AACC offers public comments ahead of OBBB implementation Transfer agreement creates opportunities in Appalachia AACC offers public comments ahead of OBBB implementation On Thursday, David Baime, senior vice president for government relations for the American…
Senate appropriators on Thursday passed a bipartisan education and labor spending bill for fiscal year 2026 that would keep the Pell Grant maximum award at $7,395 for the 2026-2027 school year and preserve the $65-million…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday issued a memorandum to all federal agencies that further delineates specific practices that the Trump administration considers violations of civil rights law, including diversity, equity and inclusion…
With the Supreme Court on Monday clearing the way for the Trump administration to shrink the Education Department’s workforce, the department on Tuesday announced plans for the Department of Labor (DOL) to manage its adult…
The Trump administration late last week started to crack down on services to undocumented individuals, including certain programs offered through the departments of Education and Labor. On Thursday, the Education Department (ED) issued a final…
By a 51-50 vote, with the tiebreaker cast by Vice President J.D. Vance, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed the so-called “One Big Beautiful” reconciliation bill. Shortly before the final vote was tallied, Senate Republicans…
Editor’s note: This article was updated at 8 a.m. on June 30, 2025. The Senate parliamentarian has approved a modified version of workforce Pell provisions in the budget reconciliation bill that the Senate Budget Committee…
The Senate parliamentarian has determined that provisions in the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill that would establish workforce Pell grants do not comply with the rules governing the budget reconciliation process, according to material released by…
The House Education and Workforce Committee on Wednesday approved legislation on accreditation that is, in part, designed to put into effect President Donald Trump’s executive order on accreditation. H.R. 4054, the Accreditation Choice and Innovation…
Senate Republicans continue to work through a bevy of political, policy and procedural hurdles to enact their version of the fiscal year 2025 budget reconciliation legislation ahead of a self-imposed July 4 deadline. The House…