{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/-following-request-from-schatz-education-secretary-agrees-to-avoid-cuts-to-native-hawaiian-education-program-keep-millions-in-federal-funding-flowing-for-hawaii-kids", "Following Request From Schatz, Education Secretary Agrees To Avoid Cuts To Native Hawaiian Education Program, Keep Millions In Federal Funding Flowing For Hawai\u2018i Kids", "2026-05-07", "2026", "2026-05", "Democrat", "Senate", "HI", "Brian Schatz", "S001194", "www.schatz.senate.gov", "schatz", "https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "HONOLULU \u2013 U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2018i), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today spoke with U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon and reiterated his request that the department avoid cuts to the Native Hawaiian Education Program. In response, McMahon agreed to keep the program fully funded for current grant recipients for at least another year, which guarantees $46 million in federal funding secured by Schatz in Congress will continue to flow to the more than 60 early childhood education sites across Hawai\u2018i and sustain other critical education programs, including home visiting for children under 5, workforce development for parents, and Hawaiian language immersion programs. The federally funded programs serve more than 3,000 Hawai\u2018i families.\n\n\u201cThis is good news for Hawai\u2018i. This money helps thousands of young kids develop learning skills and gives Native Hawaiian families more affordable child care options,\u201d said Senator Schatz, vice chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. \u201cI\u2019m grateful to Secretary McMahon for working with us to protect this funding and will continue fighting every day to make sure Hawai\u2018i gets its fair share of federal dollars.\u201d\n\nThe agreement follows threats of cuts to Native Hawaiian programs across the federal government. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Schatz has been leading efforts to protect funding for Hawai\u2018i.\n\n###", 1, "2026-05-09T06:00:32Z", "2026-05-09T06:02:31Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/-following-request-from-schatz-education-secretary-agrees-to-avoid-cuts-to-native-hawaiian-education-program-keep-millions-in-federal-funding-flowing-for-hawaii-kids"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.582376193255186, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}