CEF Updates
February 2019
- 2.27.19 – NDD cut question, school infrastructure bill, Hill Teams, events
- 2.25.19 – Budget & appropriations, Hill meetings, CEF reception, schedule
- 2.20.19 – Hill meetings, CEF reception, schedule
- 2.14.19 – FY 2020 budget timeline, budget caps, Hill meetings, events
- 2.11.19 – CEF Hill testimony, follow-up questions, appropriations, Cyndy Littlefield memorial, job board, events
- 2.6.19 – Social media strategy for CEF’s Hill testimony tomorrow at 10am
- 2.5.19 – Sad news – Cyndy Littlefield
- 2.5.19 – Testimony, Hill visits, HEA reauthorization, membership renewal, job board, events
January 2019
- 1.30.19 – SOTU, Ed and Labor Cmte, Hill meetings, events
- 1.28.19 – Funding, CBO baseline, committee rosters, Hill meetings, events
- 1.23.19 – MoC with ed background, Hill visits, NDDU letter, CEF Committees, membership renewal, events
- 1.16.19 – Appropriations leadership, disaster funding, shutdown, schedule, membership renewal, events
- 1.15.19 – Ed and Labor members, shutdown, NDDU letter, events
- 1.14.19 – NDD United letter, House Chiefs of Staff, House committees, Int’l ed caucus, events
- 1.9.19 – Funding impasse, budget Rules changes, House and ED actions, events
- 1.7.19 – CEF Membership renewal time
- 1.3.19 – Budget delay likely, Senate committees, new House staffers, events
- 1.2.19 – Shutdown, House rules, education poll, advocacy, events
December 2018
- 12.17.18 – Sen. Alexander, FY 2019, CBO Budget Options, ED news, events
- 12.14.18 – Senate Democratic Committees and 2019 calendar, ED news, events
- 12.13.18 – Annual Meeting recap, CEF’s 2019 Board, thanks
- 12.10.18 – CR extended, anomalies, Annual Meeting reminder, events
- 12.04.18 – CR extension, Sequester Primer, 2019 House calendar, Annual Meeting reminder, events
- Reminder that the Annual Meeting is on Thursday, December 13
November 2018
- 11.28.18 – House leadership, appropriations and budget, annual meeting, events
- 11.26.18 – This week in Congress, advocacy, annual meeting, events
- 11.15.18 – Congressional leadership, budget changes, appropriations, FAFSA Act, Hill Teams, events
- 11.13.18 – Congress returns, CEF Board nominations due, OMB letter, Hill teams, events
- 11.7.18 – Changes in the 116th Congress, House Democratic agenda, CEF events
- 11.5.18 – House leadership elections, appropriations, budget issues, CEF nominations, events
- 11.1.18 – ED reorganization, PSLF, nominations, Hill Teams, events
October 2018
- 10.22.18 – President wants 5% cut, budget book, nominations, job board, events
- 10.18.18 – Education news, census briefing follow-up, gala survey, events
- 10.15.18 – Status at recess, ED staffing, nominations, gala survey, job board, events
- 10.10.18 – Hill Teams, nominations, gala survey, research briefing, events
- 10.09.18 – Survey on gala and legislative conference
- 10.04.18 – CEF Board nominations and elections, CEF info, events
- 10.01.18 – Appropriations update, CEF Board nominations, gala, charts, events
September 2018
- 09.26.18 – Labor-HHS-Education funding bill, gala, events
- 09.24.18 – Appropriations update, gala, schedule
- 09.18.18 – Senate passes Labor-H bill, gala, events
- 09.13.18 #3 – CEF’s FY 2019 education funding table – conference version
- 09.13.18 – FY 2019 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations conference – legislative text
- 09.12.18 – Labor-H conference, gala, events
- 09.10.18 – Appropriations status, gala, CEF website, schedule
- 09.05.18 – Labor-H, #HearOurEdStories advocacy, gala, schedule
August 2018
- 08.29.18 Time to buy your tickets to CEF’s Sept. 26 Gala and Legislative Conference!!
