| | | | | |  | | By Bianca Quilantan | With help from Daniel Lippman and Michael Stratford 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. | | | — Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases, and other top health advisers will testify before the Senate HELP Committee today on getting students back in classrooms and everyone else back to work. Watch the hearing live at 10 a.m. — A group of Senate Democrats is seeking to attach several amendments meant to crack down on abuses by for-profit colleges to the sweeping annual defense policy bill that's being considered on the Senate floor. — The National Governors Association and other local leaders asked Senate leaders to dole out more direct federal aid, citing "historic budget shortfalls" and potential government job losses ahead of their new fiscal year this week. IT'S TUESDAY, JUNE 30. WELCOME TO MORNING EDUCATION. HOW IS YOUR COLLEGE IMPLEMENTING THE TITLE IX RULE? Ping me at bquilantan@politico.com with your answer. Send tips to your host or to my colleagues, Juan Perez Jr. at jperez@politico.com, Michael Stratford at mstratford@politico.com and Nicole Gaudiano at ngaudiano@politico.com. Share event listings: educalendar@politicopro.com. And 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. | | | | | | THE LATEST ON RETURNING TO SCHOOL, WORK: The Senate has heard from educators on what they need to reopen, but today they'll get a prognosis from the nation's top doctors. Lawmakers will hear from Fauci, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, CDC Director Robert Redfield and Brett Giroir, HHS assistant secretary for health on reopening schools and the workplace. This is the third Senate HELP hearing on the topic of reopening schools this fall during the pandemic. — Senate HELP Chair Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has indicated that going back to school this fall is a must-do, and has said "the question for governors, school districts, teachers and parents is not whether schools should reopen — but how." Before today's hearing, he also said he was open to giving schools more federal aid to help them reopen this fall, following calls for billions more in aid from educators. — Ranking member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) is expected to probe the doctors on a national vaccine plan. "We know this pandemic will not end until we have a vaccine that is safe and effective, that we can widely produce and equitably distribute, and that is free and accessible to everyone," Murray is expected to say in her opening statement. "Which is why we need a comprehensive national vaccine plan from the Trump Administration as soon as possible." — Eric Mackey, Alabama Superintendent of Education, told CNN's Kate Bolduan that reopening schools is difficult because the coronavirus "looks very different place to place, and we find that here in Alabama from community to community." The state is looking to blend a traditional school format and remote learning format, he said, which is similar to a lot of plans that have been unveiled. HOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL PICKS UP STEAM: House Democrats are trying to pass their $1.5 trillion sweeping infrastructure package that includes $130 billion for upgrading the nation's poorest public schools. The Rules Committee met on Monday to narrow down the amendments that will be considered on the House floor for debate on the five-year package. The Moving Forward Act, H.R. 2 (116), includes provisions for everything from roads to education, housing, clean water and broadband. — House debate on the bill will start today. The Rules Committee issued a structured rule providing for two hours of general debate. The White House has already threatened to veto the package. Read more from Pro's Tanya Snyder. | | | | TODAY AT 1 p.m. EDT - A POLITICO TOWN HALL: AMERICA AT A TIPPING POINT: The killing of George Floyd sparked demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice around the world. One month later, join POLITICO Live for a town hall to reflect on the past and reckon with what is next to come. Featured guests include Julián Castro, former secretary of HUD and Democratic presidential candidate; Vanita Gupta, president and chief executive of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; Rashad Robinson, civil rights leader and president of Color of Change; and Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. REGISTER HERE. | | | | | | | | FIRST LOOK: SENATE DEMOCRATS AIM TO TARGET FOR-PROFIT COLLEGES IN DEFENSE BILL: Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) will announce this morning that they're filing four amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 4049 (116), which will hit the Senate floor this week. — An amendment led by Hassan would require the Education Department to create a tracking system to collect complaints about colleges, including their recruiting and marketing practices. The system would also accept complaints against student loan servicers — and allow for the submission of anonymous complaints. — An amendment led by Brown would prohibit any college from using Pentagon Tuition Assistance money or other Defense Department education aid dollars for "advertising, recruiting, or marketing activities." — An amendment led by Durbin would make changes to the federal 90/10 rule, which imposes a cap on the amount