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FUTURE Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
FY16 cohort default rate, extension for appeal request; H.R. 5363, Free speech and religious liberty, comments to proposed rule.
Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 6201, CARES Act, continued support for increasing flexibility surrounding funding utilization and support of extending the funding deadlines into 2021; Ongoing COVID-19 Stimulus Discussions (Phase IV), support including additional funding, funding flexibility, and funding allocations based on FTE, support for student mental health priorities, PPE purchases, research and development funding, student financial aid assistance, and state and local funding increases. Support for S. 3814, S. 4258, and HR 7735, COVID-19 community focused relief.
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BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM via BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
2020 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 6201, CARES Act, continued support for increasing flexibility surrounding funding utilization and support of extending the funding deadlines into 2021; Ongoing COVID-19 Stimulus Discussions (Phase IV), support including additional funding, funding flexibility, and funding allocations based on FTE, support for student mental health priorities, PPE purchases, research and development funding, student financial aid assistance, and state and local funding increases. Support for S. 3814, S. 4258, and HR 7735, COVID-19 community focused relief.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Source: Senate LDA
Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 6201, CARES Act, support; Brookings report, Case for Growth Centers ($100B/10 yr. investment), support; NSF funding for research and education (in addition to STEM policy and immigration).
Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 6201, CARES Act, support; Phase IV Stimulus, support; Federal Reserve, Main Street Lending Program, support eligibility for public institutions of higher education; House Ocean Caucus letter on recovery priorities, support; Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, Pell Grants, support increase; Commerce-State-Justice, support NERR funding; Agriculture, support capacity-building for non-land grants; Interior-Environment, support funding for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
ENCORES Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 6201, CARES Act, continued support for increasing flexibility surrounding funding utilization and support of extending the funding deadlines into 2021; Ongoing COVID-19 Stimulus Discussions (Phase IV), support including additional funding, funding flexibility, and funding allocations based on FTE, support for student mental health priorities, PPE purchases, research and development funding, student financial aid assistance, and state and local funding increases. Support for S. 3814, S. 4258, and HR 7735, COVID-19 community focused relief.
National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2019
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. 333, support cyber security consortium
RESTART Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 6201, CARES Act, continued support for increasing flexibility surrounding funding utilization and support of extending the funding deadlines into 2021; Ongoing COVID-19 Stimulus Discussions (Phase IV), support including additional funding, funding flexibility, and funding allocations based on FTE, support for student mental health priorities, PPE purchases, research and development funding, student financial aid assistance, and state and local funding increases. Support for S. 3814, S. 4258, and HR 7735, COVID-19 community focused relief.
SOS Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 6201, CARES Act, continued support for increasing flexibility surrounding funding utilization and support of extending the funding deadlines into 2021; Ongoing COVID-19 Stimulus Discussions (Phase IV), support including additional funding, funding flexibility, and funding allocations based on FTE, support for student mental health priorities, PPE purchases, research and development funding, student financial aid assistance, and state and local funding increases. Support for S. 3814, S. 4258, and HR 7735, COVID-19 community focused relief.
Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
FY2020 Federal Budget priorities: Debt ceiling and lifting discretionary spending cuts; H.R. 2157, Specialty Crop Research Initiative, language to provide relief from the SCRI matching funds requirement; Agriculture Appropriations: Center for Paper Manufacturing, support funding; Commerce-Justice-State: NSF undergraduate research programs, support funding; NOAA, National Estuarine Research Reserve System, support funding; Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, support funding; Energy-Interior-Environment: Environmental Protection Agency, Freshwater Research Initiatives, support funding; North American Wetlands Conservation Act, support funding; Homeland Security, Great Lakes and Champlain program, support funding
CBE Act of 2019
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 3422, support for amending the HEA to clarify competency-based education; S. 939, Confucius Act, information about Confucius Institute at UW-Platteville; comments/regulations governing the recognition of accrediting agencies, student assistance, institutional eligibility
CBE Act of 2019
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 3422, support for amending the HEA to clarify competency-based education; S. 939, Confucius Act, information about Confucius Institute at UW-Platteville
College Affordability Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 4674, College Affordability Act, support/competency-based education amendment; FY16 cohort default rate, extension for appeal request; H.R. 5363, support/financial aid simplification; foreign gifts and contract reporting, oppose/expanded reporting.
FUTURE Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 4674, College Affordability Act, support/competency-based education amendment; FY16 cohort default rate, extension for appeal request; H.R. 5363, support/financial aid simplification; foreign gifts and contract reporting, oppose/expanded reporting.
Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 728, Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019.
CONFUCIUS Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 3422, support for amending the HEA to clarify competency-based education; S. 939, Confucius Act, information about Confucius Institute at UW-Platteville
CONFUCIUS Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 3422, support for amending the HEA to clarify competency-based education; S. 939, Confucius Act, information about Confucius Institute at UW-Platteville; comments/regulations governing the recognition of accrediting agencies, student assistance, institutional eligibility
Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2017
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
FY2018 Continuing Resolution, Special Diabetes Program, extend authorization; FY2018 Omnibus, H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Extension Act, support; FY2019 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations, USDA/NIFA, support funding; capacity-building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture, support funding. FY2019 Commerce, Justice, Science, NSF, support funding; National Sea Grant College Program, support funding; National Estuarine Research Reserve, support funding; research vessel planning study, support; Research for drinking water systems sensor technology, support; FY2019 Labor-HHS-Education, Public Broadcasting, support funding
PROSPER Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 4508, the PROSPER Act, (and other HEA issues): simplification of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, support; reinstate mandatory adjustment to Pell maximum, support; continuation of subsidized student loans, support; campus-based aid, support; Public Service Loan Forgiveness, support; Pay as You Earn and move to default, support; increase direct loan limits, support; restore subsidized loan eligibility for graduate and professional students, support; eliminate loan origination fees, support; consolidate and simplify federal loan repayment, support; student loan refinancing, support; Campus Safety: consolidate all definitions of reportable incidents, support; narrow definition of non-campus property, support; clarify sub-regulatory guidance as recommended, support; eliminate guidance designating victim advocates and ombuds as authorities, support; eliminate safety tip in timely warnings requirement, support; Competency-Based Education: Modify distance education definition, support; update regular and substantive definition, support; enable students to engage in various modalities simultaneously, support; amend to enable non-traditional students to access all federal student aid, support; support CBE provisions of H.R. 4508; International Education: reauthorize 6 funded Title VI programs, support; authorize and fund international teacher exchanges, support; Program Integrity: delay state authorization rules, support; streamline GE regulations, support; Regulatory Reform: Codify Prior-Prior year, support; seek exit counseling by DOE, support; eliminate 150% limit, support; remove origination fees from sequestration; remove proration requirement for the last enrollment period, support; change assumption that aid is applied to institutional charges first, support; Study Abroad: expand study abroad via grants to institutions, support; Teacher Preparation: retain the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program, support; retain TEACH grants, support; Undergraduate Research: federal programs that advance undergraduate research, support.
PROSPER Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 4508, the PROSPER Act, Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, Amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, student financial aid, i.e., Pell Grants, Work-Study, SEOG, TRIO, support; update "Regular and Substantive regulations; National Commission on Mass Shootings, support.
An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; oppose repeal of Student Loan Interest Deduction, oppose consolidation of AOTC, Lifetime Learning and Hope Scholarship tax credits; and oppose repeal of qualified tuition deduction/
Pell Grant Funding Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
HEA Reauthorization: H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 1286, Pell Grant Funding Act, support; Free Application for Federal Student Aid, simplify; Pell Grants, restore year-round; subsidized student loan program, continue; H.R. 1434, loan refinancing, support; Pay As You Earn, support; Direct Loan limits, increase; loan origination fees, eliminate; loan repayment plans, consolidate and simplify; loan forgiveness, exempt from income tax; Dual Enrollment/College Options, support grants and aid funding; Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, modify definition of distance education, update definition of "regular and substantive," amend Title IV requirements to enable student to engage in simultaneous academic modalities, amend Title IV to allow access to federal student aid for CBE students; teacher preparation, support for rural educator and training; Accreditation, differentiated review, support; provide alternative pathways to accreditation, support; Prior-prior year, codify; Exit counseling, encourage Dept. of Ed to conduct; Direct Subsidized Loan limit, eliminate; Origination fees, remove from sequestration; Proration requirements, remove; Competency-based aid, amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, update definition of CBE, update definition of correspondence and amend the policy that applies aid first to institutional charges; Gainful Employment: streamline regulations; Grants and Contracts: modify effort reporting, review new monitoring and reporting, develop risk-based regulations, strengthen and align federal requirements across agencies; Teacher Preparation, delay implementation; Campus Accountability and Safety Act, support collaborative efforts; safety tip, eliminate, "non-campus property," narrow definition, foreign and overnight reporting, eliminate; sub-regulatory guidance by OCR, clarify; Uniform Crime Reporting, consolidate definitions, "continuing threats," allow institutional authority.
Pell Grant Funding Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
HEA Reauthorization: H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 1286, Dual Enrollment/College Options, support grants and aid funding; Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, Amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, modify definition of distance education, modify definition of "regular and substantive," amend Title IV requirements to enable student to engage in simultaneous academic modalities; H.R. 2859, Advancing CBE Act, neutral; H.R. 3554, SIMPLE Act, support.
Pell Grant Funding Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
HEA Reauthorization: Federal Perkins Loan Program, extend; H.R. 1286, Pell Grant Funding Act, support; Free Application for Federal Student Aid, simplify; Pell Grants, restore year-round; subsidized student loan program, continue; H.R. 1434, loan refinancing, support; Pay As You Earn, support; Direct Loan limits, increase; loan origination fees, eliminate; loan repayment plans, consolidate and simplify; loan forgiveness, exempt from income tax; Dual Enrollment/College Options, support grants and aid funding; Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, modify definition of distance education, update definition of "regular and substantive," amend Title IV requirements to enable student to engage in simultaneous academic modalities, amend Title IV to allow access to federal student aid for CBE students; Youth Access to American Jobs Act, support; Accreditation, differentiated review, support; provide alternative pathways to accreditation, support; Prior-prior year, codify; Exit counseling, encourage Dept. of Ed to conduct; Direct Subsidized Loan limit, eliminate; Origination fees, remove from sequestration; Proration requirements, remove; Competency-based aid, amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, update definition of CBE, update definition of correspondence and amend the policy that applies aid first to institutional charges; Gainful Employment: streamline regulations; Contracts and Contracts: modify effort reporting, review new monitoring and reporting, develop risk-based regulations, strengthen and align federal requirements across agencies; Teacher Preparation, delay implementation; Campus Accountability and Safety Act, support collaborative efforts; safety tip, eliminate, "non-campus property," narrow definition, foreign and overnight reporting, eliminate; sub-regulatory guidance by OCR, clarify; Uniform Crime Reporting, consolidate definitions; "continuing threats," allow institutional authority.
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
HEA Reauthorization: Federal Perkins Loan Program, extend; H.R. 1286, Pell Grant Funding Act, support; Free Application for Federal Student Aid, simplify; Pell Grants, restore year-round; subsidized student loan program, continue; H.R. 1434, loan refinancing, support; Pay As You Earn, support; Direct Loan limits, increase; loan origination fees, eliminate; loan repayment plans, consolidate and simplify; loan forgiveness, exempt from income tax; Dual Enrollment/College Options, support grants and aid funding; Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, modify definition of distance education, update definition of "regular and substantive," amend Title IV requirements to enable student to engage in simultaneous academic modalities, amend Title IV to allow access to federal student aid for CBE students; Youth Access to American Jobs Act, support; Accreditation, differentiated review, support; provide alternative pathways to accreditation, support; Prior-prior year, codify; Exit counseling, encourage Dept. of Ed to conduct; Direct Subsidized Loan limit, eliminate; Origination fees, remove from sequestration; Proration requirements, remove; Competency-based aid, amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, update definition of CBE, update definition of correspondence and amend the policy that applies aid first to institutional charges; Gainful Employment: streamline regulations; Contracts and Contracts: modify effort reporting, review new monitoring and reporting, develop risk-based regulations, strengthen and align federal requirements across agencies; Teacher Preparation, delay implementation; Campus Accountability and Safety Act, support collaborative efforts; safety tip, eliminate, "non-campus property," narrow definition, foreign and overnight reporting, eliminate; sub-regulatory guidance by OCR, clarify; Uniform Crime Reporting, consolidate definitions; "continuing threats," allow institutional authority.
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
HEA Reauthorization: H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 1286, Pell Grant Funding Act, support; Free Application for Federal Student Aid, simplify; Pell Grants, restore year-round; subsidized student loan program, continue; H.R. 1434, loan refinancing, support; Pay As You Earn, support; Direct Loan limits, increase; loan origination fees, eliminate; loan repayment plans, consolidate and simplify; loan forgiveness, exempt from income tax; Dual Enrollment/College Options, support grants and aid funding; Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, modify definition of distance education, update definition of "regular and substantive," amend Title IV requirements to enable student to engage in simultaneous academic modalities, amend Title IV to allow access to federal student aid for CBE students; teacher preparation, support for rural educator and training; Accreditation, differentiated review, support; provide alternative pathways to accreditation, support; Prior-prior year, codify; Exit counseling, encourage Dept. of Ed to conduct; Direct Subsidized Loan limit, eliminate; Origination fees, remove from sequestration; Proration requirements, remove; Competency-based aid, amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, update definition of CBE, update definition of correspondence and amend the policy that applies aid first to institutional charges; Gainful Employment: streamline regulations; Grants and Contracts: modify effort reporting, review new monitoring and reporting, develop risk-based regulations, strengthen and align federal requirements across agencies; Teacher Preparation, delay implementation; Campus Accountability and Safety Act, support collaborative efforts; safety tip, eliminate, "non-campus property," narrow definition, foreign and overnight reporting, eliminate; sub-regulatory guidance by OCR, clarify; Uniform Crime Reporting, consolidate definitions, "continuing threats," allow institutional authority.
Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2017
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
HEA Reauthorization: H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 1286, Dual Enrollment/College Options, support grants and aid funding; Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, Amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, modify definition of distance education, modify definition of "regular and substantive," amend Title IV requirements to enable student to engage in simultaneous academic modalities; H.R. 2859, Advancing CBE Act, neutral; H.R. 3554, SIMPLE Act, support.
Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2017
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 4508, the PROSPER Act, Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, Amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, support; S. 1716, America's College Promise Act, support; H.R. 4306, National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2017, support.
Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2017
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
HEA Reauthorization: H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 1286, Pell Grant Funding Act, support; Free Application for Federal Student Aid, simplify; Pell Grants, restore year-round; subsidized student loan program, continue; H.R. 1434, loan refinancing, support; Pay As You Earn, support; Direct Loan limits, increase; loan origination fees, eliminate; loan repayment plans, consolidate and simplify; loan forgiveness, exempt from income tax; Dual Enrollment/College Options, support grants and aid funding; Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, modify definition of distance education, update definition of "regular and substantive," amend Title IV requirements to enable student to engage in simultaneous academic modalities, amend Title IV to allow access to federal student aid for CBE students; teacher preparation, support for rural educator and training; Accreditation, differentiated review, support; provide alternative pathways to accreditation, support; Prior-prior year, codify; Exit counseling, encourage Dept. of Ed to conduct; Direct Subsidized Loan limit, eliminate; Origination fees, remove from sequestration; Proration requirements, remove; Competency-based aid, amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, update definition of CBE, update definition of correspondence and amend the policy that applies aid first to institutional charges; Gainful Employment: streamline regulations; Grants and Contracts: modify effort reporting, review new monitoring and reporting, develop risk-based regulations, strengthen and align federal requirements across agencies; Teacher Preparation, delay implementation; Campus Accountability and Safety Act, support collaborative efforts; safety tip, eliminate, "non-campus property," narrow definition, foreign and overnight reporting, eliminate; sub-regulatory guidance by OCR, clarify; Uniform Crime Reporting, consolidate definitions, "continuing threats," allow institutional authority.
Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2017
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Fiscal Year 2018 Budget and Appropriations: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration: Capacity-building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture, support; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: Pell Grants, strengthen, sustain and retain inflation adjustment; H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension, support; Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding, support.
Advancing Competency-Based Education Act of 2017
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
HEA Reauthorization: H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 1286, Dual Enrollment/College Options, support grants and aid funding; Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, Amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, modify definition of distance education, modify definition of "regular and substantive," amend Title IV requirements to enable student to engage in simultaneous academic modalities; H.R. 2859, Advancing CBE Act, neutral; H.R. 3554, SIMPLE Act, support.
