{"id":7581,"date":"2026-08-28T12:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T17:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/?p=7581"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T17:23:55","slug":"august-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/2026\/08\/28\/august-28-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"August 28, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Federal Friday<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">White House:\u00a0<a id=\"anchor-6498edd4-599e-85c1-1547-7286cd79b216\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/releases\/2026\/08\/president-trump-champions-educational-freedom-putting-students-and-parents-first\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/releases\/2026\/08\/president-trump-champions-educational-freedom-putting-students-and-parents-first\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">President Trump Champions Educational Freedom \u2014 Putting Students and Parents First<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">USCIS:\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/dhs-proposes-additional-h-1b-fee. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/dhs-proposes-additional-h-1b-fee\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">DHS Proposes Additional H-1B Fee<\/a>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Federal Register:\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/public-inspection\/2026-17324\/fee-for-certain-h-1b-petitions. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/08\/25\/2026-17324\/fee-for-certain-h-1b-petitions\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">Fee for Certain H-1B Petitions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Federal Register:\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/08\/24\/2026-17239\/education-department-general-administrative-regulations. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/08\/24\/2026-17239\/education-department-general-administrative-regulations\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">Proposed Rule Education Department General Administrative Regulations<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Federal Student Aid:\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/fsapartners.ed.gov\/knowledge-center\/library\/electronic-announcements\/2026-07-06\/reminder-reporting-deadline-section-117-higher-education-act-1965-updated-aug-25-2026. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/fsapartners.ed.gov\/knowledge-center\/library\/electronic-announcements\/2026-07-06\/reminder-reporting-deadline-section-117-higher-education-act-1965-updated-aug-25-2026\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">(GENERAL-26-45) Reminder: Reporting Deadline for Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Updated Aug. 25, 2026)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Census Bureau:\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2026\/pseo-partners.html. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2026\/pseo-partners.html\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"20\">Census Bureau Partners With Over 1,100 Institutions in Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">Department of Justice:\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/department-justice-files-complaints-against-arizona-new-mexico-oregon-and-washington. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/department-justice-files-complaints-against-arizona-new-mexico-oregon-and-washington\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"21\">The Department of Justice Files Complaints Against Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington Challenging State Laws that Provide In-State Tuition to Illegal Aliens<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">Department of Justice:\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-finds-george-washington-university-medical-school-discriminates-based. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-finds-george-washington-university-medical-school-discriminates-based\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"22\">Justice Department Finds George Washington University Medical School Discriminates Based on Race in Admissions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Homeland Security Proposes an Additional H-1B Fee<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/dhs-proposes-additional-h-1b-fee. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/dhs-proposes-additional-h-1b-fee\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\">proposed<\/a> the establishment of &#8220;a $103,265 fee for all H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption. The proposed fee would be paid at the time of filing and would be imposed in addition to all other applicable fees or payments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Importantly, as noted by\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/quick-takes\/2026\/08\/25\/trump-administration-proposes-new-h-1b-visa-fee. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/quick-takes\/2026\/08\/25\/trump-administration-proposes-new-h-1b-visa-fee\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\">Inside Higher Ed<\/a>, &#8220;Only H-1B petitions that are subject to an annual cap have to pay the additional fee. But universities, along with nonprofit research institutions and national labs,\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/government\/2025\/09\/29\/4-charts-breaking-down-h-1b-visas-and-higher-ed. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/government\/2025\/09\/29\/4-charts-breaking-down-h-1b-visas-and-higher-ed\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\">are exempt<\/a> from that cap. (The administration\u2019s previous $100,000 fee would have applied to universities.)&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">If interested in reading more, you can review the\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/public-inspection\/2026-17324\/fee-for-certain-h-1b-petitions. