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 * The Senate passed the conference report for Labor-HHS-Ed FY08 spending bill. The Military Construction and Veteran Affairs spending was stripped from the bill so it is now an easy veto for the President. It did not get a veto proof majority. The bill will now move through the House and sent to the president quickly.(Submitted by user Ddeschryver)


 * The chairs of the Senate and House education committees signaled that the No Child Left Behind Act would not be reauthorized in 2007 because of time constraints.


 * The House passed the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007, which would increase student financial aid and create loan forgiveness programs, among other provisions, on July 11, 2007.


 * The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved a pair of student financial aid bills on Jun. 19 that would increase loans to students and decrease subsidies to lenders.


 * The Student Privacy Protection Act of 2007 (H.R.1346), which would change the system by which military recruiters obtain information about juniors and seniors in high schools receiving federal funding from an “opt out” to an “opt in” program, was referred to the House Education and Labor Committee’s Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education on Jun. 5.


 * The House passed the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Act of 2007 (H.R.916), which would encourage law school graduates to serve as local, state, and federal prosecutors or defenders by forgiving up to $60,000 of their student loans, on May 15.


 * The House passed the Student Loan Sunshine Act (H.R.890), which would bar student loan companies from offering perks and financial incentives to universities to increase business, on May 9.


 * The House passed legislation reauthorizing the Head Start Act (H.R.1429), expanding and offering increased accessibility to Head Start programs, on May 7.


 * President Bush announced that he opposed the College Student Relief Act of 2007 (H.R.5) passed by the House in Jan., expressing "concerns" but not threatening a veto.


 * The Senate introduced its own student financial aid legislation in Jan. which included greater student assistance measures than the bill passed by the House.


 * The House passed the College Student Relief Act of 2007 (H.R.5), a bill amending the Higher Education Act of 1965 which would reduce rates on certain federal student loans, on Jan. 17.