Editor’s note: This article comes from the American Association of Community Colleges’ office of government relations. Forty-five years after publication of the regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the landmark disability…
Institutions can now apply for fiscal year 2022 grant funding from the U.S. Education Department (ED) for projects that support campus-based child care for low-income students through the Child Care Access Means Parents in Schools…
The Biden administration is considering canceling federal student loans on a broad basis. Reports state that a popular proposal would eliminate $10,000 of student debt for individuals making up to $150,000 per year. However, delays…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has started its series of regional listening sessions to gather feedback from employers on potential changes to the “white-collar” exemptions contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). DOL…
Numerous community colleges have not yet submitted their Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Annual Performance Reports, covering activity funded between January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. Institutions that fail to submit the report…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will host a series of public listening sessions for employers throughout May and early June to seek feedback on potential changes to the salary level threshold for “white-collar” exemptions…
The House Committee on Education and Labor on Tuesday approved the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 (WIOA), which would reauthorize the statute that governs the federal workforce development and adult basic education programs….
The Biden administration released a fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget on Monday that, while ambitious in some areas, is more measured than last year’s blueprint. The same can be said for the budget’s education and…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) last Friday wrapped up its negotiated rulemaking for the Committee on Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility for Title IV student aid programs. Consensus was reached on only two of the seven…
Members of a U.S. Education Department’s (ED) negotiated-rulemaking committee failed on Wednesday to reach consensus on proposed regulations implementing the “gainful employment” (GE) language in the Higher Education Act. The consensus vote was held during…