Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act

New legislation focused on reducing college cost by reducing remediation and increasing opportunities for earning college credit while in high school; new legislation regarding Perkins Reauthorization; HR 10 Success and Opportunity through Quality Charter Schools Act; HR 5 Student Success Act; S 1101 Every Child Ready for College or Career Act; ESEA Reauthorization' Higher Education Act Reauthorization; Creating Academic Pathways and Graduating Our Whole Nation Act; LEARN Act; Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Program; Carl Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Reauthorization; new legislation regarding disconnected youth; Fast Track to College Act; Full Service Community Schools Act; Creating Quality Technical Educators Act; Strengthening Education Through Research Act (HR 4366, S 2802); Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act HR 5807

Client expense: $42,928 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1086, the bipartisan Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 Perkins Reauthorization with the Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE) Discussions surrounding Gainful Employment S.2692 - Campus Accountability and Safety Act Discussions surrounding early education & childcare Charter schools: oversight, access and transparency (ESEA) - draft bill Performance assessments (ESEA) - draft language S 2557, the CORE Act (ESEA) HR 5807, the SMART Act (ESEA) HR 5168, HR 3873, HR 2237, Community Schools bills HR 5704, Master Teachers Bill (ESEA) S 2790, IDEA Fairness Restoration Act HR 5611, Public School Emergency Relief Act S 1596/HR 2083, Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act HR 5001/S 2557, Core Opportunity Resources for Equity and Excellence (CORE) Act Standardized testing, including HR 5807, Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely (SMART) Act Discussions surrounding Vouchers and portability Discussions surrounding Teacher tenure Discussions surrounding Funding for education programs Discussions surrounding Institutions of Higher Education Accreditation Discussions surrounding Issues relating to student loans, including: Public Service Loan Forgiveness certification form Student loan forgiveness programs for teachers Discussions surrounding Contingent faculty and IPEDS Discussions surrounding College ratings Discussions surrounding Teacher preparation regulations Discussions surrounding Issues relating to for-profit colleges, including: Gainful employment regulations Corinthian sale to ECMC

Client expense: $314,759 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 5, Student Success Act H.R. 551, Fast Track to College Act of 2013 H.R. 1937 / S. 915, Student Right To Know Before You Go Act of 2013 H.R. 2637, Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act H.R. 3136, Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Projects Act of 2014 H.R. 4897, Transparency in Education Act H.R. 4983, Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act H.R. 4984, Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act H.R. 5807, Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act (SMART) Act S. 1010, Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools Act S. 1094, Strengthening America's Schools Act of 2013 S. 1101, Every Child Ready for College or Career Act of 2013 S. 1356, Workforce Investment Act of 2013 S. 2432, Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act Various issues relating to the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (P.L. 89-10); reauthorization and implementation of the Workforce Investment Partnership Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220); reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-270); higher education, including the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-329); implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (P.L. 113-128); Department of Educations Gainful Employment Negotiated Rulemaking; 90/10 rule requiring for-profit colleges to receive at least 10% of their revenues from sources other than federal student aid; Common Core State Standards Initiative; early childhood education

Client expense: $21,250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office