The Friends of the Institute of Education Sciences, consisting of 30 organizations including AAU, sent a letter to House and Senate LHHS leadership to request $670 million for the Education Department’s Institute of Education Sciences. In the letter, the coalition requests that lawmakers first negotiate a bipartisan deal to raise the non-defense discretionary funding for FY20. They say, “This budget deal and its increase are vital for IES to maintain and build the investment made in education research and data to enhance instruction and student learning.”