Below is RAMC’s weekly Washington Wrap Up from Wednesday. Find out more about Wrap Up and other RAMC resources here.

ADMINISTRATION

The U.S. Department of Education released a fact sheet on the implementation of Federal student loan provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Education News Headlines
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Financial Aid Administrators Wave the Red Flag Over OBBBA Time Crunch [Inside Higher Ed]

The Obscure Rules Change That Could Drive More Foreign Students Away [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

GAO Report Shows FAFSA Simplification Paid Off [Inside Higher Ed]

U.S. Government Accountability Office Report: “Pell Grants: Overall Student Eligibility Increased After Free Application for Federal Student Aid Simplification”

How can colleges teach students to have challenging conversations? [Higher Ed Dive]

Canvas Live Updates: Canvas Is Fully Back Online After Parent Company Says It Reached Deal With Hackers [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

How universities are saving water [Higher Ed Dive]

Finance Live Updates: U. of Chicago Says It’s on Track to Halve Its Deficit [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Even as AI Use Spreads, Graduates Maintain Their Degree Was Worth It [Inside Higher Ed]
Lumina Foundation and Gallup Report: “The State of Higher Education 2026 Valued but Out of Reach: The Reality of Higher Education Today”

Fewer Immigrant Families Submitting FAFSAs in California [Inside Higher Ed]

Education Department launches hiring spree in key office, roughly a year after mass layoffs [POLITICO]

USDA Orders IU to Lock Down Lab Associated With Chinese Biologist [Inside Higher Ed]

Major data breach impacts schools across US [The Hill]

Training Students to Close Health-Care Gaps [Inside Higher Ed]

Low-Income Students More Likely to Submit AI-Generated Admissions Essays [Inside Higher Ed]

A University Cut Tuition By Over 20% After Republicans Sharply Limited Grad-School Aid [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Supportive Colleges Lower LGBTQ+ Suicide Risk [Inside Higher Ed]

National Education Association faces EEOC antisemitism complaint [Higher Ed Dive]

DOJ: UCLA Medical School Discriminated Based on Race in Admissions [Inside Higher Ed]

The Law Allows Smith College to Admit Transgender Students. Could Trump’s Attack Work Anyway? [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

ADL Finds Campus Antisemitism Declined in 2025 [Inside Higher Ed]
Anti-Defamation League Report: Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2025

For-profit design college in Ohio to shutter [Higher Ed Dive]

Committee News and Schedule, Schedule for House and Senate Floor

House Majority Leader
Press Release: Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview – Week of May 11, 2026

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Press Release: Mackenzie to Hold Hearing on Private-Sector Strategies for Emerging Workplace Safety Issues

May 14: Full Committee Hearing on “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Education”
Witnesses to be announced.
2175 Rayburn and via webcast.
10:15 a.m. ET

Senate Committee on Appropriations
May 19: Subcommittee Hearing on “A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the Department of Labor”
Witness: Keith Sonderling, Acting Secretary, Department of Labor
124 Dirksen and via webcast.
10:00 a.m. ET

House Committee on Appropriations
May 13: Full Committee Markup of the Fiscal Year 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill
2359 Rayburn and via webcast.
11:00 a.m. ET

House Majority Leader
Press Release: Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Preview – Week of May 11, 2026

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Press Release: New Government Watchdog Report on Effectiveness of the FAFSA Simplification Act

Press Release: Scott, Adams Demand FSA Leadership Testify about Implementation of the ‘Big, Ugly Bill’

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Press Release: Ranking Member Scott Statement on April Jobs Report

House Committee on Education and Workforce
Press Release: Secretary McMahon to Testify on Department of Education Budget and Priorities

Press Release: Chairman Walberg Statement on April Jobs Report

Press Release: Bonamici, Merkley, Mannion, Underwood, Alsobrooks Launch Effort to Overturn Student Loan Rule

Press Release: Ranking Member Scott Questions Chair Walberg if He Intends to Hold a Hearing on Young Republicans Antisemitic Activity

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Press Release: ICYMI: Chairman Cassidy Leads HELP Committee Hearing in Louisiana on Improving Americans’ Mental Health, Earns Award Recognizing Efforts

House Committee on Small Business
Press Release: Chairman Williams Op-Ed: Celebrating the Main Streets that Make America Great

Department of Education and the Administration

ED Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Announces Grant Competition to Empower States Through a Reimagined Comprehensive Centers Program

GAO Report: Head Start: Office of Head Start Could Improve Communication with Tribal Programs

White House Press Release: JOBS REPORT: Trump Economy Roars Ahead with Big Private Sector Job Gains

ED Press Release: U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announce First Grant Competitions Under Family Engagement and School Support Partnership

DOL Press Release: US Department of Labor to Offer Free Webinars in May Providing Compliance Assistance on Youth Employment Ahead of Summer Hiring Season

GAO Report: Pell Grants: Overall Student Eligibility Increased After Free Application for Federal Student Aid Simplification

DOL Press Release: Acting Secretary Sonderling statement on April jobs report

ED Comment Request: Proposed Waiver and Extension of the Project Period with Funding for Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP). Comments due on or before June 8, 2026.

