Annual higher education funding delayed

The United States Congress reached an agreement on Thursday 2 December to temporarily fund the federal government, once again delaying the annual appropriations process and locking in the Donald Trump administration’s higher education funding levels for at least the next two months, writes Alexis Gravely for Inside Higher Ed.

With passage of the stopgap funding bill, Congress met its Friday deadline and averted a government shutdown. The House and Senate now have until 18 February to reach an agreement on the language of the 12 appropriations bills that fund activities by the federal government, including at the Department of Education.

“While I wish it were earlier, this agreement allows the appropriations process to move forward toward a final funding agreement which addresses the needs of the American people,” House Appropriations Committee chair Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut, said in a statement announcing the agreement.
Full report on the Inside Higher Ed site