- 08.23.18 – Senate Labor-H update
- 08.23.18 – Final August Research Briefing
- 08.22.18 – Senate Labor-H update
- 08.21.18 – Senate Labor-H update, gala, events
- 08.15.18 – Senate Labor-H, CEF letters, gala, events
- 08.10.18 – Senate Labor-H next week, CEF meetings follow-up
- 08.07.18 – CEF research briefings, gala and legislative conference
- 08.02.2018 – #HearOurEdStories back-to-school initiative.pdf
- CEF Meeting Agenda- Friday, 8.3.18
- 08.01.2018 – Appropriations status, CTE law, gala, CEF schedule
July 2018
- 07.09.2018 – House Labor-H markup, Hill Day, Gala sponsorship, events
- 07.11.2018 – House Labor-H markup, Hill Day next week, events
- 07.13.2018 CEF Meeting Agenda
- 07.16.2018 – Appropriations, ED appointees, Hill Day, events
- 07.19.2018 – Hill day, DeLauro open call, workforce executive order, events
- 7.20.18 CEF Meeting Agenda
- 07.23.2018 – Appropriations status, Executive Order, #HearOurEdStories, events
- 07.25.2018 – CTE bill passing, Aim Higher Act, appropriations status, events
- 07.26.2018 – revised House allocations for FY 2019, CEF schedule
- Meeting Agenda- Friday, 7.27.18
June 2018
- 06.29.2018 – CEF table for FY 2019 Senate Labor-HHS-Ed Appropriations Committee bill
- 06.29.2018 Meeting Agenda
- 06.27.2018 – Perkins CTE bill, appropriations, ED meeting, events
- 06.26.2018 – CEF table for FY 2019 Senate Labor-HHS-Ed Appropriations Subcommittee bill
- 06.25.2018 – CEF table for FY 2019 House Appropriations Committee Labor-HHS-Ed bill
- 06.25.2018 – Labor-H markups, Perkins CTE markup, Hill Day, CEF research briefings, events
- 06.22.2018 Quarterly Committee Meeting Agenda
- 06.21.2018 – ED-DOL merger proposal, markups, rescission bill fails, events
- 06.20.2018 – Republican budget resolution in House Budget Committee
- 06.19.2018 – House Labor-H markup postponed, House Budget markup, Senate appropriations action
- 06.18.2018 – House Labor-H markup, Rep. DeLauro conference call tomorrow, Hill training on Friday, events
- 06.14.2018 – FY 2019 House Labor-HHS-Ed funding bill – preliminary analysis
- 06.13.2018 – Labor-H and Perkins CTE markups, CEF letter, research briefing postponed, gala nominations due Friday, events
- 06.12.2018 – Labor-HHS-Ed markup Friday, sign up for CEF’s July 18 Hill Day
- 06.11.2018 – appropriations, July 18 Hill Day, gala nominations, events
- 06.06.2018 – Sec. Devos hearing, appropriations, Perkins, gala nominations, events
- 06.05.2018 – CEF Education Funding Fair tonight, Devos testifying, appropriations, advocacy, events
May 2018
- 05.31.2018 – FY 2019 allocations, appropriations schedule, CEF reception Tuesday, gala nominations, other CEF events
- 05.29.2018 – CEF’s Education Funding Fair on June 5
- 05.24.2018 – House spending allocations, Democratic education plan, GAO rescissions report, CEF events
- 05.23.2018 – Labor-H allocation, DeVos testifying, June 5 reception, Gala award nominees, CEF events
- 05.21.2018 – DeVos testifying, FY 2019 appropriations, Hill Teams, gala honoree nominations, CEF events
- 05.16.2018 – Rescission package, Appropriations subcommittees, OCTAE assistant secretary, research briefings, events
- 05.15.18 – Senate FY 2019 markup schedule, Secretary DeVos at Ed & Workforce, Hill Teams, CEF Education Funding Fair, events
- 05.14.2018 – Ed policy, appropriations summary, Gala award nominations, job listings, events
- 05.04.2018 – Launching #HearOurEdStories on Monday!!!
