NAfME Statement on FY 2018 Bipartisan Omnibus Agreement The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) released the following statement in response to yesterday’s news that Congress has reached a deal…
NAfME Reacts to President Trump’s FY19 Budget Proposal The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) is profoundly disappointed in the Trump Administration’s budget proposal for FY 2019. The proposed budget…
Update (2/9/2018): After shutting down for five and a half hours, Congress passed their budget agreement early Friday morning. The agreement not only lifts the sequester caps, as mentioned below,…
The budgetary cycle for FY 2018 has traveled a difficult and confusing path, but on Thursday, October 26, after a close vote of 216-212, the House of Representatives adopted the…
In recent years, the annual fiscal deadline in September would have called for mania on Capitol Hill. However, this year, Congress has managed to stay ahead of the curve by passing…
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…