| | | | | |  | | By Bianca Quilantan | with help from Max Cohen 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. | | | — The Trump administration prohibited international students from taking their classes fully online. The new guidance could force colleges and universities to offer in-person classes during the pandemic to keep their international students enrolled. — House Democrats rolled out their fiscal 2021 education spending bill, proposing a modest boost for the Education Department budget to $73.5 billion. — The White House could propose to include giving money for scholarships to private and religious schools in the next stimulus bill, McClatchy reported. Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said during a White House press briefing last week that he was "absolutely" in favor of giving schools more money to help them safely reopen this fall. HAPPY TUESDAY, JULY 7. WELCOME TO MORNING EDUCATION. WHAT ARE SOME KEY EDUCATION POLICY ISSUES YOU'RE CLOSELY WATCHING BEFORE THE ELECTION? 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. | | | | | | ICE ANNOUNCES NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENT VISA RULE: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's temporary final rule, unveiled on Monday, will leave colleges in a tough spot: Reopen their schools to in-person learning despite rising numbers of Covid-19 infections or lose international students and their tuition. — The changes apply to the Student and Exchange Visitor Program for non-immigrant students on F-1 and M-1 visas for academic and vocational coursework. The State Department won't issue visas to students in online-only programs and Customs and Border Protection will not allow these students to enter the country, according to the press release. If their school shifts online, international students in the United States will have to leave the country or transfer to a school with some in-person learning. — Colleges and universities wanted more clarity on how to keep their international students enrolled, but the new guidance will "sow confusion and uncertainty," said Brad Farnsworth, vice president of the American Council on Education. "There's going to be a scramble for interpretation and colleges will be craving that certainty and they'll be asking the U.S. government to help clarify to get additional details on interpretation." Read more from POLITICO's Max Cohen. ALL THE DOLLARS: In their spending plan for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, Democrats would provide an additional $716 million overall compared with current enacted levels. They'd allocate $16.6 billion for Title I funding to low-income school districts, a $254 million increase from the current year. They're also seeking $14.1 billion for special education, which represents an increase of $208 million. — The bill includes $400 million for charter schools, a $40 million decrease from the current year. — Student aid programs would receive more funding. Under the plan, the maximum Pell Grant award would increase by $150 to $6,495. The bill provides $1.2 billion for Federal Work Study, an increase of $30 million. — Democrats would block Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from carrying out her new Title IX regulations governing sexual misconduct in schools and colleges. The rules are currently scheduled to take effect next month, over the objections of many school and college groups. The bill will be considered at 5 p.m. today by the Labor-HHS-Education subcommittee. Read more from Michael Stratford. HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABOR SUBCOMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON HIGHER ED: Higher Education and Workforce Investment Chair Susan Davis (D-Calif.) is expected to address DeVos' restrictions on coronavirus stimulus relief funds, protecting students from "predatory for-profit schools," budget shortfalls and disparities students are facing at a hearing on "A Major Test: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on the Future of Higher Education" today at noon. — Witnesses include (opening remarks linked): Sharon Pierce, Minneapolis College president; Scott Pulsipher, Western Governors University president; Shaun Harper, American Educational Research Association president; and Timothy White, chancellor of the California State University system. | | | | HAPPENING TOMORROW AT 12 PM EDT - HOW IS MAYOR FRANCIS SUAREZ APPROACHING THE COVID-19 SPIKE IN MIAMI? A rapid spike in coronavirus cases has forced Miami to scale back reopening plans. What will come next? Join POLITICO Nightly author Renuka Rayasam and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez for a conversation about the next steps, including plans to handle the virus' resurgence, measures that will take shape when schools reopen, and how a city reliant on tourism can recover from the devastation wrought by the pandemic. REGISTER HERE. | | | | | | | | TRUMP TODAY: President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will participate in a "National Dialogue on Safely Reopening America's Schools" at 3 p.m. in the East Room at the White House. On Monday, Trump tweeted: "SCHOOLS MUST OPEN IN THE FALL!!!" — The president later followed up with a jab at former Vice President Joe Biden and Democrats, tweeting that they "don't want to open schools in the Fall for political reasons, not for health reasons! They