Legislative Activity Committee Passes the Strengthening Education through Research Act Last week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted via voice vote to approve the Strengthening Education through Research Act (SETRA/S. 320). The bill would reauthorize the Education Sciences Reform Act (ESRA) to improve the federal education research structure and provide states … Continue Reading
Legislative Activity Child Care and Development Block Grant Last Monday, the House passed a bipartisan Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) reauthorization bill by voice vote. The legislation represented a compromise between House and Senate leaders to reauthorize the CCDBG program for six years to provide funding to states for the child care costs … Continue Reading
Legislative Activity R & D Tax Credits On Wednesday, the House is scheduled to consider a bill (HR 4438) to permanently extend the research and development (R & D) tax credit while modifying the calculation method and the rate for the tax credit. As the temporary tax credit provision for qualified R & D expenses … Continue Reading
