Senate Republican leaders have unveiled a new fiscal year 2025 budget resolution that they will soon consider on the floor. The resolution will only garner Republican support, and if it is passed, the House must…
The U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) today reopened the online income-driven repayment (IDR) plan and loan consolidation applications for borrowers. The application was paused for several weeks to comply…
Surrounded by school children, Republican governors and others, President Trump signed a brief executive order (EO) on Thursday directing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon “to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law, take all necessary…
President Donald Trump on Friday night signed a year-long continuing resolution (CR) for fiscal year (FY) 2025, ensuring funding for federal agencies through September 30. The bill made it through the Senate with several key…
The ultimate effect of last Friday’s executive order (EO) — “Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness” — is unclear, but it could well affect both community college students and employees. Despite the president’s executive branch action,…
House Republicans this weekend released a continuing resolution (CR) to extend fiscal year 2024 (FY 24) funding levels through September and avoid a partial government shutdown. In December, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved 12 bipartisan…
The shaping and adoption of a fiscal year 2026 budget resolution by congressional Republicans has huge implications for community colleges and their students. Baked into the discussions of broad fiscal policy are assumptions about the…
The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights issued a Dear Colleague letter on February 14 outlining its interpretation of the legal obligations of educational institutions since the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for…
As campus officials are aware, the U.S. Education Department’s (ED) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) sent a “Dear Colleague” letter on February 14 to institutions of higher education to “clarify and reaffirm the nondiscrimination obligations…
Federal budget scorekeepers have just provided both good news and bad news for the Pell Grant program. The good news is that more students are qualifying for grants, and many are receiving larger ones. These…