As the 2,702-page, $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure behemoth begins to churn its way through the U.S. Senate, policy experts used an NCSL Base Camp 2021 session to detail some of the bill’s provisions—and its possible fate.

Summer means fewer meals for the millions of children who rely on the breakfast and lunch they eat at school. According to the anti-hunger organization No Kid Hungry, the national summer meals program reaches only 16% of children who need...

A new law expands eligibility for the Pell Grant program and makes federal financial aid easier for college students to apply for by simplifying and streamlining the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA.

A variety of funding streams through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act are supporting states in providing students with the resources they need to engage in online learning.

NCSL’s Washington staff advocate on behalf of state legislatures before Congress, the White House and federal agencies.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Great American Outdoors Act, 310-107, on July 22 and sent it to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it into law, given the bill’s broad support and his encouragement of it on Twitter.