SIMPLE Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
HEA Reauthorization: H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 1286, Dual Enrollment/College Options, support grants and aid funding; Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, Amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, modify definition of distance education, modify definition of "regular and substantive," amend Title IV requirements to enable student to engage in simultaneous academic modalities; H.R. 2859, Advancing CBE Act, neutral; H.R. 3554, SIMPLE Act, support.
National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2017
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 4508, the PROSPER Act, Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, Amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, support; S. 1716, America's College Promise Act, support; H.R. 4306, National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2017, support.
PROSPER Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 4508, the PROSPER Act, Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, Amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, support; S. 1716, America's College Promise Act, support; H.R. 4306, National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2017, support.
America's College Promise Act of 2015
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 4508, the PROSPER Act, Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, Amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, support; S. 1716, America's College Promise Act, support; H.R. 4306, National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2017, support.
Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 1441/S. 771, Manufacturing Universities Act, support. S. 2658, FAA Modernization Act of 2016, amendment to streamline the application for operation of sUAS by institutions of higher education, support.
Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 1441, Manufacturing Universities Act, request to co-sponsor/support.
SOS Campus Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; FAFSA simplification, support; prior-prior year implementation, support; Federal Perkins Loan, consider graduate student eligibility; American Opportunity Tax Credit, support; college affordability, including subsidized loans, support; refinance loans, support; PAYE and Revised PAYE, support; income-based repayment, neutral; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; H.R. 1490, Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act, support; competency-based education authorization, support; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; international and foreign language, amend Title IV to include 2-year colleges, support; authorize international teacher exchange, support; regulatory relief of higher education, support; S. 1062/H.R. 2172, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, support.
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Horizon 2020, appointment of a National Contact Point, support. H.R. 1806, America COMPETES Reauthorization, engineering and research, support.
Making College Affordable and Accessible Act of 2016
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; compentency-based education authorization, support and clarification of the interpretation of 'regular and substantive interaction' with an instructor; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; ensuring intent of prior-prior year compliance.
Making College Affordable and Accessible Act of 2016
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; college affordability, including subsidized loans, support; refinance loans, support; PAYE and Revised PAYE, support; income-based repayment, neutral; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; compentency-based education authorization, support; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; NPRM comments regarding teacher credentialing and preparation.
Making College Affordable and Accessible Act of 2016
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; FAFSA simplification, support; prior-prior year implementation, support; Federal Perkins Loan, consider graduate student eligibility; American Opportunity Tax Credit, support; college affordability, including subsidized loans, support; refinance loans, support; PAYE and Revised PAYE, support; income-based repayment, neutral; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; H.R. 1490, Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act, support; competency-based education authorization, support; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; international and foreign language, amend Title IV to include 2-year colleges, support; authorize international teacher exchange, support; regulatory relief of higher education, support; S. 1062/H.R. 2172, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, support.
Making College Affordable and Accessible Act of 2016
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; college affordability, including subsidized loans, support; refinance loans, support; PAYE and Revised PAYE, support; income-based repayment, neutral; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; compentency-based education authorization, support; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; NPRM comments regarding teacher credentialing and preparation.
Making College Affordable and Accessible Act of 2016
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; compentency-based education authorization, support and clarification of the interpretation of 'regular and substantive interaction' with an instructor; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; ensuring intent of prior-prior year compliance.
Making College Affordable and Accessible Act of 2016
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; FAFSA simplification, support; prior-prior year implementation, support; Federal Perkins Loan, consider graduate student eligibility; American Opportunity Tax Credit, support; college affordability, including subsidized loans, support; refinance loans, support; PAYE and Revised PAYE, support; income-based repayment, neutral; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; H.R. 1490, Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act, support; competency-based education authorization, support; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; international and foreign language, amend Title IV to include 2-year colleges, support; authorize international teacher exchange, support; regulatory relief of higher education, support; S. 1062/H.R. 2172, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, support.
Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 1441/S. 771, Manufacturing Universities Act, support. S. 2658, FAA Modernization Act of 2016, amendment to streamline the application for operation of sUAS by institutions of higher education, support.
Campus Accountability and Safety Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; college affordability, including subsidized loans, support; refinance loans, support; PAYE and Revised PAYE, support; income-based repayment, neutral; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; compentency-based education authorization, support; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; NPRM comments regarding teacher credentialing and preparation.
Campus Accountability and Safety Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; FAFSA simplification, support; prior-prior year implementation, support; Federal Perkins Loan, consider graduate student eligibility; American Opportunity Tax Credit, support; college affordability, including subsidized loans, support; refinance loans, support; PAYE and Revised PAYE, support; income-based repayment, neutral; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; H.R. 1490, Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act, support; competency-based education authorization, support; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; international and foreign language, amend Title IV to include 2-year colleges, support; authorize international teacher exchange, support; regulatory relief of higher education, support; S. 1062/H.R. 2172, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, support.
Campus Accountability and Safety Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; compentency-based education authorization, support and clarification of the interpretation of 'regular and substantive interaction' with an instructor; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; ensuring intent of prior-prior year compliance.
Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 1441/S. 771, Manufacturing Universities Act, support. S. 2658, FAA Modernization Act of 2016, amendment to streamline the application for operation of sUAS by institutions of higher education, support.
Educator Preparation Reform Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; FAFSA simplification, support; prior-prior year implementation, support; Federal Perkins Loan, consider graduate student eligibility; American Opportunity Tax Credit, support; college affordability, including subsidized loans, support; refinance loans, support; PAYE and Revised PAYE, support; income-based repayment, neutral; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; H.R. 1490, Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act, support; competency-based education authorization, support; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; international and foreign language, amend Title IV to include 2-year colleges, support; authorize international teacher exchange, support; regulatory relief of higher education, support; S. 1062/H.R. 2172, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, support.
Educator Preparation Reform Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; FAFSA simplification, support; prior-prior year implementation, support; Federal Perkins Loan, consider graduate student eligibility; American Opportunity Tax Credit, support; college affordability, including subsidized loans, support; refinance loans, support; PAYE and Revised PAYE, support; income-based repayment, neutral; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; H.R. 1490, Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act, support; competency-based education authorization, support; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; international and foreign language, amend Title IV to include 2-year colleges, support; authorize international teacher exchange, support; regulatory relief of higher education, support; S. 1062/H.R. 2172, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, support.
No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2015
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
An amendment to H.R. 3594, the Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015, support; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; H.R. 1716, Earnings Contingent Education Loans Act of 2015,information only; S. 1177, Every Student Succeeds Act, support.
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. 747, American Innovation Act, support; H.R. 1806, America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015, support NSF and MEP reauthorization, concerns regarding funding at directorate level, cuts to Social, Behavioral and Economic and Geosciences directorates, and MEP; Innovation: An American Imperative, statement in support of R&D policy and investment; NIST-MEP Center, support for WI Center for Manufacturing and Productivity, Inc., application.
Student Worker Exemption Act of 2016
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 210, support Student Worker Exemption Act; Charitable Agricultural Research Act, support; 79 Fed. Reg. 29 (Feb. 12, 2014)("NPRM 4980H"), concerns regarding treatment of student employment in higher education under regulations.
Student Loan Tax Debt Relief Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 2429, Student Loan Tax Debt Relief Act, support; H.R. 294 and H.R. 3594, support for resolution and bill supporting extension of the Federal Perkins Loan Program; support for financial aid simplification by allowing students to use prior-prior year's tax data; Department of Education, Student Assistance General Provisions Federal Family Education Loan Program and Wm. D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, i.e., comments in support of a new income-contingent repayment plan called the "Reviewed Pay As Your Earn;" Department of Education, comments in support of the Student Achievement Measure; support for extension of matching funds for Federal Work Study (UW-RF and UW-Stout).
Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 2429, Student Loan Tax Debt Relief Act, support; H.R. 294 and H.R. 3594, support for resolution and bill supporting extension of the Federal Perkins Loan Program; support for financial aid simplification by allowing students to use prior-prior year's tax data; Department of Education, Student Assistance General Provisions Federal Family Education Loan Program and Wm. D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, i.e., comments in support of a new income-contingent repayment plan called the "Reviewed Pay As Your Earn;" Department of Education, comments in support of the Student Achievement Measure; support for extension of matching funds for Federal Work Study (UW-RF and UW-Stout).
Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
An amendment to H.R. 3594, the Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015, support; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; H.R. 1716, Earnings Contingent Education Loans Act of 2015,information only; S. 1177, Every Student Succeeds Act, support.
Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 2429, Student Loan Tax Debt Relief Act, support; H.R. 294 and H.R. 3594, support for resolution and bill supporting extension of the Federal Perkins Loan Program; support for financial aid simplification by allowing students to use prior-prior year's tax data; Department of Education, Student Assistance General Provisions Federal Family Education Loan Program and Wm. D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, i.e., comments in support of a new income-contingent repayment plan called the "Reviewed Pay As Your Earn;" Department of Education, comments in support of the Student Achievement Measure; support for extension of matching funds for Federal Work Study (UW-RF and UW-Stout).
Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. 2719, Manufacturing Universities Act, amend to encourage partnerships and reporting of measurable economic impact; America's College Promise, support two-year institution language; H.R. 970/S. 559, Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Reform, support, including ongoing regulatory review, targeted risk-based regulations and cost-benefit analysis; Higher Education Act reauthorization, support adoption of allowing prior-prior year tax information on the FAFSA; support continuation of Federal Perkins Loan program; support the Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency Act (FAST); oppose two-question FAFSA applications; oppose postsecondary/teacher ratings systems; seek review/improvements to IPEDS, support expansion of Pay As You Earn, support student loan refinancing, adjust Title IV requirements for competency-based education, support congressionally-sponsored demonstration sites, support international/foreign language programs, amend Title VI to include two-year colleges, clarify state responsibility for teacher performance, ensure common state teacher preparation and licensure standards, encourage efforts to strengthen PK-12 partnerships, support teacher/educator Quality Partnership Program, expand Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program, update TEACH grants to limit eligibility, make payback requirement proportional to time service, change the definition of a post-baccalaureate to TEACH-grant eligible program; under Title IX, a complainant should demonstrate institution affiliation and personal impact, investigations should be conducted cooperatively, guidance by OCR should be via rule-making.
Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Continuation of Federal Perkins Loan program; Department of Education proposed regulations on teacher education; Community College Initiative; support for H.R. 970/S. 559, Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Reform; Every Child Achieve Act of 2015, reauthorization of Ready-to-Learn; support for Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015
Every Student Succeeds Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
An amendment to H.R. 3594, the Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015, support; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; H.R. 1716, Earnings Contingent Education Loans Act of 2015,information only; S. 1177, Every Student Succeeds Act, support.
Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Continuation of Federal Perkins Loan program; Department of Education proposed regulations on teacher education; Community College Initiative; support for H.R. 970/S. 559, Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Reform; Every Child Achieve Act of 2015, reauthorization of Ready-to-Learn; support for Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015
Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. 2719, Manufacturing Universities Act, amend to encourage partnerships and reporting of measurable economic impact; America's College Promise, support two-year institution language; H.R. 970/S. 559, Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Reform, support, including ongoing regulatory review, targeted risk-based regulations and cost-benefit analysis; Higher Education Act reauthorization, support adoption of allowing prior-prior year tax information on the FAFSA; support continuation of Federal Perkins Loan program; support the Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency Act (FAST); oppose two-question FAFSA applications; oppose postsecondary/teacher ratings systems; seek review/improvements to IPEDS, support expansion of Pay As You Earn, support student loan refinancing, adjust Title IV requirements for competency-based education, support congressionally-sponsored demonstration sites, support international/foreign language programs, amend Title VI to include two-year colleges, clarify state responsibility for teacher performance, ensure common state teacher preparation and licensure standards, encourage efforts to strengthen PK-12 partnerships, support teacher/educator Quality Partnership Program, expand Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program, update TEACH grants to limit eligibility, make payback requirement proportional to time service, change the definition of a post-baccalaureate to TEACH-grant eligible program; under Title IX, a complainant should demonstrate institution affiliation and personal impact, investigations should be conducted cooperatively, guidance by OCR should be via rule-making.
Campus Accountability and Safety Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
An amendment to H.R. 3594, the Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015, support; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; H.R. 1716, Earnings Contingent Education Loans Act of 2015,information only; S. 1177, Every Student Succeeds Act, support.
American Innovation Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. 747, American Innovation Act, support; H.R. 1806, America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015, support NSF and MEP reauthorization, concerns regarding funding at directorate level, cuts to Social, Behavioral and Economic and Geosciences directorates, and MEP; Innovation: An American Imperative, statement in support of R&D policy and investment; NIST-MEP Center, support for WI Center for Manufacturing and Productivity, Inc., application.
Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. 779, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015, support.
Manufacturing Universities Act of 2014
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. 2719, Manufacturing Universities Act, amend to encourage partnerships and reporting of measurable economic impact; America's College Promise, support two-year institution language; H.R. 970/S. 559, Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Reform, support, including ongoing regulatory review, targeted risk-based regulations and cost-benefit analysis; Higher Education Act reauthorization, support adoption of allowing prior-prior year tax information on the FAFSA; support continuation of Federal Perkins Loan program; support the Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency Act (FAST); oppose two-question FAFSA applications; oppose postsecondary/teacher ratings systems; seek review/improvements to IPEDS, support expansion of Pay As You Earn, support student loan refinancing, adjust Title IV requirements for competency-based education, support congressionally-sponsored demonstration sites, support international/foreign language programs, amend Title VI to include two-year colleges, clarify state responsibility for teacher performance, ensure common state teacher preparation and licensure standards, encourage efforts to strengthen PK-12 partnerships, support teacher/educator Quality Partnership Program, expand Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program, update TEACH grants to limit eligibility, make payback requirement proportional to time service, change the definition of a post-baccalaureate to TEACH-grant eligible program; under Title IX, a complainant should demonstrate institution affiliation and personal impact, investigations should be conducted cooperatively, guidance by OCR should be via rule-making.
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the enactment of the Smith-Lever Act, which established the nationwide Cooperative Extension System.
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. Con. Res. 33/H. Con. Res. 86, co-sponsor
Educator Preparation Reform Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Program Integrity Rules on proposed distance learning/authorization and gainful employment, comments on; H.R. 2196, The GREAT Act, opposition to; H.R. 2172 and 2. 1062, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, seek co-sponsors; College Affordability & Transparency Center, comments on UW-EC calculator; H. Res. 614, urge co-sponsorship; HEA Reauthorization, including Perkins Loan program and sunset extension, utlization of Prior-Prior Year, support of, H.R. 3136, Competency-Based Education, support of,Postsecondary Institution Ratings System, opposition to, Experimental Sites, support for, adjustments to Title IV requirements to allow for competency-based education (UW Flexible Option), H.R. 4983, Transparency In Higher Education Act, support for, H.R. 4984, Empowering Students through Enhanced Financial Counseling, support for.
GREAT Teachers and Principals Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Program Integrity Rules on proposed distance learning/authorization and gainful employment, comments on; H.R. 2196, The GREAT Act, opposition to; H.R. 2172 and 2. 1062, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, seek co-sponsors; College Affordability & Transparency Center, comments on UW-EC calculator; H. Res. 614, urge co-sponsorship; HEA Reauthorization, including Perkins Loan program and sunset extension, utlization of Prior-Prior Year, support of, H.R. 3136, Competency-Based Education, support of,Postsecondary Institution Ratings System, opposition to, Experimental Sites, support for, adjustments to Title IV requirements to allow for competency-based education (UW Flexible Option), H.R. 4983, Transparency In Higher Education Act, support for, H.R. 4984, Empowering Students through Enhanced Financial Counseling, support for.
Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act of 2014
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Program Integrity Rules on proposed distance learning/authorization and gainful employment, comments on; H.R. 2196, The GREAT Act, opposition to; H.R. 2172 and 2. 1062, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, seek co-sponsors; College Affordability & Transparency Center, comments on UW-EC calculator; H. Res. 614, urge co-sponsorship; HEA Reauthorization, including Perkins Loan program and sunset extension, utlization of Prior-Prior Year, support of, H.R. 3136, Competency-Based Education, support of,Postsecondary Institution Ratings System, opposition to, Experimental Sites, support for, adjustments to Title IV requirements to allow for competency-based education (UW Flexible Option), H.R. 4983, Transparency In Higher Education Act, support for, H.R. 4984, Empowering Students through Enhanced Financial Counseling, support for.
Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act of 2014
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Higher Education Act reauthorization, Perkins Loan program and sunset extension; H.R. 3136, Advancing Competency Based Education Demonstration Project Act, support of; H. Res. 614, urge co-sponsorship of; Adjustment to Federal Title IV requirements to allow for competency-based education (UW Flexible Option)
Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act of 2014
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Higher Education Reauthorization: disability student services, support for; Student Borrower Bill of Rights Act of 2014, support for; TRIO/GEAR UP, support reauthorization; Pell audotmatic adjustment; utilization of Prior-Prior Year; extension of Perkins Loan program sunset provision; expansion of McNair and Federal Work-Study; adjustments to Title IV requirements and experimental site process to allow for competency-based education; Teacher Quality Partnership Grant expansion, update TEACH grant definition,eligibility and payback requirements; support for international and foreign language education programs, including two-year colleges amendment; Postsecondary Instiutution Ratings System, formal comments on College Ratings Plan; S. 1704/H.R. 3538, the Affordable Textbook Act, support of; H.R. 3136, Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act of 2013, support of; Program Integrity Regulations, comments regarding gainful employment.
Affordable College Textbook Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Higher Education Reauthorization: disability student services, support for; Student Borrower Bill of Rights Act of 2014, support for; TRIO/GEAR UP, support reauthorization; Pell audotmatic adjustment; utilization of Prior-Prior Year; extension of Perkins Loan program sunset provision; expansion of McNair and Federal Work-Study; adjustments to Title IV requirements and experimental site process to allow for competency-based education; Teacher Quality Partnership Grant expansion, update TEACH grant definition,eligibility and payback requirements; support for international and foreign language education programs, including two-year colleges amendment; Postsecondary Instiutution Ratings System, formal comments on College Ratings Plan; S. 1704/H.R. 3538, the Affordable Textbook Act, support of; H.R. 3136, Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act of 2013, support of; Program Integrity Regulations, comments regarding gainful employment.
FIRST Act of 2014
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Patent Reform legislation, provisions regarding curbine abuse patent troll practices; H.R. 4186, Frontiers in Reserach, Science & Technology (FIRST) Act, support full authorization levels for the National Science foundation, including the SBE Directorate
FIRST Act of 2014
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 4186, FIRST Act, support full authorization levels for NSF, including SBE Directorate
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
FY2015 Appropriations: H.R. 4800/S. 2389, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, Capacity-building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Smith-Lever, Expanded Food & Nutrition, Hatch, McIntire-Stenni8s, Agriculture & Food Initiative; H.R. 4660/S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, National Estuarine Research Reserve and National Estuarine Reseach Reserve Construction, National ScienceFoundation, including Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate, National Institute of Standards and Technology, including Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program; H.R. 4923/Senate Draft, Energy and Water and Related Agencies, Department of Energy, including support for DOE's national scientific user facilities; House Draft/Senate Draft, Interior-Environment, and Related Agencies, Sea Grant, Water Resources Institute Program; House Draft/Senate Draft, Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, National Institutes of Health, Federal Pell Grant Program, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Work Study, Perkins Loan (extend sunset), TRIO, GEAR UP, International Eductaion and Foreign Language Programs, Area Health Education Centers Program, Nursing Workforce Develpoment Program, Teacher Quality Partnership Grants, Transition to Teching, Math & Science Partnerships, Special Education Peronnel Preparation; H.R. 4487, Legislative Branch, Open World Leadership Center; support funding for.
Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Program Integrity Rules on proposed distance learning/authorization and gainful employment, comments on; H.R. 2196, The GREAT Act, opposition to; H.R. 2172 and 2. 1062, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, seek co-sponsors; College Affordability & Transparency Center, comments on UW-EC calculator; H. Res. 614, urge co-sponsorship; HEA Reauthorization, including Perkins Loan program and sunset extension, utlization of Prior-Prior Year, support of, H.R. 3136, Competency-Based Education, support of,Postsecondary Institution Ratings System, opposition to, Experimental Sites, support for, adjustments to Title IV requirements to allow for competency-based education (UW Flexible Option), H.R. 4983, Transparency In Higher Education Act, support for, H.R. 4984, Empowering Students through Enhanced Financial Counseling, support for.
Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Program Integrity Rules on proposed distance learning/authorization and gainful employment, comments on; H.R. 2196, The GREAT Act, opposition to; H.R. 2172 and 2. 1062, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, seek co-sponsors; College Affordability & Transparency Center, comments on UW-EC calculator; H. Res. 614, urge co-sponsorship; HEA Reauthorization, including Perkins Loan program and sunset extension, utlization of Prior-Prior Year, support of, H.R. 3136, Competency-Based Education, support of,Postsecondary Institution Ratings System, opposition to, Experimental Sites, support for, adjustments to Title IV requirements to allow for competency-based education (UW Flexible Option), H.R. 4983, Transparency In Higher Education Act, support for, H.R. 4984, Empowering Students through Enhanced Financial Counseling, support for.
Strongly supporting the quality and value of diversity and innovation in the Nation's higher education institutions, and strongly disagreeing with the President's proposal to create and administer a Postsecondary Institution Ratings System.
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Program Integrity Rules on proposed distance learning/authorization and gainful employment, comments on; H.R. 2196, The GREAT Act, opposition to; H.R. 2172 and 2. 1062, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, seek co-sponsors; College Affordability & Transparency Center, comments on UW-EC calculator; H. Res. 614, urge co-sponsorship; HEA Reauthorization, including Perkins Loan program and sunset extension, utlization of Prior-Prior Year, support of, H.R. 3136, Competency-Based Education, support of,Postsecondary Institution Ratings System, opposition to, Experimental Sites, support for, adjustments to Title IV requirements to allow for competency-based education (UW Flexible Option), H.R. 4983, Transparency In Higher Education Act, support for, H.R. 4984, Empowering Students through Enhanced Financial Counseling, support for.
Strongly supporting the quality and value of diversity and innovation in the Nation's higher education institutions, and strongly disagreeing with the President's proposal to create and administer a Postsecondary Institution Ratings System.
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Higher Education Act reauthorization, Perkins Loan program and sunset extension; H.R. 3136, Advancing Competency Based Education Demonstration Project Act, support of; H. Res. 614, urge co-sponsorship of; Adjustment to Federal Title IV requirements to allow for competency-based education (UW Flexible Option)
Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. 1468, Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovatio Act of 2013, support for network centers
Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. 1468, Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013, support for network centers
Affordable College Textbook Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Higher Education Reauthorization: disability student services, support for; Student Borrower Bill of Rights Act of 2014, support for; TRIO/GEAR UP, support reauthorization; Pell audotmatic adjustment; utilization of Prior-Prior Year; extension of Perkins Loan program sunset provision; expansion of McNair and Federal Work-Study; adjustments to Title IV requirements and experimental site process to allow for competency-based education; Teacher Quality Partnership Grant expansion, update TEACH grant definition,eligibility and payback requirements; support for international and foreign language education programs, including two-year colleges amendment; Postsecondary Instiutution Ratings System, formal comments on College Ratings Plan; S. 1704/H.R. 3538, the Affordable Textbook Act, support of; H.R. 3136, Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act of 2013, support of; Program Integrity Regulations, comments regarding gainful employment.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
FY2015 Appropriations: H.R. 4800/S. 2389, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, Capacity-building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Smith-Lever, Expanded Food & Nutrition, Hatch, McIntire-Stenni8s, Agriculture & Food Initiative; H.R. 4660/S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, National Estuarine Research Reserve and National Estuarine Reseach Reserve Construction, National ScienceFoundation, including Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate, National Institute of Standards and Technology, including Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program; H.R. 4923/Senate Draft, Energy and Water and Related Agencies, Department of Energy, including support for DOE's national scientific user facilities; House Draft/Senate Draft, Interior-Environment, and Related Agencies, Sea Grant, Water Resources Institute Program; House Draft/Senate Draft, Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, National Institutes of Health, Federal Pell Grant Program, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Work Study, Perkins Loan (extend sunset), TRIO, GEAR UP, International Eductaion and Foreign Language Programs, Area Health Education Centers Program, Nursing Workforce Develpoment Program, Teacher Quality Partnership Grants, Transition to Teching, Math & Science Partnerships, Special Education Peronnel Preparation; H.R. 4487, Legislative Branch, Open World Leadership Center; support funding for.
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
FY2015 Appropriations: H.R. 4800/S. 2389, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, Capacity-building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Smith-Lever, Expanded Food & Nutrition, Hatch, McIntire-Stenni8s, Agriculture & Food Initiative; H.R. 4660/S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, National Estuarine Research Reserve and National Estuarine Reseach Reserve Construction, National ScienceFoundation, including Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate, National Institute of Standards and Technology, including Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program; H.R. 4923/Senate Draft, Energy and Water and Related Agencies, Department of Energy, including support for DOE's national scientific user facilities; House Draft/Senate Draft, Interior-Environment, and Related Agencies, Sea Grant, Water Resources Institute Program; House Draft/Senate Draft, Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, National Institutes of Health, Federal Pell Grant Program, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Work Study, Perkins Loan (extend sunset), TRIO, GEAR UP, International Eductaion and Foreign Language Programs, Area Health Education Centers Program, Nursing Workforce Develpoment Program, Teacher Quality Partnership Grants, Transition to Teching, Math & Science Partnerships, Special Education Peronnel Preparation; H.R. 4487, Legislative Branch, Open World Leadership Center; support funding for.
Campus Accountability and Safety Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. 2692, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, modifications to confidential advisor, climate survey, Cleary-Title IX provisions
Manufacturing Universities Act of 2014
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. 2719, Manufacturing Universities Act, support for undergraduate research partnerships
A concurrent resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the enactment of the Smith-Lever Act, which established the nationwide Cooperative Extension System.
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. Con. Res. 33/H. Con. Res. 86, co-sponsor
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
Budget Resolutions (H.Con.Res. 25 and S.Con.Res.8), support investment in academic research and student financial aid; FY2015 Budget, support appropriations for NIFA competitive capacity-building grants for non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
ESEA Reauthorization, Growing Education Achievement Training Academies for Teachers and Principals (GRET Act), support redirection of set-aside to TQP competitive grant program; H.R. 1911, the Bipartisan Loan Certainty Act of 2013, support passage of; HEA Reauthorization, expand funds for federal student financial aid, support for competency-based education programs; P.L. 112-175, report status on teacher qualifications report
Truth in Tuition Act of 2013
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 2020 Truth-in-Tuition Act of 2013; Subsidized Stafford Loans interest rate; Elementary and Secondary Education Act: support for reauthorization of the Improving Teacher Quality State Grants Program; Higher Education Act, planning grants for competency-based degree programs; Paul Simon Study Abroad Act, Title VI, Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language, two-year institution eligibility;
Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act of 2013
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 2981, National Security & Future Economic Resiliency (TRANSFER) Act, support; H.$. 3309, The Innovation Act, seek to delay or recommit to address litigation reform provisions.
Affordable College Textbook Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 3694, Net Price Calculator Improvement Act, support; H.R. 3538, The Affordable Textbook Act, support; UW-La Crosse Army-ROTC program, support continuation of.
Net Price Calculator Improvement Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H.R. 3694, Net Price Calculator Improvement Act, support; H.R. 3538, The Affordable Textbook Act, support; UW-La Crosse Army-ROTC program, support continuation of.
MAP-21 Reauthorization Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H5973/S2375, Agriculture Appropriations: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Hatch Formula Funds, Smith-Lever, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry, Animal Health and Disease, Higher Education Challenge Grants, Sustainable Agriculture Programs, Equity in Education Programs, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, Capacity-building grant for non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture; H5326/S2323, Commerce/Justice/State Appropriations: Economic Development Administration-University Centers, Justice, Department of, including National Institute of Justice Centers of Excellence, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, National Estuarine Research Service, National Science Foundation, including the Math and Science Program, Noyce, Research in Undergraduate Institutions, TUES, expansion of undergraduate research capacity and infrastructure, and National Telecommunications and Information Administration; H5856, Defense Appropriations: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Vehicle Technology within Defense Research Sciences, Sustainable Alernative Energy Program; H5325/S2465, Energy & Water Appropriations: Energy, Department of; H6020/S3301, Financial Services Appropriation: Small Business Administration Federal and State Technology Partnership Program, Small Business Development Centers; H6091, Interior & Environment Appropriations: Green Power Partnership, Natinoal Endowment for the Humanities, National Sea Grant College Program, State Water Resources Research Institute Program, Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center, USGS Cooperative Research Units Program; S3295, Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations: AmeriCorps*Vista, Area Health Education Center Program, including Title VII and Title VIII Health Professions Program, Campus-Based Financial Aid Programs, Federal Pell Grant, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, GEAR UP, Head Start, Health and Human Services, Department of, Title IV-E, Health Resources and Services Administration, Improving Teacher Quality Grants, International Education, Labor, Department of, National Institutes of Health, National Professional Development Program, Public Radio and Television, Strengthening Institutions Program, TRIO Grants; H5854/S3215 Military/Veterans: Veterans, Department of, GI Bill; H5857/S3241, State/Foreign Operations Appropriations: Foreign Language Instruction; H5972/S2322, Transporation Appropriations: Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute; Reform of Federal policies relating to grants and cooperative agreements, cost principles and administrative requirements.
Gold Star Fathers Act of 2014
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H5973/S2375, Agriculture Appropriations: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Hatch Formula Funds, Smith-Lever, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry, Animal Health and Disease, Higher Education Challenge Grants, Sustainable Agriculture Programs, Equity in Education Programs, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, Capacity-building grant for non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture; H5326/S2323, Commerce/Justice/State Appropriations: Economic Development Administration-University Centers, Justice, Department of, including National Institute of Justice Centers of Excellence, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, National Estuarine Research Service, National Science Foundation, including the Math and Science Program, Noyce, Research in Undergraduate Institutions, TUES, expansion of undergraduate research capacity and infrastructure, and National Telecommunications and Information Administration; H5856, Defense Appropriations: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Vehicle Technology within Defense Research Sciences, Sustainable Alernative Energy Program; H5325/S2465, Energy & Water Appropriations: Energy, Department of; H6020/S3301, Financial Services Appropriation: Small Business Administration Federal and State Technology Partnership Program, Small Business Development Centers; H6091, Interior & Environment Appropriations: Green Power Partnership, Natinoal Endowment for the Humanities, National Sea Grant College Program, State Water Resources Research Institute Program, Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center, USGS Cooperative Research Units Program; S3295, Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations: AmeriCorps*Vista, Area Health Education Center Program, including Title VII and Title VIII Health Professions Program, Campus-Based Financial Aid Programs, Federal Pell Grant, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, GEAR UP, Head Start, Health and Human Services, Department of, Title IV-E, Health Resources and Services Administration, Improving Teacher Quality Grants, International Education, Labor, Department of, National Institutes of Health, National Professional Development Program, Public Radio and Television, Strengthening Institutions Program, TRIO Grants; H5854/S3215 Military/Veterans: Veterans, Department of, GI Bill; H5857/S3241, State/Foreign Operations Appropriations: Foreign Language Instruction; H5972/S2322, Transporation Appropriations: Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute; Reform of Federal policies relating to grants and cooperative agreements, cost principles and administrative requirements.
Colorado News, Emergency, Weather, and Sports Act of 2014
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H5973/S2375, Agriculture Appropriations: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Hatch Formula Funds, Smith-Lever, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry, Animal Health and Disease, Higher Education Challenge Grants, Sustainable Agriculture Programs, Equity in Education Programs, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, Capacity-building grant for non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture; H5326/S2323, Commerce/Justice/State Appropriations: Economic Development Administration-University Centers, Justice, Department of, including National Institute of Justice Centers of Excellence, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, National Estuarine Research Service, National Science Foundation, including the Math and Science Program, Noyce, Research in Undergraduate Institutions, TUES, expansion of undergraduate research capacity and infrastructure, and National Telecommunications and Information Administration; H5856, Defense Appropriations: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Vehicle Technology within Defense Research Sciences, Sustainable Alernative Energy Program; H5325/S2465, Energy & Water Appropriations: Energy, Department of; H6020/S3301, Financial Services Appropriation: Small Business Administration Federal and State Technology Partnership Program, Small Business Development Centers; H6091, Interior & Environment Appropriations: Green Power Partnership, Natinoal Endowment for the Humanities, National Sea Grant College Program, State Water Resources Research Institute Program, Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center, USGS Cooperative Research Units Program; S3295, Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations: AmeriCorps*Vista, Area Health Education Center Program, including Title VII and Title VIII Health Professions Program, Campus-Based Financial Aid Programs, Federal Pell Grant, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, GEAR UP, Head Start, Health and Human Services, Department of, Title IV-E, Health Resources and Services Administration, Improving Teacher Quality Grants, International Education, Labor, Department of, National Institutes of Health, National Professional Development Program, Public Radio and Television, Strengthening Institutions Program, TRIO Grants; H5854/S3215 Military/Veterans: Veterans, Department of, GI Bill; H5857/S3241, State/Foreign Operations Appropriations: Foreign Language Instruction; H5972/S2322, Transporation Appropriations: Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute; Reform of Federal policies relating to grants and cooperative agreements, cost principles and administrative requirements.
