LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, applauded the recognition of two Third District-based schools as 2020 Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. Luther Burbank Middle School in Lancaster and Paul P. Gates Elementary School in Acton were recently honored with the designation, an extremely competitive… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, joined with Congresswomen Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Cheri Bustos (IL-17) to introduce the Supporting Teachers with Residency Opportunities and New Grants (STRONG) Act, legislation that will reduce the overwhelming burden being shouldered by… Read more »
STRONG Act would authorize $600 million in funding to support teacher residencies, help fast-track prospective educators into the workforce
By: Melissa Hanson
Congresswoman Lori Trahan has introduced legislation that would help support teachers during the coronavirus pandemic, which would authorize $6 billion in funding for programs including teacher residencies.
Trahan, who… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), the only Massachusetts member of Congress on the House Education and Labor Committee, praised the passage of two pieces of legislation, the Strength and Diversity Act and the Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act, designed to support local communities in their efforts to desegregate public schools and… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) applauded the awarding of $595,080 in federal grant funding to the University of Massachusetts Lowell by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The first grant, totaling $455,096, will be used to support the university’s MRI: Development of a Calibration System for Stereophotogrammetry to Enable Large-Scale… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Representatives James P. McGovern (MA-02), William Keating (MA-09), Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-04), Katherine Clark (MA-05), Seth Moulton (MA-06), and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), hailed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – On Thursday, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, joined with House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) to introduce legislation to make all students eligible for free school meals during the 2020-2021 school year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pandemic Child… Read more »
LOWELL, MA - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) applauded the $1,475,843 in federal funding, dispersed in the form of two federal grants, awarded to the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and will be used to help further health and safety training programs at the University.
“Ensuring… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, announced that the House of Representatives will be voting on proposals she offered as amendments to a major funding package under consideration in the House this week. Set to be adopted just weeks before school is scheduled to resume, Trahan’s proposals will prevent the… Read more »
LOWELL, MA – Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, voted to override President Trump’s veto of H.Res. 76, bipartisan legislation that would prevent U.S. Department of Education Secretary Besty DeVos from implementing her Borrower Defense rule. Scheduled to go into effect July 1st, DeVos’s policy would make it extremely… Read more »
