On June 25, President Biden signed the most substantial federal gun safety legislation to be passed in decades. The “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” (S.2938) was passed in response to the…
NAfME FY 2023 Legislative Agenda NAfME is pleased to release its Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Legislative Agenda, which was developed in cooperation with the NAfME Music Education Policy Roundtable. The…
Appropriations season is upon us! And NAfME is working tirelessly to ensure federal policymakers support robust funding for a well-rounded education that includes music. The submission of the President’s budget…
House Appropriations and Title II Call-to-Action The United States House of Representatives Appropriations Committee passed its version of the Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education appropriations bill by…
UPDATED (9/28/2018): President Trump has now signed the Labor-HHS-Education and Defense spending package for FY 2019, which not only funds key-education programs, but also successfully averts a government shutdown. UPDATED…
Join NAfME’s public policy team on August 8 @ 7:00 PM (EDT) for our Quarterly Advocacy Webinar! As you gear up for the new school year, join us to learn…
Last week, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee released their Labor-HHS-Education bill for Fiscal Year 2019. In total, the bill would provide $179.3 billion in discretionary spending, which includes $71.4 billion…
Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee released their Labor-HHS-Education bill for Fiscal Year 2019. In total, the bill would provide $177.1 billion in discretionary spending, which…
Congress has approved $1.1 billion in funding for the Title IV-A block grant in FY 2018, otherwise known as the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grants. This is a…
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…
