New regulations coming from ED The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released this week the updated Unified Agenda for the Department of Education (ED). The 19-item agenda details the agency’s regulatory priorities and provides a prospective timeline for action on each issue. It includes many topics highlighted by President Donald Trump through executive orders […]
Washington Watch Weekly, July 3, 2026
Final accountability rules released The Department of Education (ED) on Wednesday published the final regulations establishing a new accountability and transparency regime based on program completers’ earnings. As covered in Community College Daily, the regulations are the last set of final rules issued to implement the numerous higher education components of last year’s One Big […]
Washington Watch Weekly, June 26, 2026
House marks up campus culture bills The House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Thursday held a markup of 11 bills dealing with issues related to higher education, labor and healthcare policy. Five of the bills addressed campus culture issues directly. Most of the higher education bills were approved by the committee on party-line […]
Washington Watch Weekly, June 19, 2026
Trump administration moves civil rights enforcement to DOJ The Trump administration announced this week that it will move some responsibilities of the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Under the new Interagency Agreement (IAA), ED will retain statutory authority over civil rights enforcement of educational institutions, but […]
Washington Watch Weekly, June 12, 2026
House Appropriations Committee approves Labor-HHS-ED funding bill The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved the fiscal year 2027 (FY 27) funding bill for the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee (Labor-HHS-ED) following a lengthy markup. As covered in the Community College Daily, the bill seeks to cut discretionary funding by 27% […]
Washington Watch Weekly, June 5, 2026
House appropriators maintain support for key programs, Pell Grant shortfall still looms The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday released the fiscal year 2027 (FY 27) funding bill for the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee (Labor-HHS-ED). The Labor-HHS-ED subcommittee approved the bill on June 5. The bill ultimately seeks to cut […]
Washington Watch Weekly, May 29, 2026
White House issues a proposed rule prohibiting federal funding for DEI programs On Friday, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a proposed rule revising guidance on requirements for federal grantees. The new guidance expands on prior executive orders and other efforts to prohibit institutions that receive federal funding from engaging in […]
Washington Watch Weekly, May 22, 2026
ED releases final rules on Workforce Pell The Education Department (ED) on Monday released final rules to implement new Workforce Pell Grant eligibility under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), also called the Working Families Tax Cuts Act. As covered in the Community College Daily, the department was persuaded to make several changes from […]