Albuquerque Indian School Land Transfer Act
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
H5973/S2375, Agriculture Appropriations: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Hatch Formula Funds, Smith-Lever, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry, Animal Health and Disease, Higher Education Challenge Grants, Sustainable Agriculture Programs, Equity in Education Programs, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, Capacity-building grant for non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture; H5326/S2323, Commerce/Justice/State Appropriations: Economic Development Administration-University Centers, Justice, Department of, including National Institute of Justice Centers of Excellence, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, National Estuarine Research Service, National Science Foundation, including the Math and Science Program, Noyce, Research in Undergraduate Institutions, TUES, expansion of undergraduate research capacity and infrastructure, and National Telecommunications and Information Administration; H5856, Defense Appropriations: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Vehicle Technology within Defense Research Sciences, Sustainable Alernative Energy Program; H5325/S2465, Energy & Water Appropriations: Energy, Department of; H6020/S3301, Financial Services Appropriation: Small Business Administration Federal and State Technology Partnership Program, Small Business Development Centers; H6091, Interior & Environment Appropriations: Green Power Partnership, Natinoal Endowment for the Humanities, National Sea Grant College Program, State Water Resources Research Institute Program, Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center, USGS Cooperative Research Units Program; S3295, Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations: AmeriCorps*Vista, Area Health Education Center Program, including Title VII and Title VIII Health Professions Program, Campus-Based Financial Aid Programs, Federal Pell Grant, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, GEAR UP, Head Start, Health and Human Services, Department of, Title IV-E, Health Resources and Services Administration, Improving Teacher Quality Grants, International Education, Labor, Department of, National Institutes of Health, National Professional Development Program, Public Radio and Television, Strengthening Institutions Program, TRIO Grants; H5854/S3215 Military/Veterans: Veterans, Department of, GI Bill; H5857/S3241, State/Foreign Operations Appropriations: Foreign Language Instruction; H5972/S2322, Transporation Appropriations: Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute; Reform of Federal policies relating to grants and cooperative agreements, cost principles and administrative requirements.
Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2013
Client: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM · Firm: BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
S. 944, Veterans' Education Assistance Act, analysis of residency requirement and support for amendment to discharge language
2020 · second_quarter · Q2
H.R. 6201, CARES Act, support; Phase IV Stimulus, support; Federal Reserve, Main Street Lending Program, support eligibility for public institutions of higher education; House Ocean Caucus letter on recovery priorities, support; Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, Pell Grants, support increase; Commerce-State-Justice, support NERR funding; Agriculture, support capacity-building for non-land grants; Interior-Environment, support funding for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
Stiver's Dear Colleague, support OPT.
EDA Public Works Economic Adjustment Assistance Program, UW-Whitewater application
UW System Federal Agenda for 2020: https://www.wisconsin.edu/government-relations/download/federal_agenda/FederalAgenda2020-WEB.pdf
Filing targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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2020 · first_quarter · Q1
S. 333, support cyber security consortium
UW System and Marinette Marine relationship/partnership
FY16 cohort default rate, extension for appeal request; H.R. 5363, Free speech and religious liberty, comments to proposed rule.
Apprenticeships: Closing the Skills Gap Grant; support.
H.R. 6201, CARES Act, support; Brookings report, Case for Growth Centers ($100B/10 yr. investment), support; NSF funding for research and education (in addition to STEM policy and immigration).
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
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2019 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Apprenticeships: Closing the Skills Gap Grant; support.
H.R. 4674, College Affordability Act, support/competency-based education amendment; FY16 cohort default rate, extension for appeal request; H.R. 5363, support/financial aid simplification; foreign gifts and contract reporting, oppose/expanded reporting.
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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2019 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 3422, support for amending the HEA to clarify competency-based education; S. 939, Confucius Act, information about Confucius Institute at UW-Platteville; comments/regulations governing the recognition of accrediting agencies, student assistance, institutional eligibility
Support permanent protection for DREAMERS; immigration reform and concern for administration actions and policies as follows: delays for entry visas, increase requests regarding foreign born employees, processing delays for Optional Practical Training, and duration of status.
FY2020 Federal Budget priorities: Agriculture Appropriations: Center for Paper Manufacturing, support funding; Commerce-Justice-State: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, support funding; Energy-Interior-Environment: Environmental Protection Agency, Freshwater Research Initiatives.
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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2019 · second_quarter · Q2
H.R. 3422, support for amending the HEA to clarify competency-based education; S. 939, Confucius Act, information about Confucius Institute at UW-Platteville
FY2020 Federal Budget priorities: Debt ceiling and lifting discretionary spending cuts; H.R. 2157, Specialty Crop Research Initiative, language to provide relief from the SCRI matching funds requirement; Agriculture Appropriations: Center for Paper Manufacturing, support funding; Commerce-Justice-State: NSF undergraduate research programs, support funding; NOAA, National Estuarine Research Reserve System, support funding; Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, support funding; Energy-Interior-Environment: Environmental Protection Agency, Freshwater Research Initiatives, support funding; North American Wetlands Conservation Act, support funding; Homeland Security, Great Lakes and Champlain program, support funding
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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2019 · first_quarter · Q1
Comprehensive immigration reform, support.
FY2020 Federal Budget priorities: Agriculture: NIFA, Smith-Lever, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry, Capacity-building for Non-Land-Grant Colleges of Agriculture, and Center for Paper Manufacturing; Commerce-Justice-State: NSF, NOAA, NOAA Sea Grant, NASA/Earth Geosciences, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, National Estuarine Research Reserve System, National Institute for Standards and Technology/Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Economic Development Agency/Regional Innovation Program, Small Business Development Centers; Energy-Interior-Environment: Department of Energy/Office of Science, Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Science and Technology, National Endowment for the Humanities, U.S. Geological Survey/Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Units; Labor-HHS-Education: NIH, Pell Grant, SEOG, Federal Work-Study, GEAR UP, international education programs, HRSA/Title VII and Title VIII; urge Congress to lift the budget caps due to sequestration and all agency funding for science, technology, education and mathematics and research funding.
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2018 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Harry W. Colmery Act and lost housing allowance payments to student veterans.
Negotiated rulemaking on higher education accreditation and innovation, nomination for appointment; amendment to HEA of 1965 to clarify competency-based education; SB 3611, co-sponsor and support; TRIO, support; Repaying Perkins Loans to ED (general); HEA reauthorization (general)
USDA NIFA testimony, support non-land-grant capacity investments
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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2018 · third_quarter · Q3
Homeland Security comments regarding student Visa increases, oppose.
Competency-Based Education: Testimony, i.e., update regular and substantive, credit hour definitions; Listening session, i.e., increase mandatory inflation adjustment for Pell, increase Pell maximum award, increase EFC threshold, remove financial aid barriers for dual enrollment and CBE programs.
FY2019 Labor-HHS-Education, Perkins Loan Program, extend and support administrative cost allowance to service loans amendment.
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2018 · second_quarter · Q2
FY2019 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations, USDA Smith Lever, Expanded Food and Nutrition, SNAP Ed and Agriculture and Food Research Initiative funding, support; capacity-building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture funding, support; FY2019 Commerce, Justice, Science, NSF, support funding; Economic Development Administration funding, support; Regional Innovation Program funding, support; FY2019 Energy and Water, Milwaukee water technology research lab funding, support; Office of Science funding, support; FY 2019 Interior, Environment, National Endowment for the Humanities funding, support; FY2019 Labor-HHS-Education, Public Broadcasting, support funding; Pell Grant (support funding, reinstate mandatory inflation adjustment, shift to full mandatory funding), Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant funding, support; Federal Work-Study funding, support; Perkins Loan Program, extend and support administrative cost allowance to service loans amendment; TRIO, McNair, GEAR UP funding, support; NIH funding, support; Charter Schools funding, support; Regulatory Reform, eliminate duplication of monitoring and reporting, support, develop risk-based regulations, support; coordinate and align reporting requirements across federal agencies, support.
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2018 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 4508, the PROSPER Act, Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, Amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, student financial aid, i.e., Pell Grants, Work-Study, SEOG, TRIO, support; update "Regular and Substantive regulations; National Commission on Mass Shootings, support.
2018 Farm Bill, reauthorization of the NLGCA Capacity-building Grant Program; mandate funding; amend definitions and remove exclusions.
FY2018 Continuing Resolution, Special Diabetes Program, extend authorization; FY2018 Omnibus, H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Extension Act, support; FY2019 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration Appropriations, USDA/NIFA, support funding; capacity-building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture, support funding. FY2019 Commerce, Justice, Science, NSF, support funding; National Sea Grant College Program, support funding; National Estuarine Research Reserve, support funding; research vessel planning study, support; Research for drinking water systems sensor technology, support; FY2019 Labor-HHS-Education, Public Broadcasting, support funding
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2017 · fourth_quarter · Q4
2018 Farm Bill, reauthorization of the NLGCA Capacity-building Grant Program; mandate funding; amend definitions and remove exclusions.
H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 4508, the PROSPER Act, Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, Amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, support; S. 1716, America's College Promise Act, support; H.R. 4306, National Sea Grant College Program Act Amendments of 2017, support.
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Special Diabetes Program, extend authorization.
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2017 · third_quarter · Q3
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, support.
Special Diabetes Program, extend authorization.
HEA Reauthorization: H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 1286, Dual Enrollment/College Options, support grants and aid funding; Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, Amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, modify definition of distance education, modify definition of "regular and substantive," amend Title IV requirements to enable student to engage in simultaneous academic modalities; H.R. 2859, Advancing CBE Act, neutral; H.R. 3554, SIMPLE Act, support.
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2017 · second_quarter · Q2
Veteran and service member Education Benefit Data Flow Re-engineering Project, support; CBE and alternative degree programs for veterans, support; benefits administrative costs, support; classify hybrid or blended classes as "in residence," support; VA benefits for developmental courses delivered online, support; VA and Dept. of Ed first date of an academic term consistency, support.
1098-T Reporting, maintain current reporting exemptions; object to adding two new data elements
HEA Reauthorization: H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program extension, support; H.R. 1286, Pell Grant Funding Act, support; Free Application for Federal Student Aid, simplify; Pell Grants, restore year-round; subsidized student loan program, continue; H.R. 1434, loan refinancing, support; Pay As You Earn, support; Direct Loan limits, increase; loan origination fees, eliminate; loan repayment plans, consolidate and simplify; loan forgiveness, exempt from income tax; Dual Enrollment/College Options, support grants and aid funding; Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, modify definition of distance education, update definition of "regular and substantive," amend Title IV requirements to enable student to engage in simultaneous academic modalities, amend Title IV to allow access to federal student aid for CBE students; teacher preparation, support for rural educator and training; Accreditation, differentiated review, support; provide alternative pathways to accreditation, support; Prior-prior year, codify; Exit counseling, encourage Dept. of Ed to conduct; Direct Subsidized Loan limit, eliminate; Origination fees, remove from sequestration; Proration requirements, remove; Competency-based aid, amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, update definition of CBE, update definition of correspondence and amend the policy that applies aid first to institutional charges; Gainful Employment: streamline regulations; Grants and Contracts: modify effort reporting, review new monitoring and reporting, develop risk-based regulations, strengthen and align federal requirements across agencies; Teacher Preparation, delay implementation; Campus Accountability and Safety Act, support collaborative efforts; safety tip, eliminate, "non-campus property," narrow definition, foreign and overnight reporting, eliminate; sub-regulatory guidance by OCR, clarify; Uniform Crime Reporting, consolidate definitions, "continuing threats," allow institutional authority.
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2017 · first_quarter · Q1
1098-T Reporting, maintain current reporting exemptions; object to adding two new data elements
Veteran and service member Education Benefit Data Flow Re-engineering Project, support; CBE and alternative degree programs for veterans, support; benefits administrative costs, support; classify hybrid or blended classes as "in residence," support; VA benefits for developmental courses delivered online, support; VA and Dept. of Ed first date of an academic term consistency, support.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration: NIFA, support; capacity-building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture, support; Expanded Food and Nutrition, support; Agriculture Food Research Initiative, support; Commerce, Justice, Science: NIST/Manufacturing Extension Partnership, support; Economic Development Administration, University Center Program, support; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant and National Estuarine Research Reserves, support; National Science foundation (science, research, engineering, computer science technology, cyber security), support; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, office of education support; Energy and Water Development: Office of Science (energy-water research), support; Financial Services and General Government, Small Business Administration, support; Interior, Environment: Office of Water, Great Lakes Programs, support; Fish and Wildlife Service, Great Lakes Restoration, support; National Endowment for the Arts, support; National Endowment for the Humanities, support; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: Pell Grants, strengthen, sustain and retain inflation adjustment; Campus-based Aid, SEOG, Federal Work-Study, Federal Perkins Loan, support; American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits, support; TRIO, GEAR UP, McNair, support; National Institutes of Health (research funding), support; Corporation for Public Broadcasting, support, Charter Schools Program, support; Health Resources and Services Administration (health professions and nurse training), support; Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Harwood Training grants), support.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Fiscal Year 2018 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, U.S. Department of Agriculture, including funding to support non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources capacity-building competitive grant program
NOAA, National Estuarine Research Reserve designation, support.
IRS Form 1098-T, rule change for reporting qualified tuition and related expenses, public comments.
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2016 · third_quarter · Q3
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; compentency-based education authorization, support and clarification of the interpretation of 'regular and substantive interaction' with an instructor; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; ensuring intent of prior-prior year compliance.
H.R. 1441, Manufacturing Universities Act, request to co-sponsor/support.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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2016 · second_quarter · 2A
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division, "Defining and Delimiting the Exemption for Executive, Administrative, Outside Sales and Computer employees," i.e., comments regarding doubling the salary threshold.
Fiscal Year 2017 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, U.S. Department of Agriculture, including NIFA and non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources capacity-building, support funding.
Form 1098-T, changes/clarification for form.
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2016 · first_quarter · Q1
Horizon 2020, appointment of a National Contact Point, support. H.R. 1806, America COMPETES Reauthorization, engineering and research, support.
Form 1098-T, changes/clarification for form.
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; FAFSA simplification, support; prior-prior year implementation, support; Federal Perkins Loan, consider graduate student eligibility; American Opportunity Tax Credit, support; college affordability, including subsidized loans, support; refinance loans, support; PAYE and Revised PAYE, support; income-based repayment, neutral; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; H.R. 1490, Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act, support; competency-based education authorization, support; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; international and foreign language, amend Title IV to include 2-year colleges, support; authorize international teacher exchange, support; regulatory relief of higher education, support; S. 1062/H.R. 2172, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, support.
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2015 · fourth_quarter · Q4
An amendment to H.R. 3594, the Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2015, support; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; H.R. 1716, Earnings Contingent Education Loans Act of 2015,information only; S. 1177, Every Student Succeeds Act, support.
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division, "Defining and Delimiting the Exemption for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees, i.e., comments regarding doubling the salary threshold.
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2015 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 2429, Student Loan Tax Debt Relief Act, support; H.R. 294 and H.R. 3594, support for resolution and bill supporting extension of the Federal Perkins Loan Program; support for financial aid simplification by allowing students to use prior-prior year's tax data; Department of Education, Student Assistance General Provisions Federal Family Education Loan Program and Wm. D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, i.e., comments in support of a new income-contingent repayment plan called the "Reviewed Pay As Your Earn;" Department of Education, comments in support of the Student Achievement Measure; support for extension of matching funds for Federal Work Study (UW-RF and UW-Stout).
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division, "Defining and Delimiting the Exemption for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees, i.e., comments regarding doubling the salary threshold.