April 2018
- 04.27.18 – Budget book online for CEF members, rescissions package, ED Deputy Secretary nomination, events
- 04.25.18 – Budget book time! ED state tables, fact sheet on rescissions, Hill visits, events
- 04.19.18 – FY 19 Appropriations schedule, rescission issues, ED general counsel, Hill Day signup, Budget Book briefing next week, CEF eschedule
- 04.18.18 – CEF in the news, Hill meetings, July Hill day, Budget Book briefing next week
- 04.10.18 – Updated Senate Appropriations Subcommittee chairs, Labor-HHS-Education membership
- 04.10.18 – CBO Pell Grant & student loan estimates, Hill meetings, July Hill day, BBA, CEF lobbying levels, events
- 04.09.18 – BBA, rescissions rumors, CBO baseline, Labor-H hearings, events
- 04.03.2018 – Appropriations testimony deadlines, budget process rumblings, events
March 2018
- 03.26.18 – Review CEF directory, CEF in the news, Budget Book briefing and events
- 03.29.18 – July 18 Hill Day, Membership Directory, events
- 03.22.2018 – Action on funding bill, RSVP for tomorrow, budget book updates due
- 03.21.2018 – FY 2018 appropriations- CEF table and statement, highlights, links to materials
- 03.14.2018 – FY 2018 appropriations, budget book Hill briefing, events
- 03.12.2018 – appropriations, Friday follow up, Hill meetings, events
- 03.08.2018 – rumors about Labor-H full-year CR, Sec. DeVos testifying on March 20
- 03.01.2018 – Friay 3.2 meeting speaker- Mar Laisch; and Appropriations process update, budget process reforms, events…
February 2018
- 02.27.2018 – Appropriations rumors, Trump budget fact sheets, Hill Teams, events
- 02.13.2018 – Budget statement and charts, NDD United Town Hall, events
- 02.12.2018 – Preliminary information on the President’s FY 2019 education budget
- 02.09.2018 – ED briefing Monday, Republican HEA bill score, CEF letters, NDD United Town Hall, CEF events
- 02.08.2018 – What’s in the Senate CR for education, spots open for Hill Teams meetings
- 02.07.2018 – Senate budget deal numbers & charts
- 02.07.2018 – Senate budget deal released
- 02.06.2018 – Senate budget deal
- 02.05.2018 – Government funding, HEA accountability proposals, CEF letter and advocacy, schedule
- 02.01.2018 – Budget deal rumors, next steps, Hill meetings, your fly-in dates
January 2018
- 01.30.2018 – Education in the SOTU, Senate HELP hearings, Hill meetings, new CEF members and renewals
- 01.29.2018 – Charts, join CEF Committees, Budget Book author search, ed research funding
- 01.24.2018 – President’s budget delayed, advocacy, CEF events
- 01.23.2018 – Updated education funding table
- 01.22.2018 – Deal to end government shutdown, events
- 01.18.2018 – House vote today on CR, public school infrastructure, CEF schedule and member events
- 01.17.2018 – budget status, CEF Hill briefing & retreat, AFT letter
- 01.11.2018 – Rumors, New congressional committee assignments, events
- 01.09.2018 – Funding rumors, ED political staff, CEF events in January
- 01.04.2018 – No meeting tomorrow, 2018 CEF membership renewal reminder
- 01.03.2018 – FY 2018 funding status, no Friday meeting this week, Retreat and Hill briefing
December 2017
- 12.21.2017 – 2018 appropriations, CEF’s 2018 Board and schedule
- 12.19.2017 – 2 ed. items likely out of tax bill, annual meeting, disaster funding, 2018 appropriations, 2018 congressional schedules
- 12.18.2017 – FY 2018 funding, tax reform, new House Labor-H staffer, Hill visits, events
- 12.14.2017 – FY 2018 funding, tax reform, calendar
- 12.13.2017 – Higher Education Act markup amendments
- 12.13.17 – Materials for Dec. 15 annual meeting
- 12.7.2017 – FY 2018 funding, tax reform, Twitterstorm, calendar
- 12.5.2017 – Twitterstorm this morning, HEA markup next week
- 12.4.2017 – Tax reform, FY 2018 CR, state ed funding, Twitterstorm tomorrow, calendar
- 12.1.2017 – HEA reauthorization, SPAYGO for tax reform, Twitterstorm next week, calendar
November 2017
- 11.29.2017-Advocacy-Toolkit-for-Dec.-5-Twitterstorm-at-1030-am-ET
- 11.29.2017 – Appropriations rumors, Twitterstorm next week, CEF and NDD United letters, calendar
- 11.27.2017 – Fiscal agenda, budget rumors, Title IV-A distributions, CEF member survey and calendar
- 11.20.2017 – Fiscal update, HEA reauthorization, CEF member survey and calendar
- 11.17.2017 – What to expect in the President’s 2019 education budget, disaster supplemental request and offsets
- 11.16.2017 – Implications on nondefense spending of deficit-deepening revenue or direct spending bills
- 11.15.2017 – Appropriations and tax update, advocacy, Budget Book, CEF activities
- 11.14.2017 – CEF Member Survey
- 11.13.2017 – House Republican tax proposal
- 11.9.2017 – Summary of Senate tax reform proposal
- 11.7.2017 – CR, Tax reform info, advocacy plans, CEF nominations
- 11.3.2017 – tax reform info, CEF nominations
- 11.2.2017 – House Republican tax proposal
- 11.1.2017 – CBPP fact sheet, Texas disaster aid request, CEF nominations, events
October 2017
- 10.30.2017 – AACTE sign-on letter, tax reform implication for education, education staff announcements, ED guidance, CEF nominations
- 10.25.2017 – CEF Treasurer vacancy, CEF letter on sequester, Faces of Austerity 2.0, events
- 10.23.2017 – Faces of Austerity 2.0, budget rumors, ED grant priorities, funding table, events
- 10.18.2017 – Senate budget, ED nominees, events
- 10.16.2017 – NDD United “Faces of Austerity 2.0,” nominations, events
- 10.10.2017 – budget update, nominations, events
- 10.6.2017 – Tuesday’s CEF events, Senate and House budgets, nominations, events
- 10.5.2017 – Survey on Gala, Legislative Conference, and Hill Advocacy Day
- 10.4.2017 – CEF Nominations for 2018 Board – please read
- 10.2.2017 – Gala, CEF advocacy day, and legislative conference; Senate and House FY 2018 budgets; events
September 2017
- 9.25.2017 – Legislative Conference of the CEF gala
- 9.22.2017 – What we’re hearing, HELP Committee hearing, new chart, gala, events
- 9.19.2017 – House education amendments in omnibus, advocacy efforts, Gala, events
- 9.13.2017 – Time to purchase Gala tickets!
