U.S. Department of Education Announces Grant Opportunities to Address Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Career Advancement

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The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced the availability of more than $368 million in new grant opportunities through the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program and the Teacher and School Leader (TSL) Incentive program that advance investments in teacher recruitment and retention. These investments particularly prioritize promoting educator diversity and career advancement and leadership opportunities for effective…

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE | MAY 8, 2023

2023 Session Update

We are SINE DIE! The Legislature ended sine die as of 11:00 AM Friday morning. This ends the 2023 regular session. According to LobbyTools, 1,873 bills and PCBs were filed, 2,674 amendments were filed, 3,229 votes were taken, and 356 bills passed both chambers. We will begin working on the Session Summary shortly including a…

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE | APRIL 24, 2023

2023 Session Update

Budget conferencing is kicking off today. On Saturday, the budget allocations were released and the conference committees were also announced. Joint Memo: 2023 Budget Conference Appointees, Joint Allocations and Schedule https://lobby.tools/3LkeQ2k FY 23-24 Conference Allocations https://lobby.tools/3LkrWfQ 2023 Senate Budget Conferees https://lobby.tools/41NFTbJ 2023 House Budget Conferees https://lobby.tools/3H450Pm HERE you will find the legislative bill tracker supplied to us by our team at…

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE | MARCH 27, 2023

2023 Session Update

We have completed Week 3 and several significant pieces of legislation have already passed out of both chambers. In addition, both the House and Senate have released their initial budgets which will be presented by each Appropriations Committees this week. The House is proposing significant changes to the FEFP while the Senate’s proposal keeps the…