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2015 · second_quarter · Q2
S. 2719, Manufacturing Universities Act, amend to encourage partnerships and reporting of measurable economic impact; America's College Promise, support two-year institution language; H.R. 970/S. 559, Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Reform, support, including ongoing regulatory review, targeted risk-based regulations and cost-benefit analysis; Higher Education Act reauthorization, support adoption of allowing prior-prior year tax information on the FAFSA; support continuation of Federal Perkins Loan program; support the Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency Act (FAST); oppose two-question FAFSA applications; oppose postsecondary/teacher ratings systems; seek review/improvements to IPEDS, support expansion of Pay As You Earn, support student loan refinancing, adjust Title IV requirements for competency-based education, support congressionally-sponsored demonstration sites, support international/foreign language programs, amend Title VI to include two-year colleges, clarify state responsibility for teacher performance, ensure common state teacher preparation and licensure standards, encourage efforts to strengthen PK-12 partnerships, support teacher/educator Quality Partnership Program, expand Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program, update TEACH grants to limit eligibility, make payback requirement proportional to time service, change the definition of a post-baccalaureate to TEACH-grant eligible program; under Title IX, a complainant should demonstrate institution affiliation and personal impact, investigations should be conducted cooperatively, guidance by OCR should be via rule-making.
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2015 · first_quarter · Q1
FY16 Agriculture: urge support for NIFA, Smith-Lever, McIntire-Stennis, Hatch, AFRI, capacity building for non-land grant College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; FY16 Commerce-State-Justice: urge support for NIST/MEP Centers, National Science Foundation, NOAA, NOS/NERR ORF; FY16 Defense: urge support for micro-grid energy stations for U.S. Air Force, cybersecurity; FY16 Energy-Water: urge support for Office of Science; FY16 Interior: urge support for USGS Cooperative Fishery & Wildlife Research Units; FY16 Labor-HHS-Education: urge support for Federal Pell Grants, Federal campus-based aid, including SEOG, Word-Study and Perkins Loans, TRIO, GEAR UP, National Institutes of Health, advanced funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, including FY17 funding for CPB, first stage of public television's "interconnection" system and Ready-To-Learn project making public television eligible for ESEA competitive grants
Continuation of Federal Perkins Loan program; Department of Education proposed regulations on teacher education; Community College Initiative; support for H.R. 970/S. 559, Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Reform; Every Child Achieve Act of 2015, reauthorization of Ready-to-Learn; support for Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015
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2014 · fourth_quarter · Q4
HEA Title II Report Cards on State Teacher Credentialing and Preparation, Information Collection Request, OMB Control No. 1840-0744 ICR Reference No. 201409-1840-003
Pay As You Earn; Support of allowing more student borrowers to use the "Pay As You Earn" repayment plan
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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2014 · third_quarter · Q3
Higher Education Act reauthorization, Perkins Loan program and sunset extension; H.R. 3136, Advancing Competency Based Education Demonstration Project Act, support of; H. Res. 614, urge co-sponsorship of; Adjustment to Federal Title IV requirements to allow for competency-based education (UW Flexible Option)
S. 2719, Manufacturing Universities Act, support for undergraduate research partnerships
S. 2692, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, modifications to confidential advisor, climate survey, Cleary-Title IX provisions
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2014 · second_quarter · Q2
FY2015 Appropriations: H.R. 4800/S. 2389, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, Capacity-building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Smith-Lever, Expanded Food & Nutrition, Hatch, McIntire-Stenni8s, Agriculture & Food Initiative; H.R. 4660/S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, National Estuarine Research Reserve and National Estuarine Reseach Reserve Construction, National ScienceFoundation, including Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate, National Institute of Standards and Technology, including Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program; H.R. 4923/Senate Draft, Energy and Water and Related Agencies, Department of Energy, including support for DOE's national scientific user facilities; House Draft/Senate Draft, Interior-Environment, and Related Agencies, Sea Grant, Water Resources Institute Program; House Draft/Senate Draft, Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, National Institutes of Health, Federal Pell Grant Program, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Work Study, Perkins Loan (extend sunset), TRIO, GEAR UP, International Eductaion and Foreign Language Programs, Area Health Education Centers Program, Nursing Workforce Develpoment Program, Teacher Quality Partnership Grants, Transition to Teching, Math & Science Partnerships, Special Education Peronnel Preparation; H.R. 4487, Legislative Branch, Open World Leadership Center; support funding for.
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2014 · first_quarter · Q1
Grants for Renewable Energy Education for the Nation (GREEN) Act, two-year Colleges definition
Higher Education Reauthorization: disability student services, support for; Student Borrower Bill of Rights Act of 2014, support for; TRIO/GEAR UP, support reauthorization; Pell audotmatic adjustment; utilization of Prior-Prior Year; extension of Perkins Loan program sunset provision; expansion of McNair and Federal Work-Study; adjustments to Title IV requirements and experimental site process to allow for competency-based education; Teacher Quality Partnership Grant expansion, update TEACH grant definition,eligibility and payback requirements; support for international and foreign language education programs, including two-year colleges amendment; Postsecondary Instiutution Ratings System, formal comments on College Ratings Plan; S. 1704/H.R. 3538, the Affordable Textbook Act, support of; H.R. 3136, Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act of 2013, support of; Program Integrity Regulations, comments regarding gainful employment.
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2013 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 2775, Continuing Appropriations Act of 2014, support passage; Amendment to H.J.Res. 59, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, support passage.
H.R. 3694, Net Price Calculator Improvement Act, support; H.R. 3538, The Affordable Textbook Act, support; UW-La Crosse Army-ROTC program, support continuation of.
H.R. 2981, National Security & Future Economic Resiliency (TRANSFER) Act, support; H.$. 3309, The Innovation Act, seek to delay or recommit to address litigation reform provisions.
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2013 · third_quarter · Q3
S. 944, Veterans' Education Assistance Act, analysis of residency requirement and support for amendment to discharge language
Budget Resolutions (H.Con.Res. 25 and S.Con.Res.8), support investment in academic research and student financial aid; FY2015 Budget, support appropriations for NIFA competitive capacity-building grants for non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources
2013 Workforce Investment Act, authorization of pilot program to assess undergraduate research on workforce readiness/performance; support for sector partnership infrastructure, modification of career pathways definition, inclusion of measures to collect data and report credential attainment, and support for targeting Workforce Innovation and Replication Grants
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2013 · second_quarter · Q2
Immigration visas for international students, especially STEM fields
Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2011 (H.R. 76), establishment of higher education grant for training and degree programming and e-Security Fellows program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Sanctuary site evaluation list
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2013 · first_quarter · Q1
FY14 appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies: Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture capacity grant funding; Financial Services and General Government: Small Business Administration Federal and State Technology Partnerhsip Program; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: National Sea Grant College Program; FY13, Continuing Resolution; sequestration order under Am. Taxpayer Relief Act and Hagan-Inhofe tuition assistance amendment.
Affordable Care Act and student health costs and coverage; proposed regulations (CMS-9972-P).
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2012 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 5893, Start-up Act, Section 8, costs and commercialization
Budget Control Act of 2011, across-the-board cuts "sequestration"
Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization, teacher evaluation and teacher preparation and alternative teacher pathway parity; Higher Education Act reauthorization, income-contingent student loans; Upward Bound appeal on behalf of UW-Stevens Point
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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2012 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 6189, American Opportunity Tax Credit, support
Budget Control Act of 2011, budget sequestration and impact of across-the-board cuts on higher education; FY2013 Labor-HHS-Education, NIH funding and salary limit restoration; funding for Corporation for Public Broadcasting;
H.R. 2016, Campus SaVE Act, Section 3, reporting requirements; Upward Bound appeal on behalf of UW-Stevens Point; TRIO Program, transfer of funding from McNair to Upward Bound math-Science, grant proposal competition and award notifications/timeline, and competitive preference priority
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2012 · second_quarter · Q2
Reintroduction of Business Incubator Promotion Act (formerly S. 1662); reintroduction of Early-Stage Business Investment and Incubation Act (formerly H.R. 5411)
Budget Control Act of 2011, budget sequestration and impact of across-the-board cuts on higher education; Office of Management and Budget, comments/advanced notice of proposed guidance relating to proposed changes to the Federal cost principles that support university research; FY2013 Agriculture Appropriations: Smith-Lever, NIFA, AFRI, Hatch, McIntire-Stennis, Expanded Food & Nutrition, Animal Health and Disease, Higher Education Challenge Grant, Sustainable Agriculture Program, Equity in Education, capacity-building grant for non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Commerce-Justice-State Appropriations: EDA-University Center, Dept. of Justice, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, NASA Space Grant College & Fellowship Program, National Estuarine Research Reserve, National Science Foundation, including CCLI, Math & Science and Noyce programs, and National Telecommunications & Information Administration; Defense: Army Research Lab, Vehicle Technology within Defense Research Services, Sustainable Alternative Energy; Financial Services: Small Business Development Centers; Interior-Environment: Green Power Partnership, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Sea Grant College Program, State Water Resources Research Institute Program, Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center and USGS Cooperative Research Units Program; Labor-HHS-Education: AmeriCorps National, AmeriCorps*Vista, Area health Education Center Program, Campus-based aid, including Perkins Loan program, Federal Pell Grant, Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, GEARUP, Head Start, Health Resources and Services Administration, Improving Teacher Quality Grants, International Education, National Institutes of Health, National Professional Development Program, National Writing Project, Public Radio & TV, Title III Strengthening Institutions Program, Teaching American History Grant Program, TRIO programs; State-Foreign Operations: Foreign Language Instruction, Young Entrepreneurs Program; Transportation-HUD: Great Lakes Maritime Research.
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2012 · first_quarter · Q1
FY2013 appropriations: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, capacity-building grant program for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture; Defense, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Defense Research Sciences, sustainable alternative energy program; Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, Title VII Health Professions programs, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PTFP and Ready to Learn funding restoration, student financial aid (Pell Grants, campus-based aid, TRIO, extension of American Opportunity Tax Credit; Commerce, Justice, Science, National Estuarine Research Reserve funding; and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute funding.
H.R. 1540, National Defense Authorization Act, Federal Internship Improvement Act amendment; Department of Defense, Educational Opportunities Directorate, Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding, Tuition Assistance Program
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2011 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration, prevailing wage determination
Economic Development Administration, University Center Grant proposal submitted by UW-Stout
H.R. 1540, National Defense Authorization Act, Federal Internship Improvement Act amendment; Department of Defense, Educational Opportunities Directorate, Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding, Tuition Assistance Program
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2011 · third_quarter · Q3
S. 365, Budget Control Act of 2011, Pell Grant provisions; H.R. 2582/Sen. Draft, FY12 Interior-Environment Appropriations, U.S. Geological Survey and Cooperative Research Units Program funding; H.R. 3070/S. 1599, FY12 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, SEOG and TRIO funding; H.R. 2112, Agriculture Appropriations, Capacity-Building Grant for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture; Deficit Reduction Committee, support for education and research
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant on behalf of UW-Colleges; Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Capacity Building Developmental Grant on behalf of UW-Extension School of Workers; prevailing wage determination/delay
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2011 · second_quarter · Q2
Federal Building Community Capacity through Broadband grant (state budget bill provision would have prohibited receiving or expending funds).
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant on behalf of UW Colleges
Economic Development Administration, University Center Grant proposal submitted by UW-Stout
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2011 · first_quarter · Q1
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, comments regarding registration of municipal advisors
Reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, currently operating under short-term extensions; formerly S. 1662, the Business Incubator Promotion Act, would support the formation of business incubators to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in economically distressed areas
FY2011 Continuing Resolution: funding for Pell Grant, TRIO and Campus-based Aid (work study, SEOG, Perkins), LEAP, and Teacher Quality Partnership Grant programs, Economic Development Administration and Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, and research at NIH, NSF, DoE and DOA; FY2012 Appropriations: Agriculture, Department of, and Expanded Food and Nutrition Education and Capacity Building Grant for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Ag ; Commerce, Justice, Science: Economic Development Administration University Centers, Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Justice, Department of, NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, National Science Foundation, National Sea Grant College Program, National Telecommunications and Information Administration and NOAA, National Estuarine Research and education activities; Financial Services and General Government: Small Business Development Centers; Interior, Environment: Green Power Partnership, National Endowment for the Humanities, State Water Resources Research Institute Program, Upper midwest Environmental Science Center; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education: Area Health Education Center Program, Campus-Based Financial Aid Programs, Federal Pell Grant, Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, GEAR UP, Head Start, Health Resources and Services Administration, Improving Teacher Quality Grants, International Education, Labor, Department of, National Institutes of Health, National Professional Development Program, National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant and Academic Competitiveness Grant, National Writing Project, Public Radio and Television, Strengthening Communities Program, Strengthening Institutions Program, Teaching American History Grant Program, TRIO Grants; State, Foreign Operations: Foreign Language Instruction and Young Entrepreneurs Program; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development: Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute
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2010 · fourth_quarter · Q4
DREAM Act (S. 729/S. 3827), support passage of the Act
U.S. Department of Education, UW-Stevens Point TRIO Student Support Services appeal
H.R. 5600, Employee Educational Assistance Act, support permanent tax free status of employer provided educational assistance
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2010 · third_quarter · Q3
FY2012 budget for the National Institutes of Food and Agriculture (capacity-building grants for non-land grant colleges of agriculture institutions; FY11 Agriculture Appropriations (S.3606), funding for capacity-building grants for non-land grant colleges of agriculture institutions; FY11 Defense Appropriations (S.3800), continued funding for Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology-DoD sustainable alternative energy project; FY11 Labor-HHS-Education (S.3686), funding for Higher Education Sustainability Act; FY11 Labor-HHS-Education (S.3686), funding for public broadcasting; Fiscal 2010 Disaster/War Supplemental (H.R. 4899), funding for Pell Grant program shortfall and education jobs fund; Murray-Harkin amendment to FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act (H.R. 1586), funding for education and Federal Medical Assistance Percentage
DREAM Act (S. 729/S3827), support an amendment to the Defense authorization bill and enactment
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2010 · second_quarter · Q2
S. 729 and H.R. 1751, DREAM Act of 2009, support for legislation
Signatory to letter urging the Administration to strengthen U.S.-Indonesian institutions of higher education partnerships.
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Broadband High-Speed Internet Access Grant
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2010 · first_quarter · Q1
U.S. Treasury and discontinuation of Form 1098-T
Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs reauthorization, providing permanent status and increasing funding guidelines
National Science Foundation Reauthorization Act, strengthening undergraduate STEM education, transformative research at undergraduate institutions, and research infrastructure capacity, especially at Emerging Research Institutions; NIST/Manufacturing Extension Partnership reauthorization, strengthening funding
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2009 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 3221, Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act: Pell Grant (funding), College Access and Completion (undergraduate research language/institutinoal eligibility), American Graduation Initiative (two-year college definition/eligibility), Perkins Loan (maintain program); Science and Math Teacher Preparation (support of federal programs to prepare science/math teachers)
FY2011 Agriculture Appropriations for 2008 Farm Bill, Section 7318, capacity-building grants to non-land grant College of Agriculture; FY2010 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations to increase Veterans' Center capacity for outreach and training on college campuses
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2009 · third_quarter · Q3
UW-Stout Title III grant; Federal Work Study ARRA reporting; H.R. 3221, Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act: Pell Grant (funding), College Access and Completion (undergraduate research language/institutional eligibility), American Graduation Initiative (two-year college definition/eligibility), Perkins Loan (maintain program); Federal Stafford Loan (in-school exemption), student financial aid simplification (question revisions), student loan lenders (program support services), minority access/retention
FY10 Energy & Water Approriations, Department of Energy RE-ENERGYSE Program funding; FY11 2008 Farm Bill, Section 7138, capacity-building grants to non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture funding
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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2009 · second_quarter · Q2
S.1173, Community-based Health Care Retraining Act; Department of Health and Human Services, letter of support on behalf of UW-Parkside's Strengthening Communities' Fund proposal
UW-Green Bay Upward Bound Math-Science (program funding); H.R. 2997/S.1406, Agriculture Appropriations: Smith-Lever Act formula grants, Farm Bill 2008 Capacity-building grant for non-land grant colleges of agriculture funding; Draft, Defense Appropriations: U.S. Navy, National Shipbuilding Research Program funding; Draft, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriatinos: Higher Education Sustainability Act funding, Rural Development Grant funding; Centers of Excellence for Veterans Student Success funding, Funding to create a Public Health Impact Institute within the School of Public Health and in partnership with the City of Milwaukee; Funding for the Central Wisconsin Health Horizons Collaborative focused on recruitment, retention, education and training of students within health field; H.R. 2847/Draft, Commerce-Justice-Science: National Science Foundation funding, Funding to develop six Emerging Technology and Trianing Centers; Funding to establish a Wisconsin Industry-UW Research Collaboration Fund.