- 9.11.2017 – Sept. 14 deadline to sign up for CEF Hill Day
- 9.7.2017 – Update on Senate continuing resolution:disaster funding, clarification of House amendment numbers
- 9.7.2017 – House education amendments, Senate Labor-HHS-Education mark-up, Gala, events
- 9.6.2017 – Senate Labor-HHS-Education mark-up, House FY 2018 omnibus
- 9.6.2017 – Labor-HHS-Education mark-up today
- 9.5.2017 – Labor-HHS-Education mark-ups, Gala awardees
August 2017
- 08.30.2017 – What to expect when Congress returns – Part II
- 08.29.2017 – What to expect when Congress returns; Gala & Hill Day information
- 08.17.17 – Senate Labor-H mark-up, House amendments
- 08.16.17 – Research briefings, House minibus, NDD United, Gala & Hill Day
- 08.14.17 – Research briefings, education funding tracker, Gala & Hill Day
- 08.08.17 – Research briefings, budget status update
- 08.04.17 – Research briefings, Gala and Hill Day
July 2017
- 07.26.17 – Gala, legislative conference, Hill Day
- 07.25.17 – Budget Book press, 302(b) letter, budget resolution, events
- 07.20.17 – Senate allocations for 2018 spending bills
- 07.20.17 – Wrap-up of House Appropriations and Budget action, CEF calendar
- 07.19.17 – CEF letter, education amendments at Labor-H markup, Budget markup, calendar
- 07.18.17 – House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations details and amendments, House FY 2018 budget resolution, Events
- 07.17.17 – Labor-HHS-Ed mark-up, letters, Budget and Appropriations Cmte markups, calendar
- 07.13.17 – House Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee markup this afternoon
- 07.12.17 – Preliminary FY 2018 House Labor-HHS-Education bill summary
- 07.12.17 – Budget Book event specifics, Labor-HHS-Education markup and call
- 07.11.17 – more info on Labor-HHS-Education top line
- 07.11.17 – Labor-HHS-Ed mark-up and Budget Book event on Thursday, Budget markup possible next week
- 07.10.17 – Labor-HHS-Ed mark-up, Budget Book event on Thursday, Tuesday Group thank you, PTA advocacy campaign, appropriations markups, CBO rescoring of Trump budget
- 07.07.17 – Budget Book event next week, what we’re hearing
June 2017
- 06.30.17 – Budget Book event questions, Tuesday Group letter on raising caps, contacts for Budget and Appropriations Committees
- 06.29.17 – Budget Book event, NDD Town Hall postponed
- 06.27.17 – No Budget markup, possible Labor-H date and level, other Appropriations markups, Senate Democrats push to raise caps, Budget Book event
- 06.26.17 – Appropriations markups but not Budget, NDD Town Hall on Friday, estimate of student aid effects, PSLF sign-on letter, Budget Book event
- 06.22.17 – Budget and appropriations news, poll on early education, Gala award nominations due tomorrow, Budget Book event
- 06.22.17 – Senate Republicans release heathcare bill
- 06.20.17 – CBO updates, Year Round Pell, NDD United Town Hall, Senate HELP call on higher ed and health care, Budget Book event
- 06.15.17 – IDEA Full Funding Act, bipartisan support for more funding, Budget Book event
- 06.13.17 – Budget Book event, new budget chart, sample tweets, appropriations action, Gala sponsors & nominations
- 06.08.17 – Gala sponsors & nominations, DeVos hearing, congressional group memberships, new ED appointments
- 06.05.17 – Gala sponsors, DeVos testifying, 6.6% student loan fee increase, new ED staffers, NDD United town hall, events
May 2017
- 05.31.17 – News of the day, ED meeting, CEF letter on President’s budget, summer timetable for budget issues, events
- 05.30.17 – Gala award nominations due Friday
- 05.24.17 – President’s budget: size of cut, table showing cuts, CEF budget statement; DeVos hearing
