• Requiring the Secretary of Education to study the impact of the Pell Grant Bonus. The inclusion of this amendment will help make certain that the bonus is actually accomplishing its purpose of encouraging students to finish their degrees on time. The Pell Grant bonus in the PROSPER Act is a big policy change and it is essential that the Department of Education is required to report to Congress the effects of this change.

• Changes to Competency Based Education (CBE) that will encourage students to not simply go through the motions, but retain what they learn through real-world mastery of a topic and not just hours spent in a classroom. I believe that, just like in the workforce, excellence should be rewarded. We have great, successful CBE programs already in place in the University of Wisconsin System. My amendment will help bring similar programs to institutions around the country. 

• Assurance of annual counseling for students about their loans and how to properly handle them. The choice to take out student loans is often the biggest financial decision in a student's life up to that point. I strongly believe that schools can guide students with their financials, just as they guide them through their academics.

On Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reversed an impending rule on joint employers.

I heard concerns about this rule from small business owners throughout my district. The rule would have made franchisees essentially store managers, stripping their power and giving it back to the corporations. Franchisees are the ones who put their money on the line and put in the overtime hours to get their business off the ground.For this reason, I believe that the government should not interfere with how they operate their businesses.

The NLRB’s decision is in line with what the House decided when we voted to overturn the Obama-era joint-employer standard earlier this year. I’m pleased that only those with direct and immediate control over employees will now be considered joint employers.