Earlier today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee announced it will hold an Executive Session to consider legislation and nominations on Wednesday, June 20, at 10:30 am. In what could be very good news, a bill to reauthorize the Perkins Act is included on the list of business for the Executive Session! In addition, the nomination of Scott Stump to be the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education is scheduled to be considered as well.
At this time, no legislative text has been finalized for the markup, but negotiations continue. In a statement published in Education Week, Committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said, "Senator Enzi, R-Wyo., and Senator Casey, D-Pa., have been making good progress, and I hope the bill the committee considers next week is bipartisan.” Last week, Sen. Alexander said he would bring the bill up before the Committee whether there was a bipartisan agreement or not, implying that he could move a partisan, Republican-only bill if no agreement is reached.
We continue to encourage Members of Congress to work together to produce a Senate bill that aligns with our priorities to move the field forward, and that can ultimately gain enough support to be signed into law. We will release more information as soon as it becomes available!
UPDATE: Politico is reporting that the Senate Perkins markup has been delayed to Tuesday, June 26, or Wednesday, June 27, as lawmakers continue to work on crafting a bipartisan bill.
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