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2009 · first_quarter · Q1
Patent Reform Act of 2009, second window and third window in post-grant opposition proceedings; apportionment of damages; change to patent venue
Section 403, Great Lakes Maritime Reseach Institute authorization
Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009, relationships between physicians and manufacturers
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2008 · fourth_quarter · Q4
UW-Green Bay Upward Bound Math/Science (program funding); Federal Economic Stimulus (Student Aid -- Pell Grants and student loans; Campus Infrastructure -- new construction and renovation; Research -- NSF, NIH, DoE Office of Science)
S. 3311, Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act (co-sponsorship); Fast Track to College Act (impact information provided); H.R. 6160, Roosevelt Scholars (co-sponsorship)
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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2008 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 6959: clarify procedures for awarding grants and contracts for Federal TRIO programs; H.R. 6160, Roosevelt Scholars Act of 2008; H.R. 4137, Higher Education Act Conference Report (TRIO Section 402A, definition and maintenance of effort provisions); S. 3311, Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act.
Fiscal 2009 Agriculture appropriations (H.R./S. 3289): Center for Rural Initiatives-UW-River Falls St. Croix Institute for Sustainable Community Development; Fiscal 2009 Commerce-Justice-State and Energy-Water appropriations (H.R./S.3182 and H.R./S. 3258): National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and National Institute of Standards and Technology funding for programs authorized by America COMPETES; Fiscal 2009 Financial Services (H.R./S. 3260): UW System Emerging Technology and Training Ceneters; Fiscal 2009 Labor-Health and Human Services, Education appropriations (H.R./S. 3230) and Fiscal 2009 Continuing Resolution (H.R. 2638/S.): UW-Green Bay Upward Bound Math-Science Center Program, Pell Grant shortfall.
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2008 · second_quarter · Q2
Notice 2008-38: Invitation to comment on the requirement for government entities to withhold 3% on payments for services and property
HR 5715: increase loan limits for undergraduate and graduate students; HEA Conference Report: federal intrusion into higher education (i.e., accreditation, certification of funds used for lobbying, non-binding tuition and fee estimates, time notification due to emergency, unfunded mandates, college cost provisions
UW-Stout Economic Development Administration University Center, Department of Commerce Grant Proposal
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2008 · first_quarter · Q1
Agriculture: Expanded Food & Nutrition Program; USDA Challenge Grant; Smith-Lever; Hatch Act; McIntire-Stennis; National Research Initiative; Animal Health Disease Program; Commerce-Justice-State: Economic Development Administration-University Center, NASA Space Grant College & Fellowship Program, National Science Foundtion, National Sea Grant College Program; Defense: Academic ADL Co-Lab; Foreign Language Instruction; Financial Services: Federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Grant & Contract Programs, Small Business Deveopment Centers, Emerging Technology & Training Centers for Wisconsin; Interior-Environment: Environmental Education and Training Partnership, Green Power Partnership Program, State Water Resources Research Institute Program, U.S. Geological Survey; Labor-HHS-Education: AmeriCorps*Vista, Corporation for Public Braodcating, Department of Labor (various funds), Federa Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant, Federal Work-Study Program, and Federal Perkins Loan Program, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, GEAR UP, Head Start, Health Resoruces & Services Administration, Improving Teacher Quality Grants, National Resource Center and Foreign Language Area Studies Program, National Institutes of Health, National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grants, Pell Grants, Teaching American History Grant Program, Title III Part A--Strengthening Institutions Program, TRIO; State-Foreign Operations: Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, International Center on Enterprise Studies. Other FY09 Appropriations Requests: Implementation of a master's level progrm in Appled Behavior Analysis, increase baccalaureate nursing student admissions through building renovation, and modernizzation of an existing athletic training education laboratory and rehabilitation center at UW-EC; expansion of "Phuture Phoenix," a program for academic success at UW-Green Bay; establishment of ongoing professional development opportunities for physical science and math teachers, launch a Center for Regional Entrepreneurship, and improvement of connectivity to regional and national high-performance networks through enhanced computing infrastructure at UW-La Crosse. Continuation of the U.S. Army Research, Develpment and Engineering Command partnership for research on advanced and rapid manufacture of lightweight materials and components for military applications, to conduct research on advanced materials in partnership with the Army Research Laboratory and with the materials industry, particularly metal processors, expansion of the Great Lakes Aquaculture Center in cooperation with USDA/Agricultural Research Service for the advancement of Great Lakes species aquaculture technology, to build and coordinate an interdisciplinary research team to address a program of childhood obesity, implementation and evaluation of a jail-based program identify substance abusing parents of minor children and providing interventions, to support the creation of an accredited School of Public Health, to support a technology business acceleator (incubator), provide for operational, coaching and general administrative support, to build on existing research to design, conduct and evaluate the performance of a new human above-the-knee socket interface pressure relief system, initiation of the Children's Readiness, Enrichment and Mastery program, establishment of a high-technology business accelerator in close proximity to the Great Lakes WATER Institute, and continuation and expansion of the study of emerging viral hemorrhagic septicemia disease at UW-Milwaukee. Improvement of campus sections of the WiOuWah trail, the longest bicycle/pedestrian trail in the region, development of baseline data for the Northeast Wisconsin Environmental Footprint initiative, expansion of training to reduce the incidence of abuse and neglect in long-term health care settings, to support a feasibility study of a foot/bicycle bridge, and to establish a food waste recycling program to reduce organic waste sent to landfills and produce alternative fuels for campus operations at UW-Oshkosh; development and modelling of environmental education and reserach initiatives in southeast Wisconsin, development of new international business courses, faculty and student international exchange program, and promotion of regional economic development, and development of bridge programs to prepare K-12 students and facilitate high school to college transition at UW-Parkside; establishment of an Engagement Center for the purpose of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship training, and develpment of the Renewable Energy Resource Center at UW-Platteville. Support for a clearinghouse to assist communities, businesses and non-profits address sustainability issues, to provide biosecurity training and education program for small dairy producers/processors, and assess local food systems, local agricultural land use policies, benefits and costs of bioenergy investments, international food retailing and competition, and food industry and food products at UW-River Falls; development of a Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology, institutionalize a collaborative management plan for the Wisconsin River watershed, and to launch the Central Wisconsin Health Horizons collaboration at UW-Stevens Point; to support the hiring of a health care professional to provide lean flow services to health care providers, and preparation of graduates in STEM fiels through increased educational offerings at UW-Stout. Renewal of funding for the One Step JP-8 Bio-Diesel Fuel program, ongoing support for the Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute, support for Biochemical Sensor Systems, and for the Great Ships initiative at UW-Superior. Establishment of the Center for Community Research and Projects, comprehensive training and services support for the Entrepreneurship Center, creation of an integrated instructional learning community to support first-generation, low-socioeconomic status freshment in targeted high-need fields, and prepration of educators to teach in a global environment by establishing student teaching sites on other continents at UW-Whitewater. UW-Whitewater also seeks funds for development of the Global Business Resource Center, to alleviate the shortage of elementary/middle school teachers highly qualified in scientific content areas, to expand the Fiscal and Economic Research Center to provide applied economics and interdiscipinary research, and to establishment a portable assistance project to serve emerging entrepreneurs and existing small businesses. Creation of the Center for Effective Environmental Health and Safety initiatives to study the role of environmental health and safety programs in Wisconsin's economic growth, to develop an off-campus clinic that would train graduate students and provide counseling and outreach services to address trauma, violence and other concerns of residents, and for expansion of academic offerings in Multimedia at UW-Whitewater. UW-Whitewater also seeks funding to develop, implement and assess an intensive peer-mentoring program, for a new Center of Geographic Information Systems and Local Intelligence, and expansion of high-quality teacher education and student programming to identify and nurture academicallty gifted and talented students, to increase study-abroad participation through expansion of the Global Study Abroad initiative, to establish the Center for ESL/BE Teacher Preparation and Professional Development, to pilot a centralized graduation assistance office to assist and advise former students who left college before completion, and to provide mentoring, training and related services to help individuals obtain custodial positions. Improvement of access to and the quality of postsecondary education through the Adult Student Initiative and to help establish a Communications Arts Center at UW-Colleges. To meet existing commitments of the Wisconsin Conservation Technology Transfer Program, support three aquaculture specialists providing statewide outreach, educational materials and applied research data on behalf of the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility, development of pre-college partnership that connects youth from Milwaukee's central city high schools with postsecondary opportunities at UW-Washington County, and for educational programs and applied research in rural economic develpment as it pertains to agriculture and horticulture at UW-Extension.
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H.R. 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007; expansion of prior user rights
H.R. 3222, Defense Appropriations; indirect cost cap; H.R. 3043, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, veto override
H.R. 4137, College Opportunity and Affordability Act; TRIO/Student Support Services amendment to define different campus and different population; college affordability watch list and reporting requirements; textbook information reporting requirements; student lenders and institution requirements; Pell Grant and year-round Pell Grant authorization; absolute priority for Upward Bound Program; loan forgiveness for service in areas of national need; workforce and competitiveness; copyright infringement; transfer
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GTL Bioenergy Research Center Grant Program proposal
H.R. 772/S. 446, Nurse Education Expansion and Development Act: capitation grants; Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act.
H.R. 2272/S. 761, America COMPETES Act: early career awards and increase math and science education scholarships.
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H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005.
Academic Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Laboratory and ADL Initiative
UW-River Falls establishment of a Center for Urban-Rural Transitions.
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Filing targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
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Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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Filing targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), SENATE
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Filing targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
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Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
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Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
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Filing targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
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Filing targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
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The UW System's federal agenda for 2019 can be accessed at: https://www.wisconsin.edu/government-relations/download/federal_agenda/Federal-Agenda-for-2019.pdf. This is provided to each member of Wisconsin's delegation. Specific issues: submittal of comments regarding the U.S. Department of Education's Proposed Rule on Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance; defining direct assessment/competency-based education in statute and/or regulation; indexing the Federal Pell Grant to inflation; support for simplification of the FAFSA.
H.R. 728, Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019.
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
U.S. Army Research Lab, army-university partnership.
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, White House Office
H.R. 4508, the PROSPER Act, (and other HEA issues): simplification of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, support; reinstate mandatory adjustment to Pell maximum, support; continuation of subsidized student loans, support; campus-based aid, support; Public Service Loan Forgiveness, support; Pay as You Earn and move to default, support; increase direct loan limits, support; restore subsidized loan eligibility for graduate and professional students, support; eliminate loan origination fees, support; consolidate and simplify federal loan repayment, support; student loan refinancing, support; Campus Safety: consolidate all definitions of reportable incidents, support; narrow definition of non-campus property, support; clarify sub-regulatory guidance as recommended, support; eliminate guidance designating victim advocates and ombuds as authorities, support; eliminate safety tip in timely warnings requirement, support; Competency-Based Education: Modify distance education definition, support; update regular and substantive definition, support; enable students to engage in various modalities simultaneously, support; amend to enable non-traditional students to access all federal student aid, support; support CBE provisions of H.R. 4508; International Education: reauthorize 6 funded Title VI programs, support; authorize and fund international teacher exchanges, support; Program Integrity: delay state authorization rules, support; streamline GE regulations, support; Regulatory Reform: Codify Prior-Prior year, support; seek exit counseling by DOE, support; eliminate 150% limit, support; remove origination fees from sequestration; remove proration requirement for the last enrollment period, support; change assumption that aid is applied to institutional charges first, support; Study Abroad: expand study abroad via grants to institutions, support; Teacher Preparation: retain the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program, support; retain TEACH grants, support; Undergraduate Research: federal programs that advance undergraduate research, support.
Provide a long-term, permanent fix for DACA recipients by bringing a resolution to the House floor, support; create Standard Occupational Classification Codes specific to post-doctoral researchers, support; simplify the green card self-petition process, support; modify rules to permit the use of an institution's normal wage scale or the prevailing wage for H-1B applications, support.
2018 Farm Bill, reauthorization of the NLGCA Capacity-building Grant Program; mandate funding; amend definitions and remove exclusions; maintain competitive and capacity funds for research, extension and teacher programs, support; protect funding for SNAP-Ed and Expanded Food and Nutrition program, support; North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, support.
Harry W. Colmery Veterans Education Assistant Act of 2017, directive requiring campus certifying officials to record zip codes, oppose; CBE and alternative degree programs, support; use VA benefits for developmental courses delivered online, support; eliminate the VA 85-15 rule at public institutions, support; allow academic programs developed at reputable public institutions to be classified as deemed approved, support; improve the VA-ONCE system, support.
U.S. Army Research Lab, army-university partnership.
Filing targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; oppose repeal of Student Loan Interest Deduction, oppose consolidation of AOTC, Lifetime Learning and Hope Scholarship tax credits; and oppose repeal of qualified tuition deduction/
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Fiscal Year 2018 Budget and Appropriations: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration: Capacity-building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture, support; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: Pell Grants, strengthen, sustain and retain inflation adjustment; H.R. 2482, Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension, support; Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding, support.
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Affordable Care Act, exempt full-time students from employer mandate, review definition of "full time" to permit temporary employees full-time work for 6 months;
Fiscal Year 2018 Budget and Appropriations: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration: NIFA, support; capacity-building for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture, support; Expanded Food and Nutrition, support; Agriculture Food Research Initiative, support; Commerce, Justice, Science: NIST/Manufacturing Extension Partnership, support; Economic Development Administration, University Center Program, support; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant and National Estuarine Research Reserves, support; National Science Foundation (science, research, engineering, computer science technology, cyber security), support; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, office of education support; Energy and Water Development: Office of Science (energy-water research), support; Financial Services and General Government, Small Business Administration, support; Interior, Environment: Office of Water, Great Lakes Programs, support; Fish and Wildlife Service, support; Great Lakes Restoration, support; National Endowment for the Arts, support; National Endowment for the Humanities, support; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: Pell Grants, strengthen, sustain and retain inflation adjustment; Campus-based Aid, SEOG, Federal Work-Study, Federal Perkins Loan, support; American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits, support; TRIO, GEAR UP, McNair, support; National Institutes of Health (research funding), support; Facilities and Administrative costs, oppose capping or reducing costs; Corporation for Public Broadcasting, support, Charter Schools Program, support; Health Resources and Services Administration (health professions and nurse training), support; Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Harwood Training grants), support.
Fair Labor Standard Act rule, removal of automatic indexing if rule is implemented.
BRIDGE Act, Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow Our Economy, support; international and foreign language programs, support; Premium Immigration processing, life moratorium; Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language program, amend to include 2-year colleges; international teacher exchanges, authorize and fund program; Standard Occupational Classification codes, create; Green card self-petition process, simplify; H1B normal/prevailing wage, modify rules.
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Affordable Care Act, exempt full-time students from employer mandate, review definition of "full time" to permit temporary employees full-time work for 6 months;
BRIDGE Act, Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow Our Economy, support; international and foreign language programs, support; Premium Immigration processing, life moratorium; Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language program, amend to include 2-year colleges; international teacher exchanges, authorize and fund program; Standard Occupational Classification codes, create; Green card self-petition process, simplify; H1B normal/prevailing wage, modify rules.
HEA Reauthorization: Federal Perkins Loan Program, extend; H.R. 1286, Pell Grant Funding Act, support; Free Application for Federal Student Aid, simplify; Pell Grants, restore year-round; subsidized student loan program, continue; H.R. 1434, loan refinancing, support; Pay As You Earn, support; Direct Loan limits, increase; loan origination fees, eliminate; loan repayment plans, consolidate and simplify; loan forgiveness, exempt from income tax; Dual Enrollment/College Options, support grants and aid funding; Competency-based Education and Direct Assessment, modify definition of distance education, update definition of "regular and substantive," amend Title IV requirements to enable student to engage in simultaneous academic modalities, amend Title IV to allow access to federal student aid for CBE students; Youth Access to American Jobs Act, support; Accreditation, differentiated review, support; provide alternative pathways to accreditation, support; Prior-prior year, codify; Exit counseling, encourage Dept. of Ed to conduct; Direct Subsidized Loan limit, eliminate; Origination fees, remove from sequestration; Proration requirements, remove; Competency-based aid, amend Title IV to accommodate CBE programs, update definition of CBE, update definition of correspondence and amend the policy that applies aid first to institutional charges; Gainful Employment: streamline regulations; Contracts and Contracts: modify effort reporting, review new monitoring and reporting, develop risk-based regulations, strengthen and align federal requirements across agencies; Teacher Preparation, delay implementation; Campus Accountability and Safety Act, support collaborative efforts; safety tip, eliminate, "non-campus property," narrow definition, foreign and overnight reporting, eliminate; sub-regulatory guidance by OCR, clarify; Uniform Crime Reporting, consolidate definitions; "continuing threats," allow institutional authority.
