As anticipated, the House narrowly passed its version of the federal reconciliation bill Thursday in a 218-214 vote. Higher education provisions of the bill include endowment tax revisions, tweaks to the Pell Grant program and more--here's what we coveredlast week. The bill was then sent to the desk of President Donald Trump to be signed into law. The House is now currently on recess.
Student Aid, Institutional Support and Taxes
The latest updates regarding legislation and regulatory actions related to student aid, higher education institutional support, taxes and more.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DISMISSES CIVIL RIGHTS CASE COMPLAINTS
The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) dismissed more than 3,400 complaints from mid-March to the end of June. In court filings and public statements, department officials have stated that the layoffs are meant to reduce waste in the agency and that OCR is able to continue its statutorily required functions and that the dismissals were “consistent with OCR’s Case Processing Manual.”
