{"id":6799,"date":"2025-05-02T11:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T16:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2025-05-02T11:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T16:30:09","slug":"may-2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/2025\/05\/02\/may-2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Recent Federal Actions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Department of Education: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-educations-office-civil-rights-finds-university-of-pennsylvania-has-violated-title-ix\">U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights Finds the University of Pennsylvania Has Violated Title IX<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Department of Education: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/ed-hhs-launch-title-vi-investigations-of-harvard-university-and-harvard-law-review-amid-allegations-of-discriminatory-practices\">ED, HHS Launch Title VI Investigations of Harvard University and Harvard Law Review Amid Allegations of Discriminatory Practices<\/a><\/li>\n<li>White House: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/04\/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens\/\">Strengthening and Unleashing America\u2019s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>White House: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/04\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-strengthens-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens\/\">Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strengthens America\u2019s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>White House: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/04\/protecting-american-communities-from-criminal-aliens\/\">Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>White House: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/04\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-protects-american-communities-from-criminal-aliens\/\">Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects American Communities from Criminal Aliens<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce: <a href=\"https:\/\/edworkforce.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=412381\">Markup to Comply with Reconciliation Directives Included in H.Con.Res. 14 Section 2001(B)(3)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Department of Education: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-education-expands-accreditation-options-colleges-and-universities\">U.S. Department of Education Expands Accreditation Options for Colleges and Universities<\/a><\/li>\n<li>White House: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/05\/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-biased-media\/\">Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>National Science Foundation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/policies\/document\/indirect-cost-rate\">Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Department of Education: <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/secretary-of-education-linda-mcmahon-statement-president-trumps-fy-2026-skinny-budget\">Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Statement on President Trump\u2019s FY 2026 Skinny Budget<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>House Committee on Education and the Workforce Markup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Earlier this Spring, the House and Senate adopted a concurrent budget resolution, which set forth a path for the chambers to work on a budget reconciliation bill. That process began in earnest this week with various House Committees meeting to markup their contributions to the overall bill. Additional markups are expected as soon as next week.<\/p>\n<p>Of particular interest, the House Committee on Education and Workforce met to mark up their legislation, the Student Success and Savings Plan, on April 29, 2025. Among several provisions, the legislation makes several changes to student loans, Pell Grant eligibility, and includes a risk sharing proposal that was previously included as part of the College Cost Reduction Act in the last session of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Should you wish to review the legislation, the <a href=\"https:\/\/edworkforce.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/4.29_reconciliation_bill_summary_final.pdf\">section-by-section<\/a> authored by the Committee Majority and a Committee Minority <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats-edworkforce.house.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/republicans_plan_to_raise_student_loan_payments_to_pay_for_tax_cuts_for_the_rich2.pdf\">fact sheet<\/a> may be helpful; the bill text the committee voted on can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/edworkforce.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/ans_el_recon_01_xml.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The legislative process will continue to play out over the coming weeks with other committees advancing their legislation before they are combined prior to consideration on the House floor. We remain actively engaged with Congressional stakeholders and our national associations to share concerns and opportunities for improvement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New! FAQs for International Students, Faculty, and Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve added new FAQs addressing visa revocation, immigration staff actions, study abroad, student degree and enrollment, and travel. See those updated FAQs on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/federal-updates\/international-resources\/\">International Student, Faculty &amp; Staff Resources page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Federal Actions Department of Education: U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights Finds the University of Pennsylvania Has Violated Title IX Department of Education: ED, HHS Launch Title VI Investigations of Harvard University and Harvard Law Review Amid Allegations of Discriminatory Practices White House: Strengthening and Unleashing America\u2019s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2368,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fed-friday-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2368"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6799"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6803,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799\/revisions\/6803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}