CONGRESS

The House Appropriations Committee released the text of its fiscal year 2027 Commerce-Justice-Science bill. The Subcommittee approved the bill by a 5 to 4 vote.

The House passed the Senate-passed budget resolution, which did not include instructions to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the House Education and Workforce Committee. This indicates that matters such as changes to the Higher Education Act will not be addressed in the upcoming reconciliation bill.

ADMINISTRATION

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) published a final regulation stemming from the Reimagining and Improving Student Education negotiated rulemaking committee.

The U.S. Department of Labor launched its AI in Registered Apprenticeship Innovation Portal, which is a resource for organizations seeking to build AI literacy and develop AI-focused Registered Apprenticeship programs.

COURTS

Massachusetts District Court Judge Dennis Saylor expanded the scope of his preliminary injunction blocking ED’s requirement for States to submit admissions data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement Survey to six colleges and those represented by the Association of American Universities; the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts; the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges; the Maine Independent Colleges Association; the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities; and the Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities.