Appropriations season: Although there is always the possibility of delay, we are optimistic that Congress will eventually adopt a 2025 budget, and we are renewing our advocacy to support housing mobility funding and flexibility in the use of Housing Choice Voucher funds to facilitate moves to low poverty areas (see our coalition letter here). We also supported NCSD’s letter, on behalf of over 50 groups, to expand funding for the Magnet Schools Assistance Program and the new Fostering Diverse Schools pilot. We will be following up these letters with meetings with key Committee members and staff. If either of your Senators happen to be on the Appropriations Committee, a letter in support of these modest initiatives would be appreciated (and helpful)!
Other news and resources
Integrating early education: The Learning Policy Institute is hosting a webinar, “Fostering Integration in Early Childhood Settings: Implications for Policy,” on June 18, from 2:30 p.m. ET, co-sponsored by the Century Foundation, Southern Education Foundation, and New America. Register here and check out LPI’s related report here.
ICYMI: The Bridges Collaborative has released a recording of the excellent “Brown at 70” program at the Museum of African American History and Culture, co-sponsored by NCSD and the American Institutes of Research.
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