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State-Federal Relations and Standing Committees
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News Highlights: State-Federal & Standing Committees | Standing Committees: Membership & Governance | Capitol to Capitol / Newsletters | Letters/Testimony | Policy Positions | Federal Resources |
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NCSL Tells President and Congress: "Go Big" on Deficit Reduction
In a letter to President Obama, Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, NCSL called on the president to “go big” on deficit reduction in his proposed budget, and congressional leaders to pass a budget resolution that does the same. More
Supreme Court Takes on Federalism Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing three major cases that deal with federalism this term, cases that are expected to draw bright lines on where state and federal powers begin and end. Read brief descriptions of the three cases and listen to an interview with NCSL’s Senior Federal Affairs Counsel Susan Frederick, who explains what the court will be deciding. More
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NCSL Standing Committees & Task Forces
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NCSL Testimony to Senate HELP Committee on ESEA Reuthorization
NCSL provided testimony to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee prior to its November 8, 2011 hearing “Beyond NCLB: Views on the Elementary & Secondary Education Act”. The hearing was held in response to recent legislation reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that passed out of the Senate HELP Committee on October 20, 2011. More
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NCSL Weighs In On Senate ESEA Markup
In response to the scheduled markup of legislation to reauthorize the Elementary & Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the NCSL Education Committee drafted a letter detailing the NCSL's priorities in drafting such legislation. More
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Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (S. 729)
NCSL sent letter to U.S. House and Senate urging restoration of state authority to decide whether or not to provide post-secondary education benefits (“in-state tuition”) to children of unauthorized immigrants, as included in the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (S. 729). More
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NCSL Task Force on Federal Education Policy
The purpose of the task force is to develop guidelines to help the new president and Congress draft a rational, effective and efficient federal K-12 policy that respects the governance structure of public education as well as basic principles of federalism. More
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