ED Comment Request: Cash Management Contract URL Collection. Comments due on or before June 8, 2026.

FCC Notice: Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment

DOJ Comment Request: Generic Clearance for Cognitive, Pilot, and Field Studies for Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Data Collection Activities. Comments due on or before June 8, 2026.

OSHA Comment Request: Student Data Form. Comments due on or before June 8, 2026.

USDA Grant Notice: Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2026. Applications due on or before June 30, 2026.

Legislative Movement in Congress

H.R.8752 — To improve the full-service community school program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Lee, Susie [Rep.-D-NV-3] (Introduced 05/12/2026) Cosponsors: (3)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 05/12/2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R.8759 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a program under which an institution of higher education may elect to cosign Federal student loans made to students attending the institution, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Perry, Scott [Rep.-R-PA-10] (Introduced 05/12/2026) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 05/12/2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R.8775 — To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to provide that individuals who have been convicted of sex offenses against minors may not serve in certain positions.
Sponsor: Wilson, Joe [Rep.-R-SC-2] (Introduced 05/12/2026) Cosponsors: (0)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 05/12/2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

S.4496 — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for additional uses of funds for grants to strengthen historically Black colleges and universities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Alsobrooks, Angela D. [Sen.-D-MD] (Introduced 05/12/2026) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: Senate – Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate – 05/12/2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

S.4504 — A bill to improve the full-service community school program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Van Hollen, Chris [Sen.-D-MD] (Introduced 05/12/2026) Cosponsors: (13)
Committees: Senate – Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate – 05/12/2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Press Release: Van Hollen, Gillibrand, Luján, Lee Reintroduce Legislation to Expand Community Schools

H.R.8691 — To amend the definition of a professional student in the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Sponsor: Kiggans, Jennifer A. [Rep.-R-VA-2] (Introduced 05/07/2026) Cosponsors: (4)
Committees: House – Education and Workforce
Latest Action: House – 05/07/2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

H.R.8714 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish skill savings accounts.
Sponsor: Thompson, Glenn [Rep.-R-PA-15] (Introduced 05/07/2026) Cosponsors: (1)
Committees: House – Ways and Means
Latest Action: House – 05/07/2026 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Press Release: Thompson, Bonamici Introduce Bill to Create Skill Savings Accounts

H.Res.1261 — Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 3 through May 9, 2026, as “National Small Business Week” to celebrate the contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in every community in the United States.
Sponsor: Finstad, Brad [Rep.-R-MN-1] (Introduced 05/07/2026) Cosponsors: (20)
Committees: House – Small Business
Latest Action: House – 05/07/2026 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Press Release: Finstad Introduces Legislation Celebrating National Small Business Week

Federal Education Training and Grant Opportunities, Notices

ED Comment Request: Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval. Comments are due on or before May 13, 2026.

ED Notice: Competition Announcement; Comprehensive Centers

ED Notice: Accrediting Agency Currently Undergoing Review for the Purpose of Recognition by the U.S. Secretary of Education

ED Comment Request: Borrower Defense to Loan Repayment Universal Forms. Comments due on or before July 13, 2026.

ED Grant Notice: Career Pathways Exploration Program Competition. Applications due on or before June 9, 2026.

ED Comment Request: Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) Rehabilitation Long-Term Training (RLTT) Program Payback Information Management System (PIMS). Comments due on or before June 10, 2026.

ED Notice: Employment and Training Administration Program Year 2026 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Section 167, National Farmworker Jobs Program State Allotments

ED Comment Request: Proposed Waiver and Extension of the Project Period with Funding for Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP). Comments due on or before June 8, 2026.

ED Comment Request: Cash Management Contract URL Collection. Comments due on or before June 8, 2026.

FCC Notice: Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment

OSHA Comment Request: Student Data Form. Comments due on or before June 8, 2026.

USDA Grant Notice: Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2026. Applications due on or before June 30, 2026.

Today’s Federal Register.