ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a final rule limiting F-1 and J-1 students’ stay in the U.S. to four years unless they receive an approved extension, replacing the previous policy that allowed students to remain in the country for the duration of their academic program. POLITICO reported that the Small Business Administration is considering starting a […]
ADMINISTRATION The Administration released the Fall 2026 Unified Regulatory Agenda, outlining the planned regulatory actions for the coming months for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and other Federal agencies. ED approved a set of flexibilities for the State of Arkansas related to certain Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) funding and the use of assessments under Title I-A. […]
ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued the final rule regarding the programmatic earnings test for Title IV higher education programs that was established under H.R. 1, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act or the Working Families Tax Cuts Act. ED released guidance on its implementation of the revised definition of “professional degree programs” following […]
ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education’s (ED’s) Office of Inspector General released a report outlining staffing, operational, contract and grant changes made between January and March 2025 as part of the Administration’s workforce and spending reduction efforts. CONGRESS The House Education and Workforce Committee held a markup of several higher education bills focused on campus […]
ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced four new interagency agreements regarding the transfer of the Office for Civil Rights, ED’s student privacy office and training and advisory services functions to the U.S. Department of Justice and the transfer of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to the U.S. Department of Health […]
Meet Penn Hill Group’s Spring interns, Prince Adhikari and Luke McDermott. Prince graduated from Augustana University in May of this year with a degree in Political Science. Luke graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in May of this year with degrees in Political Science, Economics, and History. Learn a little bit about each of them below! […]
CONGRESS The House is expected to vote on H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act, on Tuesday, April 9th under suspension of the rules. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) shared updates about inconsistent tax data in the Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) for 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) applications. […]
CONGRESS U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Rutgers University officials regarding antisemitism on campus. ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that it had processed more than 4.3 million Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms and delivered Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) to […]
CONGRESS The U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committees released a final FY 2024 appropriations package that includes bill text and the explanatory language for several fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills, including the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) bill. You can find the bill text here and […]
ADMINISTRATION The Biden Administration submitted its fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget request to Congress. Agency-specific documents for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) can be found here, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) here and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) here. ED Secretary Miguel Cardona’s statement on the Administration’s budget request […]
