Dear Chair Murray and Vice Chair Collins:
As the Committee prepares to mark up the Fiscal Year 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is pleased to provide our input on the important federal programs and policy positions included in this legislation. We strongly urge you to consider the following recommendations:
Strengthen and Support Critical Department of Education programs: The Chamber supports increasing funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant and Head Start. We also support increasing funding for Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Title I grants to school districts for low-income children, increasing funding for the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century (Perkins V) Act, and increasing funding for Federal Work Study. In addition, we support language that would allow eligible students attending programs that are at least 15 credit hours over an eight-week period to receive Pell Grants, if the program meets the requirements of Pell Grant eligibility outlined in the Higher Education Act and in subsequent regulations and regardless of the tax classification or in-person/online...
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