| | | | | |  | | By Juan Perez Jr. | With help from Bianca Quilantan and Nicole Gaudiano Programming announcement: Our newsletters are evolving. Morning Education will continue to publish daily for POLITICO Pro subscribers, but starting on July 13th will consolidate to a weekly newsletter for all others. There will be no changes to the policy newsletters available to POLITICO Pro subscribers. To continue to receive Morning Education daily, as well as access POLITICO Pro's full suite of policy tools and trackers, get in touch about a Pro subscription. Already a Pro subscriber? Learn more here. | | | — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has a new rule for coronavirus aid dollars, and it's prompted a skeptical reaction from her opponents. — A New York middle school principal is making plans for the future, assuming he officially ousts Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) from Congress. — The Education Department isn't pleased with parts of a GAO report on the agency's coronavirus spending. IT IS SOMEHOW FRIDAY, JUNE 26. Nearly half a million economic stimulus payment recipients didn't get extra money they were also due for their kids. The Trump administration's pledge to protect Covid-19 patients from massive medical bills is falling short for survivors who experience long-term complications. The International Monetary Fund said financial markets could crash again if investor confidence evaporates in the face of a second viral outbreak, and warned that optimism about a quick economic recovery could be dangerous. Here's your daily reminder to send tips to today's host at jperez@politico.com — and also colleagues Nicole Gaudiano (ngaudiano@politico.com ), Michael Stratford (mstratford@politico.com) and Bianca Quilantan (bquilantan@politico.com). Share your event listings with educalendar@politicopro.com. And don't forget to follow us on Twitter: @Morning_Edu and @POLITICOPro. | | | | Get the free POLITICO news app for the critical updates you need. Breaking news, analysis, videos, and podcasts, right at your fingertips. Download for iOS and Android. | | | | | | NEW DAY, NEW RULE, NEW CONTROVERSY: DeVos on Thursday unveiled a new rule that tweaks an earlier policy that caused an uproar among school groups over how much federal money would flow to services for private school students. — The new rule will allow school districts two broad options: Give coronavirus stimulus funds allotted under the CARES Act, H.R. 748 (116), to all students — including those in private schools — or direct the funds only to low-income students in the nation's poorest schools. — "While a number of traditional public schools aren't sure whether they will open their doors again in the fall, too many other kinds of schools are sure they won't open again at all," DeVos said. — "This is a looming crisis the CARES Act attempts to avert," she added. "Now is not the time to focus on what word comes before 'school.'" — The interim final rule will take effect as soon as it's published in the Federal Register in the coming days, and will be open for public comment for 30 days. Nicole Gaudiano and Bianca Quilantan have much more on the backstory, and skeptical industry reaction. | | | | BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE - A DIFFERENT KIND OF NEWSLETTER : Are you interested in creating a sustainable future for generations to come? Our sustainability newsletter, "The Long Game," is designed for executives, investors and policymakers who lead crucial conversations about how society can continue to thrive. Join the sharpest minds for a discussion about the most significant challenges from pandemics to plastics, climate change to land use, inequality and the future of work. Winners play the long game, subscribe today. | | | | | | | | | 
Former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman outside a subway station. | Jeenah Moon/Getty Images | JAMAAL BOWMAN WANTS TO SERVE ON HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: The New York middle school principal with major progressive support hasn't officially defeated the 16-term Engel, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee. But Bowman's declared victory following the state's primary on Tuesday. "I can't wait to get to DC and cause problems for those maintaining the status quo," he tweeted this week. — Bowman's now making plans for the start of his congressional tenure, telling MSNBC on Thursday that he'd like to bring his schoolhouse skills, and corresponding concern about urban issues, to the Capitol. That includes aspirations to serve on the House's Education and Labor, Budget and Small Business committees. — "We need a fighter and an urgent champion and a coalition builder for these issues," Bowman said. "And Congressman Engel, unfortunately, has not been that over the course of his career." — Engel's apparent defeat also sets off a scramble for the Foreign Affairs Committee chairmanship. Read more from POLITICO's John Bresnahan, Heather Caygle and Sarah Ferris. 