4th Quarter - Report

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP) for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$120,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Education EDU

IDEA Full Funding Act (S.1277/HR2598); Keep Our PACT Act (S.343/HR869) to provide a 10 year funding glide path to fully fund IDEA, Fentanyl Awareness for Children and Teens (FACTS) Act(HR 3130), Retaining Educators Takes Added Investment Now (RETAIN) Act (S. 1676), Supporting the Mental Health of Educators and Staff Act (HR 4120), reforms to the Institute for Education Sciences, and the Secretary's supplemental funding priorities. The Schools Want Accountability for Threats Act (SWAT Act), HR 5590, providing penalties for swatting hoaxes on schools. Preserving a US Department of Education.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID GRIFFITH New —

Contacted: SENATE; Education, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1676 (119th), H.R. 2598 (119th), H.R. 4120 (119th), H.R. 5590 (119th), H.R. 3130 (119th), S. 1277 (119th), S. 343 (119th), H.R. 869 (119th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Federal K-12 education funding for FY25 and the continuing resolution, especially Title I, II, III, and IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and IDEA and Head Start. FY25 funding withholding, FY26 appropriations for preK-12 education programs, continued funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program, and universal expansion of the school meals program. Restoring delayed K-12 formula grant funding. Maintaining K-12 program funding for FY26.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID GRIFFITH —

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Telecommunications TEC

E-rate, Internet accessibility for K-12 students, staff, and schools and opposition to the rescinding of rules supporting funding for Wifi on school buses and loaner hotspots.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID GRIFFITH —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Opposition to cuts to Medicaid funding and the preservation of funding for school reimbursements for related health services under Medicaid.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID GRIFFITH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Agriculture AGR

Preserved funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, funding for the school meals program.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID GRIFFITH —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.