DC Shuttle … Ed Dept Requests Comment on Regulations. The U.S. Department of Education put out notice calling for public comment regarding which regulations should be targeted for elimination. The… Read more »
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Year-Round Pell Grants to Debut Next Month
DC Shuttle … Ed Dept Announces Year-Round Pell Grants. The U.S. Department of Education announced that year–round Pell Grants would be made available to students beginning on July 1, 2017…. Read more »
The Apprentice?
DC Shuttle … Trump Begins Work to Boost Apprenticeships. President Trump announced new administrative actions as well as legislative proposals aimed at boosting apprenticeship programs and other worker training, The… Read more »
Call Security! FAFSA Retrieval Was Shut Down for Breach, Not Maintenance
DC Shuttle … FAFSA Data Breach. The U.S. Education Department announced that it has partially restored an online tool that automatically provides borrowers’ income data when they repay their students… Read more »
Trump Budget for “American Greatness” Would Slam Aid Programs
DC Shuttle … Budget Proposal Funds School Choice, Hits Aid to to Low- and Middle-Income Students. The White House released President Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2018, which cuts spending… Read more »
Lifting Ban on Student-Level Records
DC Shuttle … Senators Introduce Unit Record System Bill. U.S. Senators Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced legislation that would change… Read more »
Trump Admin Wrestles With Its HBCU Positions
DC Shuttle … DeVos Visits HBCU, Trump Questions HBCU Funding. U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited Bethune-Cookman University to deliver its commencement address. She was met with controversy as hundreds… Read more »
Is Return of Year-Round Pell Around the Corner?
DC Shuttle … Year-Round Pell Included in Spending Bill. Lawmakers reported that they had struck a deal to fund the government through the rest of fiscal year 2017 and it… Read more »
DeVos Suggests Trump Won’t Seek Out Undocumented Students in Schools
DC Shuttle … DeVos Tours Florida Schools. U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited Florida schools, including Florida International University. She addressed the concerns of many educators by saying she understands… Read more »
Republican Lawmakers Cool on Trump Cuts
DC Shuttle … Lawmakers Push Back on Ed Dept, NIH Cuts in Budget Proposal. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), chair of the Appropriations subcommittee that handles funding for the departments of… Read more »