As reported earlier this month on this web page and also at the Convention, APA Education advocacy staff, with the support of APA Members, secured the support of the Senate Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Subcommittee and its Chair, Tom Harkin (D-IA) to maintain the GPE Program in FY 2003, and also add $3 million for graduate training in geropsychology. We are very excited about this significant "win" in the Senate Subcommittee and are now anxiously awaiting the next round when the Senate Labor-Health and Human Services-Education bill (S.2766) is brought to the Senate Floor.

In the meantime, we are also waiting for the House to draft its Labor-Health and Human Services-Education bill. Unfortunately, the House Leadership is trying to force the House appropriators to use the President’s budget of $130 billion – that is $6.4 billion less than the Senate bill and $9 billion less than what is needed to maintain important domestic programs including the Graduate Psychology Education program. The House Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Subcommittee is expected to consider the President’s bill or their own some time the week of September 9^th.

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