A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group.

ADMINISTRATION 

The U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) issued a Dear Colleague Letter on implementation of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Simplification Act for the 2024-2025 award year.

The Biden Administration announced new efforts to strengthen cybersecurity for K-12 schools. As part of these efforts, ED released a new brief titled “K-12 Digital Infrastructure Brief: Defensible and Resilient.”

THE COURTS 

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a nationwide injunction against the implementation of the Biden Administration’s recently issued borrower defense to repayment (BDR) rule. The court announced that it will hear appellate arguments in the Career Colleges and Schools of Texas v. the U.S. Department of Education case in November 2023.

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES 

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