read
letter.
March 29, 2005
The Supreme Court ruled that Title IX,
the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education also
prohibits retaliation against individuals, including teachers, for
complaining about sex discrimination.
Read NWLC press release at http://www.nwlc.org/details.cfm?id=2202§ion=newsroom
April 28, 2005 Senator Lieberman
calls on Bush Administration to preserve Title IX policy.
Click here to read related press
release.
June 22, 2005 A press conference was held in Washington,
D.C., to celebrate the 33rd anniversary of Title IX and to send a
clear message that the recent Clarification issued by the Department
of Education should be withdrawn.
Click here for more information.
Click here for article for the
Chronicle of Higher Education.
Click on the following names to read op-eds that ran in honor of
Title IX's 34th the anniversary:
Jennie Finch,
Angela Ruggiero,
Tamika Catchings.
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