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CBO score of Education and Labor provisions in the Build Back Better Act (attached CEF side-by-side) – Yesterday the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its score of the Education and Labor Committee provisions in the Build Back Better reconciliation bill that the House may vote on as soon as this week. The attached CEF table shows the CBO score of outlays (how much will actually be spent out) over ten years for each of the education-related provisions in the bill. Two provisions from the Energy and Commerce Committee portion of the reconciliation bill haven’t been scored yet, but CBO plans to have the entire bill scored by Friday evening, setting up a House vote that night or on Saturday assuming the total score meets with the approval of a majority of Democrats. CEF’s table shows the provisions in the current version of the bill, which was modified to cut the total cost in half, in comparison with what was originally reported by the House committees. The total for the Department of Education is now $38.3 billion, only about 20% of the funding in the original reconciliation proposal. The biggest differences are because the bill no longer includes $82 billion for school construction or any funding for free community college. Funding was trimmed for many other provisions, although funding grew in two areas: for investments in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority-Serving Institutions, and Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities; and for Community College and Industry Partnerships.

House Appropriations Chair DeLauro outreach on FY 2022 appropriations – Yesterday, House Appropriations Committee chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) held a virtual meeting with coalitions to discuss the importance of Congress acting on fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriations and not resorting to longer extensions of government funding at the FY 2021 levels. She reported that Republican appropriations leaders want to change the customary process of negotiation that starts with an agreement on the topline for defense and for non-defense discretionary (NDD) funding, then settles the programmatic funding levels, and finally hashes out the policy issues. Instead, Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Richard Shelby (R-AL) wants Democrats to agree on “legacy policy riders” (some of which Democrats eliminated in their FY 2022 bills) before beginning negotiations on funding. The Democratic and Republican appropriations leaders are thus at an impasse. Chair DeLauro on Tuesday sent a Dear Colleague letter to Democrats outlining the importance of enacting FY 2022 appropriations bills. It included a fact sheet from the Office of Management and Budget laying out priorities that need to be addressed in FY 2022 appropriations, including education. The fact sheet highlights the need to:

Chair DeLauro encouraged advocates to write to Congress – both Democrats and Republicans – making the case for what necessary services and programs are at risk if Congress fails to soon enact full-year FY 2022 appropriations and instead relies on a long-term continuing resolution. As described in the Advocacy section below, CEF is this week sending a letter to other coalitions.