Illinois already lets parents opt their kids out of school mental health screenings. Miller's bill would require a separate signed permission slip for every one — and she calls the screenings 'invasive.'
H.R. 9610 and H.R. 9611 would move Title I money for poor school districts, rural school funding, teacher-quality grants and college aid programs to the Department of Labor. Both are Mark Harris's.
The 90/10 rule says a for-profit college has to get at least a tenth of its money from somewhere other than the federal government. Harris's PARITY Act deletes it. Veterans' advocates call the idea 'pure corporate welfare for subpar schools preying on students.'
Christian Mango's fourth-grade persuasive essay proposed a $5,000 credit for electric cars. Foxx — a former teacher, a former community college president, and the former chair of the House education committee — told him to ask his teacher to explain propaganda.
A tenured Austin Peay professor was fired hours after Blackburn tagged his employer in a post from her government account. He's now suing her, one day after she won the Republican primary for governor.
Three companies tied to Ralph Norman took four pandemic loans worth $608,500, and the government forgave them. Weeks later he signed a letter calling student debt relief an 'election-year bribe' and 'highway robbery.' Now he wants a Senate seat.
Four of Mike Kelly's car dealerships got pandemic loans in the first two weeks of the program. In May 2020 he voted against a bill making the government publish who got the money. All $974,100 was later wiped out — $987,237 with interest. He calls student debt relief a 'handout.'
His CRACKDOWN Act makes a state ineligible for federal child care funding if its improper payment rate tops 5% for two years running. The government's own auditors say improper payments are usually not fraud.
He chairs the subcommittee that funds schools, health care and worker training. His FY27 bill eliminates adult job training, eliminates youth job training, and cuts Title I for low-income schools by $1.9 billion. He held a press conference about the hospitals.