think it will help them in November. Wrong, the people get it!" — DeVos also hopped on Twitter, and agreed with Trump, adding: "Learning must continue for all students. American education must be fully open and fully operational this fall!" | | | |  | | | | | Looking ahead to the next stimulus | | EDUCATION FREEDOM SCHOLARSHIPS IN NEXT STIMULUS BILL? Trump is expected to ask Congress for a "one-time, emergency appropriation" for a grant proposal that would allow states to distribute funds to nonprofits that give scholarships to students to attend private schools. On the campaign trail, the president has framed school choice as a civil rights issue. — Trump's plan would push forward DeVos' Education Freedom Scholarships proposal — introduced in the House as H.R. 1434 (116) and the Senate as S. 634 (116) — that's been stuck in Congress. It would provide federal tax credits for donations to scholarship-granting organizations to pay for students to attend private schools or expand their public education options. — House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) called the proposal "a slap in the face to the people who have been actually fighting for civil rights including equal access to high-quality education." And Senate HELP ranking member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said the Trump administration is "using this pandemic as an excuse to push an ideological privatization agenda that would divert much-needed funds away from our public schools." — Neither the Education Department nor the White House commented on the proposal. MNUCHIN SAYS HE SUPPORTS MORE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS: Mnuchin's comments come as Democrats have tried to gain traction with their coronavirus relief packages that include billions of dollars of aid for education. Senate HELP Chair Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has also voiced support in giving schools more aid. — Mnuchin said the administration is "working with schools and universities" to reopen and "I think in most cases, schools will be able to open safely." Some schools will need to spend money to reopen, he said, and the administration will to see "if we need to give money to schools to properly equip their areas" in a next bill. | | | VA DROPS THREAT TO SUSPEND 5 SCHOOLS OFF FROM GI BILL: The Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Thursday that it wouldn't seek to suspend GI Bill student enrollment at the University of Phoenix, Colorado Technical University, American InterContinental University, Bellevue University and Temple University. — Corrections the schools took to shake off the suspension, according to the VA, include: "Cooperation with VA compliance reviews, restitution to impacted students, marketing practice and personnel changes, university leadership changes, renewed annual training for school employees and improved oversight of communications with students." — "As the VA has aptly noted, 'Since 2013, the VA has conducted 130+ compliance reviews of [University of Phoenix] locations, to include specific marketing reviews in 2017 and 2019,'" said Andrea Smiley, a university spokesperson. "UoP has fully complied with these audits. No findings related to deceptive or misleading advertising or marketing were cited." Temple University and Bellevue University commended the VA's decision. — "The only winners today are the schools that used their money and political influence to evade the law and harm veterans," said Veterans Education Success President Carrie Wofford. "We appreciate the staff at Veterans Benefits Administration who tried to follow the law and protect student veterans." | | | | BECOME A CHINA WATCHER: Need help navigating the diplomatic flare-ups between the Trump administration and the Chinese Communist Party? Get unique insight on this critical relationship that will shape the world for decades to come, and analysis on the power players driving the conversation. Become a China Watcher to see where the relationship between these world superpowers is heading before anyone else. SUBSCRIBE TODAY. | | | | | | | | — In a study of 178 prospective teachers from education programs at three Southeastern universities, a new report from the American Psychological Association found that "prospective teachers appear more likely to misperceive Black children as angry than white children, which may undermine the education of Black youth." | | | — Kristi Wilson, superintendent of the Buckeye Elementary School District in Buckeye, Ariz., and the 2020 Arizona Superintendent of the Year, was sworn in as the 2020-21 president of AASA, The School Superintendents Association. Paul Imhoff, superintendent of Upper Arlington Schools in Upper Arlington, Ohio, was sworn in as the president-elect. | | | — POLITICO Pro Q&A: House Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey: POLITICO Pro — Biden promises union members a 'teacher-oriented' Education Department: POLITICO Pro — 'A nightmare': Georgia Tech faculty push back against in-person reopening plans: NPR — Meet the principals of TikTok: Education Week — More than 40 school principals exposed to coronavirus at in-person meeting: U.S. News and World Report — Alabama students throwing 'COVID parties' to see who gets infected: Officials: ABC News | | | | Follow us on Twitter | | | | Follow us | | | | |
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