NAfME Reacts to Senate Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2018 Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed their Labor-HHS-Education spending bill, which proposes funding the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE)…
Join us on August 29 at 7:00 PM (EDT) for our Quarterly Advocacy Webinar! Congress has been out of session for most of August, but will return in September. Learn about where we are…
Last week, the House Appropriations Committee approved their Labor-HHS-Education spending bill for FY 2018, which now advances to the House of Representatives floor for further discussion at a to be…
NAfME Reacts to House Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2018 – Funds Title IV, Part A at $500 Million Earlier this week, the House Appropriations Committee released their Labor-HHS-Ed appropriations…
NAfME Reacts to Trump’s First Budget Proposal The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) is profoundly disappointed in the Trump Administration’s budget proposal for FY 2018, as it calls to eliminate…
5/4/2017 Update: The Senate has passed the Omnibus spending agreement. Also receiving overwhelming support, the final vote count was 79-18. The spending proposal now heads to President Trump’s desk, where…
NAfME Expresses Deep Concern and Disappointment with FY17 Funding Level for ESSA’s Title IV Block Grant The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) is deeply disappointed in Congress’ decision to…
Last week, the White House submitted a proposal to Congress calling upon appropriators to cut nearly $3.0 billion in education funding for the current Fiscal Year (FY17). The National Association for…
NAfME & 50 Federated Associations Send Letter to Congress “Provide Maximum Funding for Title IV, Part A of ESSA” The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and 50 of its…
UPDATE (12/9/2016): The Senate voted on the Continuing Resolution (CR) on Friday, December 9, after the House passed the measure on Thursday, December 8. The CR was passed by the Senate…