Week of August 22
- This week, both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate are in recess.
Lawmakers will return to legislative business on Tuesday, September 6,
after the completion of the extended Congressional recess.
- On Tuesday at 2:00 p.m., the Congressional Budget
Office (CBO) releases An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook:
2016 to 2026. CBO’s most recent budget projections can be found in Updated Budget Projections: 2016 to 2026, which
was released in March. CBO's most recent economic projections can be found
in The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2016 to 2026,
which was released in January.
- Wednesday is the deadline for public comments on the U.S.
Department of Education’s proposed regulations on state authorization of
distance education programs and foreign campus locations. The regulation
requires distance education providers to follow state laws governing how
they become authorized to offer courses and programs to students in states
other than where they are located. Comments should be submitted
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
·
On Friday at 10:00 a.m., Federal Reserve
Chair Janet Yellen speaks at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s
Economic Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, WY. Her remarks will focus on the
symposium’s topic "Designing Resilient Monetary Policy Frameworks for the
Future.”
This information is shared by
SASFAA's Legislative Affairs' Committee and NCHER.
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