There is an outside chance that the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act (H.R, 6585), which was pulled from scheduled House floor action six weeks ago, may receive a floor vote as an amendment untitled amendment to…
Community college officials spending this summer preparing to implement a litany of new federal regulations have another to add to their to-do list. The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) final rule defining accessible web and…
The House Agriculture Committee on May 24 completed a 13-hour markup of the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2024 – House Republicans’ proposal to reauthorize the Farm Bill – and approved the bill…
The House Agriculture Committee on Thursday held a markup of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, the House Republicans’ proposal to reauthorize the Farm Bill. The Farm Bill is the governing legislation…
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) last week issued its formal, 10-year cost estimate on the College Cost Reduction Act (CCRA). H.R. 6951, which would make major changes to the Higher Education Act (HEA), was approved…
Leaders of the Senate and House committees overseeing agriculture issues last week released competing visions for the 2024 reauthorization of the Farm Bill. The Farm Bill is the governing legislation for U.S. Department of Agriculture…
In addition to dealing with the botched FAFSA rollout and preparing for other major regulations, community colleges are scrambling to absorb the new requirements imposed upon them by the final Title IX rules. And they…
Republicans on the House Education and the Workforce Committee last week released an institutional impact analysis of key portions of H.R. 6951, known as the College Cost Reduction Act, which was passed by the committee…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) announced this week that it has completed FAFSAs (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) for forms impacted by known issues. As a reminder, ED previously announced that 30% of received…
Although Congress just passed its fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations package a month ago, lawmakers have already begun the process for crafting FY 2025’s appropriations bills. As has been the case for the last several…