Fair Labor Standard Act rule, removal of automatic indexing
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
21st Century CURES Act, support.
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
Pell Grant, support maximum increase and maintain surplus; college affordability, including subsidized loans, support; refinance loans, support; PAYE and Revised PAYE, support; income-based repayment, neutral; S. 590, Campus Accountability and Safety Act, challenges associated with interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, including clarification of sub-regulatory guidance; compentency-based education authorization, support; H.R. 4594/S. 2560, Dual and Concurrent Enrollment, support; NPRM comments regarding teacher credentialing and preparation.
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division, "Defining and Delimiting the Exemption for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees, i.e., comments regarding doubling the salary threshold.
SOC Codes, create; green card self-petition, simplify; artificial per-country caps for employment based immigrant visas, eliminate; F visa, make dual intent; F-1 OPT and H-1B, expand; H-4 dependents work authorization, support; use actual wage data for H-1B dependent employers, support.
Fiscal Year 2017 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, U.S. Department of Agriculture, including NIFA, non land grant College of Agriculture and Natural Resources capacity-building, support funding; Commerce, Justice, State and Related Agencies, National Science Foundation, including research in undergraduate institutions and administrative cost allowance, support funding; Energy and Water and Related Agencies, U.S. Department of Energy, including Office of Science and energy-water research, support funding; Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, North American Wetlands Conservation Act and Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, support funding; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Pell Grant, SEOG, Federal Work Study, and Perkins Loan, TRIO, GEARUP, Public Radio and Television, international affairs and foreign language, National Institutes of Health, support funding. Learning for Great Schools Act, oppose funding.
H.R. 1441/S. 771, Manufacturing Universities Act, support. S. 2658, FAA Modernization Act of 2016, amendment to streamline the application for operation of sUAS by institutions of higher education, support.
Veteran and Service Member Education Benefit Data Flow Re-Engineering Project, support; competency-based and alternative degree programs for vets, support; restore payments made to support cost of administering benefit programs; support VA classification of "in residence" rather than "distance learning;" support use of VA benefits for development courses delivered online; recognize an institution of higher education's public academic calendar as basis for establishing first date of academic term.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE
Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, modification to HEA Sec. 103: Distance Education, language to modify the definition of distance education
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
S. 779, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015, support.
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
Immigration: eliminate per country cap for employment-based immigrant visas, make F visas "dual intent," expand temporary visas for U.S. educated graduates, give all H-4 dependents work authorization, simplify the green card self-petition process for U.S. educated graduates, allow non H-1B dependent employers to use their own actual wage data for prevailing wages, create SOC Codes specific to post-doc researchers.
S. 747, American Innovation Act, support; H.R. 1806, America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015, support NSF and MEP reauthorization, concerns regarding funding at directorate level, cuts to Social, Behavioral and Economic and Geosciences directorates, and MEP; Innovation: An American Imperative, statement in support of R&D policy and investment; NIST-MEP Center, support for WI Center for Manufacturing and Productivity, Inc., application.
Department Of Defense Tuition Assistance Program, support continuation of; GI Bill, support competency-based degree programs; Veterans Educational Empowerment Act, support grant program; Section 702, Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act, request VA guidance; seek continued support of payment by the VA to higher educational institutions to support administration of benefits costs.
H.R. 210, support Student Worker Exemption Act; Charitable Agricultural Research Act, support; 79 Fed. Reg. 29 (Feb. 12, 2014)("NPRM 4980H"), concerns regarding treatment of student employment in higher education under regulations.
FY16 Agriculture: urge support for capacity building for non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources; FY16 Commerce-State-Justice: urge support for National Science Foundation (including undergraduate research), Foster-Garrett amendment regarding Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research; FY16 Defense: urge support for cybersecurity; FY16 Energy-Water: urge support for Office of Science; FY16 Labor-HHS-Education: urge support for Federal Pell Grants (automatic adjustment and year-round Pell), Federal campus-based aid, including SEOG, Work-Study and Perkins Loans, TRIO, GEAR UP, McNair Scholars, National Institutes of Health, and Casey Ready-To-Learn amendment.
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), SENATE
Filing targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
S. Con. Res. 33/H. Con. Res. 86, co-sponsor
Patent Reform legislation, provisions regarding curbine abuse patent troll practices; H.R. 4186, Frontiers in Reserach, Science & Technology (FIRST) Act, support full authorization levels for the National Science foundation, including the SBE Directorate
S. 1468, Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovatio Act of 2013, support for network centers
Program Integrity Rules on proposed distance learning/authorization and gainful employment, comments on; H.R. 2196, The GREAT Act, opposition to; H.R. 2172 and 2. 1062, The Educator Preparation Reform Act, seek co-sponsors; College Affordability & Transparency Center, comments on UW-EC calculator; H. Res. 614, urge co-sponsorship; HEA Reauthorization, including Perkins Loan program and sunset extension, utlization of Prior-Prior Year, support of, H.R. 3136, Competency-Based Education, support of,Postsecondary Institution Ratings System, opposition to, Experimental Sites, support for, adjustments to Title IV requirements to allow for competency-based education (UW Flexible Option), H.R. 4983, Transparency In Higher Education Act, support for, H.R. 4984, Empowering Students through Enhanced Financial Counseling, support for.
Title IX, consider OCR preliminary claim investigation and voluntary sub-regulatory guidance
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
H.R. 4186, FIRST Act, support full authorization levels for NSF, including SBE Directorate
S. 1468, Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013, support for network centers
H.J. Res. 59, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, support for; FY2015 Budget Resolution, oppose efforts to move Pell Grant Program from mandatory to discretionary funding; FY2015 appropriations: Agriculture, Rural Develpoment, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, capacity-building for Non-Land Grant College of Agriculture, Smith-Lever, Expanded Food and Nutrition, Hatch, McIntire-Stennis, Agriculture and Food Initiative; Commerce, Justice, Science and Relateed Agencies, National EstuarineResearch Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve Construction, National Science Foundation, including Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate, National Institute of Standards and Technology, including Manufacturing Extension Partner Program; Energy and Water and Related Agencies, Department of Energy; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Sea Grant, Water Resources Institute Program; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, National Institutes of Health, Federal Pell Grant Program, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Work Study, Perkins Loan, TRIO, GEAR UP, International Education and Foreign Language Programs, Area Health Education Centers Program, Nursing Workforce Development Program, support funding for.
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
S. 944, Veterans' Education Assistance Act, analysis of residency requirement and support for amendment to discharge language.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
ESEA Reauthorization, Growing Education Achievement Training Academies for Teachers and Principals (GRET Act), support redirection of set-aside to TQP competitive grant program; H.R. 1911, the Bipartisan Loan Certainty Act of 2013, support passage of; HEA Reauthorization, expand funds for federal student financial aid, support for competency-based education programs; P.L. 112-175, report status on teacher qualifications report
National Marine Sanctuary, comments on proposed rule to re-establish a sanctuary designation process and amend regulations
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE
Business Incubator Promotion Act (formerly S. 1662) reintroduction; Early-Stage Business Investment and Incubation Act (formerly H.R. 5411) reintroduction; America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, two-year colleges eligibility
H5973/S2375, Agriculture Appropriations: Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Hatch Formula Funds, Smith-Lever, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry, Animal Health and Disease, Higher Education Challenge Grants, Sustainable Agriculture Programs, Equity in Education Programs, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, Capacity-building grant for non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture; H5326/S2323, Commerce/Justice/State Appropriations: Economic Development Administration-University Centers, Justice, Department of, including National Institute of Justice Centers of Excellence, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, National Estuarine Research Service, National Science Foundation, including the Math and Science Program, Noyce, Research in Undergraduate Institutions, TUES, expansion of undergraduate research capacity and infrastructure, and National Telecommunications and Information Administration; H5856, Defense Appropriations: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Vehicle Technology within Defense Research Sciences, Sustainable Alernative Energy Program; H5325/S2465, Energy & Water Appropriations: Energy, Department of; H6020/S3301, Financial Services Appropriation: Small Business Administration Federal and State Technology Partnership Program, Small Business Development Centers; H6091, Interior & Environment Appropriations: Green Power Partnership, Natinoal Endowment for the Humanities, National Sea Grant College Program, State Water Resources Research Institute Program, Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center, USGS Cooperative Research Units Program; S3295, Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations: AmeriCorps*Vista, Area Health Education Center Program, including Title VII and Title VIII Health Professions Program, Campus-Based Financial Aid Programs, Federal Pell Grant, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, GEAR UP, Head Start, Health and Human Services, Department of, Title IV-E, Health Resources and Services Administration, Improving Teacher Quality Grants, International Education, Labor, Department of, National Institutes of Health, National Professional Development Program, Public Radio and Television, Strengthening Institutions Program, TRIO Grants; H5854/S3215 Military/Veterans: Veterans, Department of, GI Bill; H5857/S3241, State/Foreign Operations Appropriations: Foreign Language Instruction; H5972/S2322, Transporation Appropriations: Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute; Reform of Federal policies relating to grants and cooperative agreements, cost principles and administrative requirements.
S954, The Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013: reauthorization of capacity-building grant program for non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources
H.R. 2020 Truth-in-Tuition Act of 2013; Subsidized Stafford Loans interest rate; Elementary and Secondary Education Act: support for reauthorization of the Improving Teacher Quality State Grants Program; Higher Education Act, planning grants for competency-based degree programs; Paul Simon Study Abroad Act, Title VI, Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language, two-year institution eligibility;
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
University of Wisconsin System proposal for a Flexible Option Degree, including student aid for competency-based delivery
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
H.R. 5893, Start-up Act, Section 8, costs and commercialization
H.R. 6412, Attracting the Best and Brightest Act of 2012, immigration visas for international students, especially STEM fields
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
Higher Education Act reauthorization (no bill introduced), accreditation/regulation; Upward Bound appeal on behalf of UW-Stevens Point; TRIO Program, transfer of funding from McNair to Upward Bound Math-Science and grant proposal competitions and award notifications/timeline; H.R. 4628, undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loan interest rate; STEAM Teaching Center proposal on behalf of UW-Platteville; Business Higher Education Forum STEM education; ESEA Reauthorization and specifically the Improving Teacher State Grant program and grants that support both state education and state agencies for higher education; TEACH Grant, modification to convert the grant to forgiveable loan
Farm Bill (SB3240), reauthorization of capacity-building grant program for non-land grant Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources
H.R. 76, Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act, establishment of higher education grant for training and degree programming
Executive Order 13607 and Principles of Excellence for educational institutions serving service members, veterans and their families (informational)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
H.R. 2117, support releal of state approval authority mandate and the definition of credit hour; Student Success Act and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act, support reauthorization of the Improving Teacher Quality State Grants program
Farm Bill reauthorization, support reauthorization of the Non-Land Grant Capacity-Building program
Economic Development Administration, University Center Grant proposal submitted by UW-Stout
Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration, permanent labor certification
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Science, Spece and Technology Subcommittee, STEM professionals training testimony
U.S. Department of Agriculture, NIFA, Biomass Research and Development Initiative Grant proposal submitted by UW-Stevens Point
S. 1601/H.R. 2055, State-Foreign Operations Appropriations, international education exchange programs, including Fulbright; H.R. 2112, Agriculture Appropriations, capacity-building grant program for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture; S. 1599/H.R. 3070, student financial aid and TRIO funding
H.R. 658, Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization and Reform Act, Central Wisconsin Airport Terminal Renovation and long-term extension
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Economic Development Administration, Employment & Training Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
National Science Foundation merit review process comments
Economic Development Administration, University Center Grant proposal submitted by UW-Stout
U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Grant proposal submitted by UW-Stevens Point; U.S. House Defense Energy Security Caucus membership
H.R. 2112, Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act, repeal the state approval authority and definition of credit hour; FY2011 Talent Search grants and Educational Opportunity Centers competition
Filing targets: Employment & Training Administration, Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE
Department of Education Program Integrity Rule, Section 600.9, state authorization requirements, credit hour definition, distance education programs, and gainful employment regulations.
S. 3447, the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010, seeking clarification of the first payer provision
Reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (SB 493).
FY2011 Continuing Resolution (H. 1473) and FY2012 Budget Resolution/appropriations: Defense Research Sciences, Department of the Army; Capacity-Building Grant for Non-Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture; Federal Pell Grant; Federal TRIO Programs and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant; and scientific research at NIH, NSF, Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture; HRSA, Bureau of Health Professionals, and U.S. State Department exchange programs (Fulbright).
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization, state agencies for higher education allocation of funding and support for the Improving Teacher Quality program; modifications to the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program; Perkins Loan Program, continue to support and strengthen
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, funding offset
S. 3447, the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010, seeking clarification of the first payer provision
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
FY2011 Omnibus Appropriations Act: funding for the Social Security Administration Financial Literacy Research Consortium; funding for the National Writing Project; funding for Pell Grant program/shortfall; continued funding for Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology-DoD sustainable alternative energy project; amendment to offset funding for extension of unemployment Insurance benefits.
H.R. 5116, support the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2009 (H.R. 2625 and S. 1153) and Ending Health Disparities for LGBT Americans Act (H.R. 3001), support enactment of the legislation concerning tax treatment of domestic partners
Health Resources and Services Administration, support for State Health Care Workforce Development Grant
U.S. Department of Education, UW-Stevens Point TRIO Student Support Services appeal; comments on U.S. Department of Education's proposed Federal Institutional Integrity Rules; continued support for the Improving Teacher Quality Grants Program (authorized under Title II, Part A, of No Child Left Behind)
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE
H.R. 5116, Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010, support for undergraduate reseach experiences and reauthorization.
House Draft/Senate Draft, Agriculture Appropriations, capacity building grants for non-land grant colleges of agriculture funding, Smith-Lever capacity building funding; House Draft/Senate Draft, Labor-HHS-Education, Teacher Quality Partnership Grants, Higher Education Sustainability Act funding, Social Security Administration's Financial Literacy Research Consortium funding, Pell Grants; H.R. 4899, FY10 Disaster/War Supplemental, Pell Grant shortfall and education jobs funding.
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, President of the U.S., SENATE
S. 729 & H.R. 1751, DREAM ACT, support for legislation
Pub.L. 111-152, Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act, student aid funding; House Draft/Senate Draft, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, National Institute for Food and Agriculture program, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education program, and capacity building grant for non-land grant colleges of agriculture funding; House Draft/Senate Draft, Commerce, Justice, Science, Economic Development Administration University Centers, Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Justice, Department of, NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, Natinoal Estuarine Research Reserve, National Science Foundation, and Natinoal Sea Grant College program funding; Draft House/Draft Senate Financial Services and General Government, Small Business Development Centers funding; Draft House/Draft Senate Interior, Environment, Environmental Educaton and Training Partnership, Green Power Partnership, National Endowment for the Humanities, State Water Resources Research Institute Program, Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center funding; Draft House/Draft Senate Labor-HHS-Education, AmeriCorps National and AmeriCorps VISTA, Area Health Education Center program, campus-based financial aid programs, community development and nonprofit capacity building, Pell Grant, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, GEAR UP, Head Start, Health Resources and Services Administration, Improving Teacher Quality Grants, Teacher Quality Partnership Grants, International Business and Education , Title VI B, international education, Labor, Department of, National Institutions of Health, National Professional Development Program, National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant and Academic Competitiveness Grant, Public Radio and Television, Strengthening Institutions Program, Teaching American History Grant Program, TRIO, Higher Education Sustainability Act funding; Draft House/Draft Senate State, Foreign Operations, Foreign Language Instruction, National Security Language Initiative for Youth, Young Entrepreneurs Program funding. Other FY2011 appropriations requests: UW-Parkside to develop curriculum and professional development with water emphasis, to build environmental research in partnership with the Center for Environmental Education, Demonstration, and Applied Research and the Root River Environmental Education Community Center; UW-Rock County to expand collaborative nursing program and create a program to improve access and retention. UW-Whitewater for the Business Growth and Improved Competitiveness Project, seed fund support for technology start-ups, applied research, and entrepreneur-in-residence program; and student small business incubator initiative. UW-Baraboo/Sauk County for a proposed Living and Learning Center dedicated to sustainable resources and environmental conservation, to build and remodel science labs and classrooms to address shortages of science and health care graduates. UW-Eau Claire for a research project to develop a new class of inhibitors of the vitamin K oxide reductase; UW-Platteville to establish the Riverlands Center for Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship; UW-River Falls, to support the Tissue and Cellular Innovation Center; UW-Stout, for the Discovery Center, Digital Fabrication Laboratory and Focused Technology Centers. UW-Milwaukee for a USDA/ARS cooperative research initiative to develop advanced technologies, to expand a Public Health Impact Institute developed in cooperation with the City of Milwaukee Health Department, to develop technologies for mass producing nanostructured materials, to create a research center for energy storage devices and batteries, to support research in the areas of high-efficiency solar cells through the creation of advanced engineered nanomaterials, for the creation of a Center for Water Equipment and Policy, and for development of an instructional program developed at the university for use in Milwaukee public high schools. UW-Oshkosh for the establishment of the Biomass for Energy Testing initiative, for the development of a Center for Advanced Electrical Energy Storage Devices, to establish a business, industry, local government and non-profit virtual center, to develop and teach courses in nusing informatics to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as curricula for practicing nurses and Master of Science in Nursing. UW-Fox Valley to construct and equip a nursing student human anatomy training facility. UW-Stevens Point to develop the Central Wisconsin Nursing Education Center, for a UW-Stevens Point Non-Traditional and Veteran Students with Disabilities initiative, and for the Wisconsin Center for Sustainable Technologies to further nanotechnology and sustainable waste management initiatives. UW-Superior for a National Estuarine Research Reserve operations grant and to increase on-line and hubrid programs through the Distance Learning Center leading to degree completion. UW-Green Bay for the establishment of a Center for Middle East Partnerships; for developing and institutionalizing a formalized environmental internship program, and for The Phuture Phoenix program. UW-Extension for the Wisconsin Conservation Technology Transfer Program, to expand a program that addresses food security through improved access to school breakfast, to advance potato and vegetable growers' use of biointensive IPM and reduce reliance on high-risk pesticides, to increase grower profitability through pesticide reductions and increased adoption of integrated pest management in vegetables and horticulatural crops, to update and digitize geologic and hydrogeologic information in northwestern Wisconsin appropviate for groundwater decision-making and management, for the Red Cliff Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility, for the urban horticulture initaitive and, in cooperation with UW-Stout, to assist small and medium-sized manufacturing companies with new technologies and manufacturing systems.
