LIVE NOW: House Committee Considers Multiple Education and Workforce Bills

House Ed Panel Tackles Scholarship Bias, Financial Aid Fraud

Democrats opposed Republicans on both issues, arguing that their attention should be focused on other issues such as the growing affordability crisis. The House Education and Workforce Committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would allow President Trump to fire multiple leaders and dismiss all board members of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, an independent government agency and annual grant competition that multiple Republican committe…

LIVE NOW: House Committee Considers Multiple Education and Workforce Bills

The House Committee on Education and Workforce considers several bills at 10:15 a.m. ET on March 17. The measures include: H.R. 7894, the “Truman Scholarship Clean House Act” H.R. 7661, the “Stop the Sexualization of Children Act” H.R. 7890, the “Science of Reading Act of 2026” H.R. 7892, the “No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026” H.R. 7891, the “Student Aid Fraud Oversight and Accountability Act of 2026” H.R. 7893, the “FAFSA Verification Effi…

The Nationwide Book Ban Bill Moves to the House: How to Take Action Now

The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce met on March 17, 2026, for markup on House Resolution 7661. HR 7661, also known as the “Stop the Sexualization of Children Act,” would modify the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by prohibiting use of funds under the act “to develop, implement, facilitate, host, or promote any program or activity for, or to provide or promote literature or other materials to, children under th…

Washington Watch: House committee passes bill to fight Title IV fraud

The House Education and Workforce Committee on Tuesday reported out three pieces of legislation to address financial aid fraud. Two of the bills passed with bipartisan support. The core bill, the No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 2026, requires the Education Department (ED) to proactively identify financial aid applicants who exhibit patterns associated with fraud when a student submits a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The bil…