3rd Quarter - Report

ASCEND LEARNING, LLC for ASCEND LEARNING, LLC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$40,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2027 federal appropriations for health care and workforce development programs, including Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing workforce programs, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs, and Job Corps.

Foreign entity interest: CPPIB Alpine Canada Inc. has an ownership interest in Ascend Learning but had no direct role or specific interest in the lobbying activities described above.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KURT BURKUM —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Education EDU

Federal higher education and student aid policy affecting graduate nursing and other health professions education, including federal student loan limits and the treatment of nursing and other health professions programs as professional degree programs.

Foreign entity interest: CPPIB Alpine Canada Inc. has an ownership interest in Ascend Learning but had no direct role or specific interest in the lobbying activities described above.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KURT BURKUM —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Health Issues HCR

Reauthorization and strengthening of federal health professions workforce programs, including Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing workforce programs of the Public Health Service Act, the Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act, the PRECEPT Nurses Act to support the education and training of the health care workforce.

Foreign entity interest: CPPIB Alpine Canada Inc. has an ownership interest in Ascend Learning but had no direct role or specific interest in the lobbying activities described above.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KURT BURKUM —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.