| | | | | |  | | By Juan Perez Jr. | With help from Nicole Gaudiano 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. | | | — Today should yield some answers on the timetable for a fast-moving lawsuit over foreign student studies. — School funding is the big, new hurdle in Capitol Hill's push for a new coronavirus relief package. — A major college sports conference is blowing up its fall sports schedule. Who's next? IT'S FRIDAY, JULY 10. 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Download for iOS and Android. | | | | | | WHAT'S NEXT ON CHALLENGE TO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S INTERNATIONAL STUDENT VISA POLICY: Lawyers for Harvard, MIT and the federal government are scheduled to convene again via teleconference this morning to sort through the schools' lawsuit to block the Trump administration from deporting foreign college students who take online-only courses this fall. What's on the table? A temporary restraining order, or pausing the proposed policy from taking effect while arguments play out. — Today's hearing should clear up some details on the lawsuit's timeline, but remember Immigration and Customs Enforcement has told schools to report whether they're shutting down or offering entirely online classes for the fall 2020 semester by next Wednesday. — Separately, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra says he's suing the Trump administration to challenge the policy, this time on behalf of the California State University system and the California Community Colleges System. CHAMBER CEO WEIGHS IN: "This policy could force tens of thousands of international students to leave the U.S. for reasons outside of their control and needlessly injects an immense of amount of uncertainty into our nation's higher education system at a time when colleges and universities are grappling with significant logistical and financial challenges," U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Thomas Donohue said in a statement on Thursday. — Scores of Democrats have joined the chorus of criticism. "ICE's proposed policy demonstrates a callous disregard for the harm this policy inflicts on international students, and is contrary to public health guidance from authorities within the Administration," said a Thursday letter from prominent Democrats to acting Homeland Security and ICE chiefs Chad Wolf and Matthew Albence, respectively. | | | | HAPPENING JULY 16, 9 a.m. EDT – REBOOTING THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE : Join POLITICO for a virtual discussion exploring how recovery efforts have affected different sectors of the American workforce and what measures lawmakers need to implement to help Americans get back to work. Featuring a keynote conversation with Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), the chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, the program also includes a panel discussion with Neil Bradley, executive vice president and chief policy officer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Marianne Wanamaker, associate professor of economics at the University of Tennessee and former chief domestic economist for President Donald Trump's White House Council of Economic Advisors. REGISTER HERE. | | | | | | | | A MASSIVE NEW HURDLE: The national fight over reopening America's schools is complicating Congress' push to deliver its next coronavirus relief package, POLITICO's Sarah Ferris and Marianne LeVine report. — The terms for expansive funding for education will now likely to be a central component of the next trillion dollar-plus package, along with soon-to-expire jobless benefits and additional stimulus checks. While the federal government can't set procedures for local school districts, Republicans and Democrats are eager to use the package to help shape how the nation reopens schools for millions of students. | | | COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON THE BRINK: One of the biggest athletic conferences in college sports will only compete against its own schools this fall — and that's only if officials even decide to kick off games. — The Big Ten's move to a conference-only fall schedule is not unexpected, though major safety details are still to be hammered out by an organization that includes schools such as Michigan, Ohio State, Maryland and Rutgers. The conference said its decision allowed "the greatest flexibility" to "make quick decisions in real-time" based on evolving medical advice and the pandemic's fluid nature. — Here's the catch: "As we continue to focus on how to play this season in a safe and responsible way, based on the best advice of medical experts, we are also prepared not to play in order to ensure the health, safety and wellness of our student-athletes should the circumstances so dictate," the Big Ten said. | | | WHIPLASH: First they say they want to yank money from schools that won't reopen, then they say they won't. Nicole Gaudiano laid out the sequence of the Trump administration's multiple and evolving statements on potential funding cuts for schools that left many heads spinning this week. — The latest: "We are not suggesting pulling funding from education, but instead allowing families, take that money and figure out where their kids can get educated if their schools refuse to open," Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said on Fox News on Thursday. "Schools can reopen safely and they must reopen." GAO EXAMINES SCHOOL SHOOTINGS: Suburban and rural, wealthier, and low-minority schools had more school-targeted shootings — the most fatal and most commonly committed by students between 2009-19, according to a new report from the federal watchdog. — The report is the first government-mandated collection of data on all school shootings, according to the offices of House Education and Labor Chair Bobby Scott and Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler. Nicole has the story. TRUMP TALKS CHARTERS IN APPEAL TO LATINOS: "One of the most successful educational models is the charter school, which has been under unceasing attack from the radical left," President Donald Trump said on Thursday, as he signed an executive order to establish a Hispanic Prosperity Initiative at the Education Department. "As long as I'm President, I will never let your charter schools be taken away from you, be taken down," Trump said alongside DeVos during the Rose Garden event. | | | |  | | | | | | BIDEN WOULD FOLLOW CDC ON SCHOOL REOPENINGS, WIFE PROMISES: Joe Biden will listen to scientists and the CDC on the best time to safely reopen schools, the presumptive Democratic nominee's wife told teachers union members on Thursday, as the Trump administration continues its aggressive push to have schools fully reopen. — Jill Biden, a longtime educator, said "it's all about leadership" during a video conference with American Federation of Teachers leaders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Warren has been frequently mentioned as a possible running mate for the former vice president. Nicole has more. | | | | WINNERS PLAY THE LONG GAME : Now more than ever, it's essential 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. Sustainability starts in your inbox; 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 problems and possible solutions. | | | | | | | | 'UNPRECEDENTED' RATE OF FOOD INSECURITY: A new Brookings Institution report based on weekly Census Bureau data found that more than 16 percent of households with children — roughly 1 in 6 — say their kids are sometimes or often not eating enough food during the pandemic. — "New data show that an unprecedented number of children in the United States are experiencing food insecurity and did not have sufficient food as of late June," wrote Lauren Bauer, a fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project. POLITICO's Helena Bottemiller Evich has the story. | | | BIG DEPARTURE: Kenneth Marcus, the Education Department's top civil rights official, is stepping down, DeVos announced on Thursday. — Marcus oversaw the development of the Trump administration's sweeping new Title IX rule governing campus misconduct. He also led the administration's charge to combat anti-Semitism on college campuses and in schools, opening several high-profile investigations and adopting a controversial definition of anti-Semitism that critics said punished criticism of Israel. Michael Stratford has more. | | | — 'That's crazy': Reopening schools is possible, but we're doing it wrong: POLITICO Magazine — 'Big mess' looms if schools don't get billions to reopen safely: New York Times — Department of Education-funded report points to safety benefits of partial school reopening, in conflict with Trump, DeVos push: Chalkbeat — How Trump politicized school reopenings: Time — Louisiana governor, lawmakers oppose canceling school sports: Associated Press — Purdue president says students will have to 'submit a negative test' before returning to campus: CNBC | | | | Follow us on Twitter | | | | Follow us | | | | |
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