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/08\/25\/2026-17324\/fee-for-certain-h-1b-petitions\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"8\">notice of proposed rulemaking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curricular Practical Training (CPT) Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On August 12 and 24, 2026, the Student &amp; Exchange Visitor Program\u00a0(SEVP) released a\u00a0<a id=\"OWAfa147fa7-f446-44a6-a13e-6a44d3bee188\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/doclib\/sevis\/pdf\/bcm260801.pdf. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/doclib\/sevis\/pdf\/bcm260801.pdf\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Broadcast Message (BCM) 2608-01<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a id=\"OWA227a2bc9-e971-7723-bc5c-f70d7492c618\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/doclib\/sevis\/pdf\/bcm_260802.pdf. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/doclib\/sevis\/pdf\/bcm_260802.pdf\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">BCM 2608-02<\/a>, respectively to Designated School Officials\u00a0(DSOs), providing additional interpretation of the regulation governing F-1 Curricular Practical Training\u00a0(CPT) authorization, available at\u00a0<a id=\"OWAac4579eb-7736-2db1-1b63-308100bfd338\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-8\/part-214\/section-214.2#p-214.2(f)(10)(i). Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecfr.gov\/current\/title-8\/chapter-I\/subchapter-B\/part-214\/subpart-A\/section-214.2#p-214.2(f)(10)(i)\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">8 CFR 214.2(f)(10)(i)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Additional guidance from the Universities of Wisconsin will be released early next week. In the meantime, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/iss.wisc.edu\/federal-immigration-curricular-practical-training-cpt-update-8-25-26\/\">UW-Madison Federal Immigration Update: Curricular Practice Training (CPT) webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Department of Education Rulemaking<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Earlier this week, the Department of Education\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/08\/24\/2026-17239\/education-department-general-administrative-regulations. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/08\/24\/2026-17239\/education-department-general-administrative-regulations\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"9\">released<\/a>\u00a0a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) related to Education Department General Administrative Regulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">If interested in reading more on the NPRM, you can review the following\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/government\/science-research-policy\/2026\/08\/24\/agencies-move-implement-ombs-proposed-grants. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/government\/science-research-policy\/2026\/08\/24\/agencies-move-implement-ombs-proposed-grants\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"10\">Inside Higher Ed article<\/a>, and of course, please continue to share feedback with your\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/federal-updates\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/federal-updates\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"11\">university&#8217;s\u00a0liaison<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Political Activity Guidance Reminder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, as uncertainty continues around the federal landscape, Universities of Wisconsin employees should be mindful of political activity and public advocacy guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Activities such as sharing a petition or contacting a legislator for political purposes using your university email address or state resources to engage in political campaign activities at any time or engaging in political activities during work time are prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>In your capacity as private citizens, on non-work time, and without use of university resources (including the use of university email addresses) employees may circulate or sign a petition or letter of support advocating for public policy or a political candidate. However, if using your name and official title, it should be made clear that an individual\u2019s endorsement indicates neither support nor endorsement by the university of a particular policy position or candidate, and that you are acting solely in your role as a private citizen.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, you can read the\u00a0<a id=\"OWA1cbf98ed-840a-f95d-657e-65ba8609d374\" class=\"x_x_x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/guidance-on-political-campaign-activities-at-university-of-wisconsin-system-institutions\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/guidance-on-political-campaign-activities-at-university-of-wisconsin-system-institutions\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"12\">Guidance on Political Activities Frequently Asked Questions<\/a>\u00a0document. Importantly, these FAQs should be treated as general guidelines and not legal advice.<\/p>\n<p>Please direct specific questions regarding political campaign issues to the Office of General Counsel or your university\u2019s Office of Legal Affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Friday White House:\u00a0President Trump Champions Educational Freedom \u2014 Putting Students and Parents First USCIS:\u00a0DHS Proposes Additional H-1B Fee Federal Register:\u00a0Fee for Certain H-1B Petitions Federal Register:\u00a0Proposed Rule Education Department General Administrative Regulations Federal Student Aid:\u00a0(GENERAL-26-45) Reminder: Reporting Deadline for Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Updated Aug. 25, 2026) Census Bureau:\u00a0Census [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fed-friday-updates","category-federal-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7581","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\/3213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7582,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7581\/revisions\/7582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}