- 05.23.17 – Short summary of ED budget and funding table
- 05.22.17 – News of the day, President’s budget, sequester language, advocacy call, job listings, gala award nominations
- 05.18.17 – Today’s digital advocacy, Leahy letter on the budget, CEF’s website, Gala updates
- 05.17.17 – Leaked info on President’s FY 2018 education budget
- 05.17.17 – News of the day, advocacy events & briefings on Thursday, Impact Aid letter, Pell grant bill, budget tables, RSVP to Friday’s CEF meeting
- 05.12.17 – Digital Day of Advocacy, CTE markup and briefing, Gala nominations
- 05.09.17 – 302(b) letter, Senate Appropriations request deadline, budget rumors, Gala nominations
- 05.03.17 – CEF letter on 2017 funding, charts and tables, VP meeting, Perkins CTE letter, NCLD report, gala nominations
- 05.01.17 – CEF’s funding table and short analysis of omnibus 2017 appropriations package
April 2017
- 04.27.17 – 2017 appropriations, nominations for CEF Gala awardees
- 04.24.17 – 302(b) sign-on letter, appropriations status, CEF’s new bookkeeper
- 04.24.17 – attachment – 302(b) sign-on letter responses
- 04.20.17 – Hill teams info, new ED staffers, Pre-K report, CEF lobbying percentage and dues reminders
- 04.17.17 – Hill meetings, CEF letter on 2018 Labor-H funding, rural schools
- 04.06.17 – CEF letter on 2018 Labor-H funding, Approps rumors, Big Tent ed meeting, job training hearing, student aid letter, clean budget tool kit
- 04.03.17 – new chart, Hill visits, ED appointees
March 2017
- 03.28.17 – Administration details $3 billion in ED cuts for 2017
- 03.22.17 – Student Aid Alliance letter, Appropriators concerned about NDD cuts, Administration silence on budget specifics
- 03.20.17 – Social media, new CEF chart, examples of cuts, Sec. DeVos budget hearing postponed
- 03.16.17 – Quick analysis of the President’s 2018 budget
- 03.16.17 – Education funding table for the President’s 2018 budget
- 03.16.17 – attachment – President’s 2018 budget table
- 03.15.17 – President’s budget tomorrow and CEF meeting Friday, Labor-HHS-ED hearings, Events
- 03.13.17 – CEF testimony and rumors on 2018 budget, school infrastructure, Labor-H hearings
- 03.07.17 – FY2018 Labor-H testimony, website member log in, skinny budget next week
- 03.02.17 – Twitter and Instagram for new advocacy campaign
- 03.01.17 – CEF Hill reception tomorrow! – House appropriations requests, Evidence for ESSA website, updated calendar.pdf
February 2017
- 02.27.17 – 2018 budget status, education cut impacts, RSVP to March 2 event.pdf
- 02.24.17 – RSVP to March 2 event, letters to the Administration, CEF member events & jobs.pdf
- 02.22.17 – RSVP to March 2 event, budget rumors, CEF happy hour tomorrow.pdf
- 02.14.17 – CEF Fact Sheets, Hill visits, Appropriations hearings, CEF happy hour and Hill event.pdf
- 02.07.17 – House Labor-H members, NDD letter, budget rumors, CEF February schedule.pdf
- 02.01.17 – DeVos nomination in peril, new ed staffers, Mulvaney on Pell grants, Find an Expert.pdf
January 2017
- 01.31.17 – NDD letter, Senate Labor-H members.pdf
- 01.27.17 – Retreat materials, upcoming schedule.pdf
- 01.24.17 – Democratic infrastructure proposal.pdf
- 01.23.17 – Trump regulatory freeze, DeVos vote postponed.pdf
- 01.19.17 – Trump budget outline, supplement-not-supplant, Navient.pdf
- 01.18.17 – Congressional committee rosters, DeVos confirmation hearing.pdf
- 01.12.17 – Senate-passed budget resolution.pdf
- 01.09.17 – CEF committee chairs, policy intel.pdf
- 01.05.17 – CEF in the 115th Congress.pdf
- 01.03.17 – Happy New Year.pdf
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