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INBOX: DEVOS TO THE HILL 鈥� Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will testify on the administration鈥檚 budget request before both the House and Senate this week.

She鈥檚 clashed with Democrats in these hearings before. A brief rundown:

鈥擨n 2017, she battled with House Democrats over civil rights protections for students participating in a proposed voucher program. In the Senate, she similarly faced questions on civil rights protections, particularly for LGBT students, and on ESSA implementation.

鈥擫ast year was more of the same. She again went several rounds with members of the House Appropriations committee on protections for LGBT students and battled with them on school safety issues, while a hearing at the Education Committee turned to vouchers for military families and immigration enforcement at schools.

This year should be no different, with Democrats having already panned the administration鈥檚 budget requests. The proposal, like the administration鈥檚 last two, seeks deep cuts to long-standing Education Department programs and expansion of school choice initiatives. DeVos is set to appear at a House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday, and one in the Senate on Thursday.

ICYMI: WHITE HOUSE ON HIGHER ED 鈥� The White House put forward its priorities for the ongoing rewrite of the Higher Education Act, focusing on workforce needs.

Additionally, President Trump signed an that will require colleges that receive federal research dollars to certify that they鈥檙e upholding the First Amendment. The executive order also will require the Education Department to post more student earnings and loan default data on the College Scorecard, and to put together a report on 鈥渞isk-sharing,鈥� the idea that colleges should be held financially responsible when graduates can鈥檛 repay their loans.

MONDAY: PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK 鈥� The Learning First Alliance, an umbrella group of a dozen education groups, hosts , including Capitol Hill events on protections for students with disabilities and church-state issues in education.

MONDAY: FREE SPEECH IN HIGHER ED 鈥� The Bipartisan Policy Center holds a on free speech and intellectual diversity in higher education. The event is a kickoff of the group鈥檚 Campus Free Expression Project.

TUESDAY: CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION 鈥� A House Education and Labor subcommittee holds a on strengthening prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. A federal law, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, is due for reauthorization; Sen. Lamar Alexander, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has listed the reauthorization as among his priorities.

TUESDAY: CIVIC PARTICIPATION 鈥� The Thomas B. Fordham Institute holds the latest in its , this one focused on schools鈥� obligation to foster a sense of patriotism and why a good education means an open debate that challenges a person鈥檚 ideas. William Damon of Stanford and Robert P. George of Princeton will speak.

TUESDAY: WORKERS鈥� RIGHTS 鈥� The House Education and Labor Committee holds a on protecting workers鈥� rights and 鈥渢he need for labor law reform.鈥� Several states passed laws in the run-up to the Janus decision last year to strengthen public sector union rights ahead of the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision to end mandatory union dues.

WEDNESDAY: APPRENTICESHIPS 鈥� A House Education and Labor subcommittee holds a on 鈥渋nnovations in expanding registered apprenticeship programs.鈥� Apprenticeships have been one of few policies with bipartisan support in recent years.

WEDNESDAY: BUDGET MEMBER DAY 鈥� The House Appropriations subcommittee opens a for House Members to share their spending priorities in the Education, Labor and Health and Human Services departments.

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