1. Examining the Implementation of COVID-19 Education Funds. Joint Hearing before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education and the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment of the Committee on Education and Labor. U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session (November 17, 2021). Serial No. 117-35
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US House of Representatives. Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education and US House of Representatives. Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment
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This document records testimony from a joint meeting of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education and the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment regarding the Nation's K-12 schools and institutions of higher education's use of the Education Stabilization Fund, including in the American Rescue Plan, to weather the pandemic and keep students learning; as well as the Department of Education's plan to ensure states, school districts, and institutions of higher education are using the Education Stabilization Fund as Congress intended. Member statements were provided by: (1) Honorable Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, Chairman, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education; (2) Honorable Burgess Owens, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education; (3) Honorable Frederica S. Wilson, Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment; and (4) Honorable Gregory F. Murphy, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment. Witness statements were provided by: (1) James Kvaal, Undersecretary, Department of Education; and (2) Cynthia M. Marten, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education. Additional submissions include: (1) Chairman Sablan--Letter dated November 16, 2021 from the Northern Marianas College; (2) Chairwoman Wilson--Letter dated November 15, 2021 from the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities and Letter dated November 18, 2021 from the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities; (3) Ranking Member Owens--EdWorkingPaper No. 20-304, "Politics, Markets, and Pandemics: Public Education's Response to COVID-19," October 2020, The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University; and "Teacher Union Resistance to Reopening Schools," Mike Antonucci, Defense of Freedom Institute; (4) Questions submitted for the record by: Chairman Scott; Honorable Joseph D. Morelle, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York; Honorable Joaquin Castro, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas; Ranking Member Allen; Honorable Elise M. Stefanik, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York; and Honorable Julia Letlow, a Representative in Congress from the State of Louisiana; and (5) Responses to questions submitted for the record by: Ms. Marten and Mr. Kvaal.
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