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May 14, 2025 | Testimony/Comments | Rricha deCant

CLASP Statement for the Record for the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions “Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget”

CLASP submitted this statement for the record in response to the  United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions “Hearing on Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget.” Read statement here. 

May 14, 2025 | Testimony/Comments | Rricha deCant

CLASP Statement for the Record for the United States House Committee on Appropriations “Budget Hearing- Health and Human Services”

CLASP submitted this statement for the record in response to the May 14, 2025 “Budget Hearing-Health and Human Services” of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations.

September 28, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | India Heckstall

CLASP Statement for the Record U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development Hearing on “How SCOTUS’s Decision on Race-Based Admissions is Shaping University Policies” September 28, 2023

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is grateful for the opportunity to submit this statement for the record to the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and the Workforce. CLASP is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit advancing anti-poverty policy solutions that disrupt structural and systemic…

July 17, 2020 | Testimony/Comments | Rosa M. García

CLASP Public Comments Opposing Interim Final Rule on Eligibility of Higher Education Students for CARES Act Funding

In response to the Education Department's interim final rule precluding DACA, TPS, and DED recipients and undocumented students from CARES ACT funding, CLASP submitted comments opposing it in its entirety and urging the department to promptly withdraw it.

April 8, 2020 | Testimony/Comments | Rosa M. García

COVID-19 Postsecondary Education Requests for Fourth Economic Stimulus Package

This letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House Education and Labor Committee and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee details CLASP's postsecondary education requests in any additional round of coronavirus-related stimulus funding.

April 8, 2020 | Testimony/Comments | Kisha Bird

CLASP COVID-19 Workforce Response Recommendations

CLASP sent this letter to congressional members recommending actions to address the needs of workers in low-wage jobs, those already unemployed and struggling to find work, and those who live in poverty during the economic-fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

March 18, 2020 | Testimony/Comments | Rosa M. García

CLASP Statement for the Record on Reauthorizing the National Apprenticeship Act

CLASP submitted this statement for the record outlining the necessity of addressing equity and expanding access for nontraditional apprenticeship populations in any forthcoming reauthorization of the National Apprenticeship Act.

May 21, 2019 | Testimony/Comments | Kisha Bird

Kisha Bird Testifies Before the U. S. House of Representatives

Kisha Bird testified at the House Committee on Education and Labor hearing “Eliminating Barriers to Employment: Opening Doors to Opportunity.” 

March 5, 2019 | Testimony/Comments

CLASP Comments on 30-day Perkins State Plan

CLASP submitted initial comments to the Department of Education (ED) on the Perkins V State Plan template on December 12, 2018.

December 14, 2018 | Testimony/Comments

CLASP Comments on Perkins V State Plans

CLASP submitted comments on Perkins V Carer and Technical Education (CTE) State Plans

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