H.R. 2830, Section 403, Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute reauthorization
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Broadband High-Speed Internet Access Grant
Signatory to letter urging the Administration to strengthen U.S.-Indonesian institutions of higher education partnerships; signatory to letter urging the Administration making science and mathematics teacher preparation a priority; H.R. 3221, Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, including Section 505, on-line courseware, college success and completion undergraduate research report language, conversion to Direct Loan; Department of Education Race to the Top grant; conversion of TEACH grant to forgivable loan
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), President of the U.S., SENATE
National Science Foundation, Advanced Technological Education grant, letter of support
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Science Foundation (NSF), President of the U.S., SENATE
National Science Foundation, letter of support for UW-Platteville CCLI proposal; letter of support for UW-Platteville Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education Grant program; letter commending Administration for commitment to science and research
H.R. 1777, technical corrections to HEA to provide for a one-year delay for the start of PLUS loan auction; extension of experimental sites; H.R. 2561, to amend HEA regarding the treatment of Title IV funds when a student is called to active duty
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), SENATE
Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program, permanent status; increase in funding guidelines
National Science Foundation, letter of support for Council of Undergraduate Research proposal
H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, financial aid (Pell Grants, Federal Work Study); infrastructure for colleges and universities; research funding at NSF, NIH, DOE; amendment to allow state higher education agencies to delegate authority for facilities construction funds to another state entity; H. Con. Res. 85 and S. Con. Res. 13, Budget Resolution, investment in NSF, DOE basic science, NIST and DoD; FY2010 Agriculture Appropriations: Smith-Lever Act formula grants; Hatch Act formula grants; National Research Initiative; Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program funding; Farm Bill 2008,Capacity-building grant for non-land grant college of agriculture funding; FY2010 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations: Economic Development Administration, EDA-University Center funding; National Institutes of Standards and Technology, Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership funding; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Program funding; National Science Foundation funding; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Oceanic Atmospheric Research, National Sea Grant Office, National Sea Grant College Program funding; U.S. Small Business Administration, Small Business Development Centers funding; Small Busienss Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Grant and Contract Program funding; FY2010 Defense Appropriations: U.S. Navy, National Shipbuilding Research Program funding; FY2010 Interior and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Education, Environment Education and Training Partnership and Green Power Partnership funding; U.S. Geological Survey, State Water Resources Research Institute Program funding and Biological Resources Division, Uppwer Midwest Environmental Science Center funding; FY2010 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations: Corporation for National and Community Service, funding for AmeriCorps*VISTA; Title VII Health Professions Training, Area Health Education Center Program funding; Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Work-Study, and Federal Perkins Loan program funding; Compassion Capital Demonstration Fund continuation funding; Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Training, Mine Safety and Health, Occupational Safety and Health, Office of Disability Employment Policy, Veterans' Employment and Training funding; Federal Pell Grant funding; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education funding; GEAR UP funding; Head Start and Early Head Start funding; Health Resources Services Administration scholarship programs and grants to nurse education programs funding; Improving Teacher Quality Grants funding; Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Benjamin Gilmore International Scholarships Program, DavidL. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships, and Language Flagship Fellowship funding for international education; National Institutes of Health funding to support extramural research; National Science and Mathematics access to Retain Talent and Academic Competitiveness Grants funding; Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding; Office of Institutional Development and Undergraduate Education Service, Strengthening Institutions Program funding; Office of Innovation and Improvement Teaching American History Grant program funding; TRIO Grant funding; Higher Education Sustainability Act funding; UW-Green Bay Upward Bound Math-Science program funding; FY2010 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, National Security Language Initiative and foreign language instruction support program funding. Other FY2010 Appropriations requests: Funding to develop six Emerging Technology and Training Centers, and funding to establish a Wisconsin Industry-UW Research Collaboration Fund. Funding to support facility development and community outreach efforts at two environmental education centers, funding to globalize business curriculum resulting in the development of a new international business course, articulation agreements and travel study opportunities, and funding to support student success initiatives to increase retention and academic success. Funding to expand a collaborative nursing program, and funding to create a program to improve access and regention of underrepresented students in partnership with an area high school. Funding to develop a Games and Interactive Media Center, funding for a busienss growth and improved competitiveness project for entrepreneurs and small businesses, and funding for the creatino of an off-campus clinic that will provide accessible mental health services for the community and serve as a training facility for graduate counseling students. Funding for a proposed Living and Learning Center to increase awareness of sustainable resources and environmental conservation. Funding to hire nursing faculty to address the nursing faculty shortage and increase access to the program at two campuses; funds to remodel a clinical education and training facility and to puchase associated clinical laboratory equipment, and funding to support the renovation and expansion of an autism clinic on campus during the first year of the Applied Behavior Analysis master's degree program. Funding for the development of a Center for Regional Entrepreneurship, and funding for a Strengthening Physical Science Education pilot program to train teachers in contextualized physical science content and concepts leading to a master's degree; funding to support the purchae of research supplies and equipment and the hiring of post-doctoral fellows/technical experts for the Nanotechnology Center for Collaborative Research and Development, and funding for the purchase and installation of renewable energy systems on the campus and at partner institutions of higher education in the region. Funding to support the St. Croix Institute for Sustainable Community Development, funding for staffing support at the Tissue and Cellular Innovation Center, and funding in support of the WiTEACH program to address recruitment, retention and professional development of K-12 teacher education students. Funding for the university Bridge Program to serve underserved students, and funding to attract and retain minority and low- income students into the new Science Education and STEM program; funding for research in the areas of high-efficiency solar cells through creation fo advanced engineered nanomaterials; funding to the Great lakes Wisconsin Aquatic Technology and Environmental Research Institute and the Great lakes Aquaculture Center; funding for a high technology business accelerator; funding to develop a center for fish health and a biosecure facility, funding to engage regional manufacturers in the large-scale productino of bulk nanostructured materials and train foundry and metal manufacturers, funding to create a public Health Impact Institute within the School of Public Health and in partnership with the City of Milwaukee; funding to establish a model program for biomass waste recycling, funding to develop a Center for Advanced Electrical Energy Storage Devices, and funding to crate a Regional Environmental Business Center and incorporate sustainability into the College of Business curriculum. Funding to construct and equip a nursing student human anatomy training facility; funding for the Central Wisconsin Health Horizons collaboration focused on recruitment, retention, education and training of students within health fields, and funding for the Improving the Wisconsin River Watershed Project; funding to purchase an educational research vessel for the Aquatic Environmental Education Initiative, renewal of funding for the One-Step JP-8 Bio-Diesel Fuel program, and funding for the Access for Working Adults initiative, to increase opportunities for degree completion; funding for regional Teaching and Learning Centers to develop assessment tools and best practices. Funding for the development of a Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Innovation and funding to create a Wasgte Research and Transforamtion Lboratory to spur new products, services and gional business; funding for the Wisconsin Conservation Technology Transfer Program to provide outreach to livestock and service providers and conservation professionals, funds to expand an existing program that addresses food security through school breakfast; funding for pesticide reduction and adopt of integrated pest management in vegetable and horticultural crops, funds to support a collaborative effort to advance biointensive IPM and reduce reliance on pesticides of high risk, funding for the Red Cliff Northern Aquaculture Demonstratuion Facility; funding for the Sustaining Wisconsin Agriculture Profitability and Competitiveness Project.
Appointment to HEA Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; H.R. 1777, technical corrections to HEA to provide for a one-year delay for the start of the PLUS loan auction; extension of experimental sites; draft legislative proposal to amend the HEA regarding the treatment of Title IV funds when a student is called to active duty; amendment to Section 420L-420N of the HEA to the TEACH granty program into a forgivable loan program; Elementary/Secondary Act reauthorization of the Improving Teacher Quality State Grants program; amend National and Community Service Act to create two new service-learning programs: youth engagement zones and campus of service programs
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Science Foundation (NSF), SENATE
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Fiscal 2009 Agriculture Appropriations: Expanded Food and Nutrition Program, Smith-Lever Formula funds, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry, Hatch; Center for Rural Initiatives-UW-River Falls St. Croix Institute for Sustainable Community Development; Fiscal 2009 (S3230) Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations: UW-Green Bay Upward Bound Math-Science Center Program; Fiscal 2008 (HR 2642) Military Construction, Veterans Affairs & Related Agencies Appropriations: Chapter 33-Post-9/11 Educational Assistance; Fiscal 2009 Financial Institutions Appropriations: UW System Emerging Technology and Training Centers
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE
No Child Left Behind Act, Improving Teacher Quality State Grants Program; S. 991, Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act; TRIO, Upward Bound Math-Science Program, UW-Green Bay Upward Bound Math-Science Center Program appeal; S. 1642 and H.R. 4137, Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, college price provisions, accreditation, peer to peer file sharing, campus safety, endowments, student aid; international education and area studies, teacher quality enhancement, textbooks.
H.R. 5789, The Science & Technology Improvement Act of 2008; SBIR set-aside; H.R. 5819, reauthorization of SBIR/STTR
H.R. 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007; apportionment of damages; patent venue; second/third windows in post-grant opposition proceedings
H.R. 2419, Title VII, IFAFS mandatory funds; Section 7107, AASCARR institution grants
Economic Development Administration, University Center Program; UW-Stout Grant Competition
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
H.R. 2419, Title VII, IFAFS mandatory funds; Section 7107, AASCARR institution grants
H.R. 3996, Temporary Tax Reduction and Reform Act; IRA charitable rollover and above-the-line deduction for qualified tuition
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, UNDETERMINED
Infrastructure Agency; H.R. 2643/S. 1696, Interior-Environment: Environmental Education and Training Partnership, Green Power Partnership Program, Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, the Long-Term Resource Monitoring Program, Water Resources Research Institute Program; H.R. 3043/S. 1710, Labor-HHS-Education: AmeriCorps*Vista, Learn and Serve America and Campus Compact, Corporation for Public Broadcasting Digital Funding Grants, Ready to Learn, Ready to Tech, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Federal Work Study, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Department of Labor (various programs), Foreign Language Instruction and International Studies, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, GEAR-UP, Head Start, Improving Teacher Quality Grants, National Institutes of Health (various programs), National Professional Development Program, Nursing Workforce Diversity, Pell Grant, Projects with Industry, Refugee School Impact grants, Teaching American History Grant Program, Title III, Part A-Strengthening Institutions Program, TRIO, amendment to preclude issuance of new accreditation regulations; Transportation-HUD: NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. Other FY08 appropriations requests: Funding for the Academic Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Lab, expansion of the International Center for Enterprise Studies, and establishment of a systemwide technology development program to spur centers of research excellence. Funding to modernize and modify space to create a health science laboratory, renovation, technology and equipment upgrades for a nusing program, and expand the instrumentation capability of the Materials Science Center. Funding for the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium and the Paper Industry Resource Center. Funding for the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, development of a Center for Regional Entrepreneurship, establishment of a set of professional development opportunities in the areas of the physical science and mathematics, cration of an environmental observatory in the La Crosse marsh, revitalization and modernization of the UW-La Crosse planetarium, and initiation of a new program to increase PK-12 Hmong and Native American certified teaching professionals. Funds for research on advanced and rapid manufacture of lightweight materials and components for military applications, support of USDA/ARS cooperative research, assistive technologies for wounded and disabled U.S. soldiers, an initiative to reverse statistics for teen pregnancy, infant mortality and poor health outcomes, establishment of a mail-based program of research supported substance abuse and child welfare screening, expansion of research capability within the Laboratory for Advanced Biosensor Fabrication. Funding for creation of a web-based training for direct caregivers, expansion of sustainable processes and environmental research service capabilities, support of the Literacy Resource Center, equipment and an elevator or chair lift for the Living Healthy Community Clinic, acquisition of a passenger vessel and upgrade dock facilities to carry out research on Lake Winnebago. funding for development and implementation of the nation's first Civic Honors Program, development of a Center for Environmental Education, Demonstration, and Applied Research, the new Global Education Center, and the creation of a Student Success Center. funding for an ESL certification program, support and further development of the Rural Business Enhancement Center, the purchase of equipment for a newly developed undergraduate engineering applied technolgy program. Funding for the establishment of the St. Croix Institute for Sustainable Community Development. Funding to improve river science and initiatve a collaborative watershed management framework, establish a Healthy Horizons Collaboration, establish a Geographic Information Systems Training Center. Funding for the Integrative Solutions Consortium to further advanced research in STEM fields, and for the Technology and Business Incubator and Center for Innovation. Funding for a health services center and for a sustainable bio-diesel JP-S fuel production process. Funding to establish an intensive pilot peer mentoring program for pre-college students, support a "fast track" licensure program for teacher education candidates, start-up an economic development and planning center, establish a student support model that will incorporate continuous and intrusive advising, develop an e-training system for social work practitioners, continue and expand Project SWEETT, a teacher education program, lead a school violence prevention initiative, and to develop and implement programs focused on the latest manufacturing technologies. Funding for a project designed to prevent high-risk drinking. Funding for the Adult Student initiative, agricultural and rural entrepreneurship education, conservation technology transfer, dairy industry revitalization, effective Black parenting and nutrition education to prevent childhood obesity, improving food security of school age children through school breakfast promotion, the Northern Wisconsin Aquaculture Demonstration facility, and potato pest management. H.R. 3161/S. 1859, Agriculture Appropriations: Expanded Food and Nutrition Program, Smith-Lever Formula Funds, USDA Challenge Grants, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry, National Research Initiative, Hatch, Animal Health and Disease, Integrated 406 Water Quality Program, USDA Rural Utilities Service; H.R. 3093/S. 1745, Commerce-Justice-Science: Sea Grant College Program, Small Business Development Centers, National Science Foundation, PTFP funds within the National Telecommunications
Release of funding for Wisconsin Security Research Consortium
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Interim Final Rule Comments--Top-Screen process exemption.
S. 1642, Higher Educaton Act: TRIO/SSS amendment to define different campus/different population; H.R. 6084, Income Dependent Education Assistance Act; H.R. 2669/S. 1762, Higher Education Access Act: Nelson-Burr amendment/lender subsidy cuts and Upward Bound grant fund restoration; H.R. 890, Student Loan Sunshine Act regarding opportunity pools & advice to lenders; S. 3255, Student Borrower Bill of Rights; H.R. 5, College Student Relief Act, interest rate reduction; Student Credit Card Protection Act.
Filing targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
Upward Bound Program standards revision; S3255, Student Borrower Bill of Rights; S3744, Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Act of 2006; H.R. 6084, Income Dependent Education Act.
NSF Partnerships for Innovation Grant and UW-Green Bay Paper Industry Resource Center
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE