• Reauthorization of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act (S. 1177); Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; student data privacy legislation; FERPA; open educational resources; educational content and cultural competency; monitor WIOA implementation; and monitor FY 2016 budget and appropriations for education programs.
• Student data privacy legislation; FERPA; broadband expansion plans.

Duration: August 15, 2013 to December 9, 2015

General Issues: Education, Telecommunications, Foreign Relations, Computer Industry, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $720,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2013: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Education - Dept of, White House Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Federal Communications Commission (FCC)