of federal student aid that can flow to for-profit colleges. Under the proposal, for-profit colleges' receipt of all federal funds — including most GI Bill money — would be capped at 85 percent, up from the current 90 percent. — Another amendment led by Durbin would require the Pentagon's online college comparison tools for servicemembers to include information about whether a college is under federal or state investigation. STATES ASK FOR MORE FEDERAL AID: Dozens of groups, in a letter led by the NGA, asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for more direct stimulus aid to help replace billions in lost revenue for "state and local governments to both rebuild the economy and maintain essential services in education, health care, emergency operations, public safety and more." — The letter, sent on behalf of states, territories, counties, cities and towns, says they're "experiencing historic budget shortfalls" because of the pandemic just before their budget years start on July 1. "If the Senate fails to act immediately to support state and local governments, our nation's recovery from the pandemic-induced recession will suffer and millions of Americans will needlessly be harmed," the groups wrote. — The groups also said furloughs and job cuts are on the table, and government employment is suffering "substantial losses" with over 1.6 million jobs lost since March. DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE EMERGENCY BROADBAND BILL: Schumer and Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Con..) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) introduced a bill that would create an emergency $50 per month benefit for internet service to workers who have been laid off or furloughed during the pandemic. — The bill, dubbed the Emergency Broadband Connections Act, was sponsored by 26 Senate Democrats. Eligibility would be based on qualification for the Lifeline program, the National School Lunch Program or Federal Pell Grants. — Additionally, the bill would provide laptops, desktop computers or tablets to eligible households. "Our legislation will make sure workers and families in need don't find themselves stranded offline at the same time they lose a paycheck," Wyden said in a statement. "It's critical to bridging the digital divide, and helping Americans get back to work and school as soon as possible." | | | GEORGIA LOOKS TO WAIVE STANDARDIZED TESTS: The state's Education Department unveiled a public survey on high-stakes standardized tests in public schools, a move that would allow officials to ask the federal government to waive the exams, The Atlanta Constitution-Journal reported. The survey will take place over the next two weeks. — The Education Department had previously waived the requirement in the spring because of the coronavirus, but now Georgia wants the waiver to continue throughout this upcoming school year and instead offer an optional test to identify children who are falling behind. | | | | WINNERS PLAY THE LONG GAME : With so much going on in the present, it is more important than ever to look ahead to how society will thrive in the future. "The Long Game" is a newsletter designed for executives, investors and policymakers leading that conversation. Engage with the sharpest minds on our biggest challenges, from pandemics to environmental justice, climate change to renewable energy, inequality and the future of work. Subscribe today for a nuanced look at these issues and possible solutions. Subscribe today. | | | | | | | | — Delaware Gov. John Carney was elected to be the new Southern Regional Education Board chair. He succeeds Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas. — Crystal Brown is the new executive vice president of D.C. communications firm Hager Sharp. She will lead the firm's education, labor, and economy practice. Brown was previously Howard University's vice president and chief communications officer. | | | — A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse, "A COVID-19 Supplement to Spring 2020 Current Term Enrollment Estimates," examines the effects of the pandemic on postsecondary enrollments. The report found that the pandemic "does not appear to have had any major effect on students' enrollment statuses during the spring term." — A new report from the Student Borrower Protection Center, "Disparate Debts: How Student Loans Drive Racial Inequality Across American Cities," looks at borrowers in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, San Francisco and New York City. It found that Black- and Latinx-majority areas see fastest growing student debt, delinquency rates disproportionately spike in neighborhoods with high Black and Latinx populations, and student loan defaults are concentrated in minority-majority areas. | | | |  | | | | | | — What happens to 'The Nation's Report Card' in a coronavirus crisis? POLITICO Pro — Campus sexual assault policy changes not widely known: Inside Higher Ed — This college is tiny and isolated. For some students during the pandemic, that sounds perfect: The Washington Post — Opinion: College is worth it, but campus isn't: The New York Times — Presidents' growing worry? Perceived value of college: Inside Higher Ed — Sen. Ron Johnson says all Wisconsin schools should open in fall: Education Week | | | | Follow us on Twitter | | | | Follow us | | | | |
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