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Advocacy Update
House Elects U.S. Representative Mike Johnson (LA-4) as Speaker, Promise to Move FY24 Appropriations Bills Quickly Follows
Diane ShustOctober 31, 2023
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National First-Generation College Celebration Honors First-Generation Student and Alumni Accomplishments on November 8
Terrance L. HammOctober 30, 2023
Advocacy Update
FY24 Funding Fight Paused Until Early Next Year
Kimberly JonesNovember 30, 2023
President Biden signed the Further Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2024, averting a government shutdown on November 17 and maintaining federal funding at FY’23 levels. The legislation, incorporating a two-tiered structure proposed by House Speaker Mike Johnson, extends funding for four appropriations bills until January 19, 2024, with the remaining eight bills, including the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education (LHHS), set to expire on February 2, 2024, in an effort to avoid a year-end omnibus package.
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Trio programs
Federal TRIO Programs (Talent Search, Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math/Science, Veterans’ Upward Bound, Student Support Services, Educational Opportunity Centers, and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program) help students to overcome economic, social, academic, and cultural barriers to higher education.
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Christina Westbrook
Student Support Services, Illinois State University
Colette Yellow Robe
Student Support Services, Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Edwin C. Serrano
Upward Bound Math-Science, University of Texas at Arlington
Gabrielle A. Davis
Upward Bound, Student Support Services, Talent Search, Southern Arkansas University
Kel Bonton
Talent Search, COPE Inc.
Seth Fairchild
Upward Bound Math-Science, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Tameka Ellington
Upward Bound, Cuyahoga Community College
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