The Friends of IES coalition, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to House and Senate Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee leaders strongly endorsing the top line amount of $737.47 million included in President Biden’s FY22 budget request for the Institute of Education Sciences. This funding level, the letter states, “would bolster the research and statistical infrastructure needed to support learning recovery, understand and address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across all levels of education, and ensure the continuation of research and data collection in the field.”