Education & Workforce Policy
Our team is substantive, innovative, and results-oriented when advising and advocating on legislative, regulatory, and oversight matters for our clients. We bring a keen understanding of how our clients operate, which informs personalized strategies to achieve their goals in Washington, DC. Our team's extensive policy experience spans from cradle to career, representing public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, foundations, associations and coalitions, and education technology companies.
We have been at the forefront of securing policy and funding wins for clients in each of the major legislative reauthorizations, federal funding packages, and reconciliation bills over the last decade.
Success for our clients has led to team recognitions in Chambers USA, The Hill, and individual recognitions in the National Institute for Lobbying & Ethics’ annual list of top lobbyists.
Experience Highlights
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Passed a bipartisan bicameral bill to eradicate hazing on college campuses.
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Secured language in every comprehensive HEA proposal over the last decade for every client we represented at the time of each bill introduction.
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Secured provision addressing a client’s top priority in the 2023 bipartisan debt ceiling legislation — the Fiscal Responsibility Act (P.L. 118-5) — related to student loans.
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Prevented a 2024 regulatory proposal from eliminating a popular mechanism to distribute course materials more affordably and by the first day of class.
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Secured a client’s top tax priorities in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21) to expand child care tax credits.
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Increased funding over the last four fiscal years by $3.4 billion (40%) for the Child Care and Development Block Grant program to reduce child care costs for working families.
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Secured $2.5 million in community project funding to build out an institution’s cybersecurity workforce pipeline program.
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Secured invitations for multiple clients to attend White House summits, including the White House Cyber Workforce Summit, the National Child Care Innovation Summit, and the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.
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Prepared multiple clients, including university presidents, faculty and researchers to testify at congressional hearings on issues related to campus antisemitism, career and technical education, collegiate athletics, cybersecurity, student loans, and Chinese influence, among others.
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Successfully reversed paused and cancelled grant and contract funding for clients with support from congressional offices.
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Advised clients on the Department of Education’s regulatory actions and rulemakings on accreditation, competency-based education, distance learning, Title IX, borrower defense, and foreign gift reporting.
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