'BORROWER DEFENSE' OVERRIDE SET FOR HOUSE VOTE TODAY: House lawmakers earlier this month teed up today's vote to consider overriding President Donald Trump's veto of a Congressional Review Act resolution, H.J. Res. 76 (116), which would overturn DeVos' overhaul of the Obama-era standards for loan forgiveness for defrauded borrowers. — The House Education and Labor Committee released a report, " Delayed and Denied," on the issue on Thursday afternoon. But House Democrats don't appear to have the votes to override Trump's veto. | | | |  | | | | | | GAO SCRUTINIZES GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO COVID-19: A mammoth audit from the federal watchdog includes some stern assessments on the Education Department's administration of coronavirus aid. — Evolving communications may have contributed to delays in distributing more than $6 billion in emergency aid for college students, the GAO noted, which included the department's effort to generally limit those funds to U.S. citizens who qualify for financial aid. Two federal courts have issued preliminary injunctions to halt that policy from being enforced at certain schools in California and Washington. — Despite efforts to suspend involuntary collections for defaulted loans, the GAO said some borrowers continued to have their wages garnished through the beginning of June. — It's too early to know how states and school districts will spend the money doled through the Education Stabilization Fund, the GAO said, while noting that "oversight and transparency will be critical to ensuring" it's used appropriately. — "In its written comments, Education stated that report sections related to Education's actions in response to the pandemic were inaccurate, flawed, incomplete, and unfair," the GAO report said, adding that it disagreed with those characterizations. — POLITICO's Dan Diamond has more on how the GAO assessed inconsistent virus-testing data, supply shortages and long-running problems like infection-control lapses in nursing homes. DEMOCRATS CONCERNED OVER TAX REFUNDS FOR DEFAULTED BORROWERS: Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and 26 other Senate Democrats wrote to DeVos and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday, demanding answers about tax refund seizures for defaulted student loan borrowers. | | | TOP DEMOCRATS UNVEIL CHILD CARE BILL: POLITICO's Caitlin Emma has more on a proposal to bolster child care tax subsidies, spend billions of dollars on child care safety and provide hundreds of millions of dollars to aid essential workers with children during the pandemic. — The Child Care for Economic Recovery Act, H.R. 7327 (116), would open up the child and dependent care tax credit to more low- and middle-income families. It would also create a 50 percent refundable tax credit for child care providers to cover mortgage payments, utility bills and rent costs, in addition to expanding the employee retention tax credit to keep child care workers employed. — House Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) and Ways and Means Chair Richard Neal (D-Mass.) introduced the bill along with other Democrats. | | | DESANTIS PRIORITIZES SCHOOL CHOICE BILL FOR SIGNING: POLITICO's Andrew Atterbury reports that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a banner school choice bill into law on Thursday, scratching another education priority off his list and throwing support to private schools during an unprecedented fiscal crisis. — The legislation delivers on a major priority for the Republican-led Legislature by enabling the state's fledgling Family Empowerment Scholarship to more than double from 18,000 students to 46,626, widening Florida's already large school choice footprint. OAKLAND DROPS SCHOOL POLICE: In case you missed it, POLITICO's Mackenzie Mays broke down a major Oakland Unified School District vote to eliminate its district police department. A national movement to remove law enforcement from school campuses is keeping up its momentum. — The Los Angeles school board rejected a similar proposal to eliminate the police department there. San Francisco does not have its own police department but school board members have voted to cancel its contract with the San Francisco Police Department. | | | | FOR CRITICAL NEWS AND CONTEXT YOU NEED IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS, LISTEN TO POLITICO DISPATCH: Coronavirus cases continue to spike as states take steps to reopen. Americans are demanding action from lawmakers to address racial injustice and police reform. How do you keep up with the never-ending news cycle? 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