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Federal rules on colleges and universities: 56 since January 2024

34 final rules and 22 proposed rules since January 9, 2024, 17 of them marked significant. 1 is open for comment now. Most come from the Education Department (23), Veterans Affairs Department (12), Health and Human Services Department (6), Personnel Management Office (5).

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Open for comment

DocumentAgencyTypeComments due
Employment in the Excepted Service
2026-19222 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleNov 17

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DocumentAgencyTypePublished
Employment in the Excepted Service
2026-19222 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleSep 18
Education Department General Administrative Regulations
2026-17239 · significant
Education DepartmentProposed ruleAug 24
Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization: The Secretary's Recognition of Accrediting Agencies: Institutional Eligibility Under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as Amended, Student Assistance General Provisions
2026-17001
Education DepartmentProposed ruleAug 20
Reduction in Force
2026-15665 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleAug 3
Zero-Based Regulating
2026-13875 · significant
Energy DepartmentFinal ruleJul 9
Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand- Driven Workforce Pell: Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability
2026-13286
Education DepartmentFinal ruleJul 1
International Education Programs and Fulbright-Hays Program; Recission of Regulations
2026-13248
Education DepartmentProposed ruleJul 1
Processing Certain Veteran-Requested Veteran Readiness and Employment Benefit Changes Without Administrative Delays
2026-11195
Veterans Affairs DepartmentProposed ruleJun 4
Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
2026-10817
National Credit Union AdministrationProposed ruleMay 29
Zero-Based Regulating
2026-10729 · significant
Energy DepartmentProposed ruleMay 29
Zero-Based Regulating
2026-10727 · significant
Energy DepartmentFinal ruleMay 29
Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell: Pell Grant Exclusion Relating to Other Grant Aid; and Workforce Pell Grants
2026-10013
Education DepartmentFinal ruleMay 19
Extension of Compliance Dates for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Applications of Recipients of Departmental Financial Assistance
2026-09266
Health and Human Services DepartmentFinal ruleMay 11
Veteran Readiness and Employment Program: Improving Development and Delivery of Individualized Rehabilitation Plans
2026-08809
Veterans Affairs DepartmentProposed ruleMay 6
Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations
2026-08556
Education DepartmentFinal ruleMay 1
Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell: Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability
2026-07666
Education DepartmentProposed ruleApr 20
ACCOUNTABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND ACCESS THROUGH DEMAND-DRIVEN WORKFORCE PELL: PELL GRANT EXCLUSION RELATING TO OTHER GRANT AID; AND WORKFORCE PELL GRANTS
2026-04520
Education DepartmentProposed ruleMar 9
Reduction in Force
2026-04377 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleMar 5
Reimagining and Improving Student Education
2026-01912
Education DepartmentProposed ruleJan 30
Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship
2026-00634
Veterans Affairs DepartmentProposed ruleJan 15
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
2025-23484
Health and Human Services DepartmentProposed ruleDec 19, 2025
William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program
2025-19729
Education DepartmentFinal ruleOct 31, 2025
State Approving Agency Jurisdiction Rule
2025-16836
Veterans Affairs DepartmentProposed ruleSep 3, 2025
William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program
2025-15665
Education DepartmentProposed ruleAug 18, 2025
Sunset of the Pathways Presidential Management Fellows Program
2025-15238 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleAug 11, 2025
Waiver or Recovery of Overpayments
2025-14487
Veterans Affairs DepartmentProposed ruleJul 31, 2025
The 81-Month Rule for Dependents' Education Assistance
2025-14486
Veterans Affairs DepartmentFinal ruleJul 31, 2025
Obsolete Grant and Contract Regulations
2025-11847
Labor DepartmentFinal ruleJul 1, 2025
Rescinding Obsolete Financial Assistance Rules
2025-08568
Energy DepartmentFinal ruleMay 16, 2025
Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
2025-01419
Education DepartmentFinal ruleJan 21, 2025
Indian Education Discretionary Grant Programs; Professional Development Program
2025-01317
Education DepartmentFinal ruleJan 17, 2025
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments
2025-00976
Interior DepartmentFinal ruleJan 16, 2025
Post-9/11 Improvements, Fry Scholarship, and Interval Payments Amendments
2024-29907
Veterans Affairs DepartmentFinal ruleJan 16, 2025
Income-Contingent Repayment Plan Options
2025-00724 · significant
Education DepartmentFinal ruleJan 15, 2025
Program Integrity and Institutional Quality: Distance Education and Return of Title IV, HEA Funds
2024-31031 · significant
Education DepartmentFinal ruleJan 3, 2025
Improving Income Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program; Correction
2024-31217 · significant
Education DepartmentFinal ruleDec 31, 2024
Income Contingent Repayment Plan Options
2024-26698 · significant
Education DepartmentFinal ruleNov 15, 2024
Health and Human Services Adoption of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
2024-21984
Health and Human Services DepartmentFinal ruleOct 2, 2024
Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance; Corrections
2024-22520
Management and Budget OfficeFinal ruleOct 1, 2024
Timely Certification and Reporting for Veterans Attending Training Programs
2024-19852
Veterans Affairs DepartmentProposed ruleSep 5, 2024
National Resource Centers Program and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program
2024-18856
Education DepartmentFinal ruleAug 27, 2024
Bar to Approval
2024-18345
Veterans Affairs DepartmentFinal ruleAug 19, 2024
Veteran Readiness and Employment Program: Delegation of Concurrence for Entitlement Extensions
2024-18419
Veterans Affairs DepartmentFinal ruleAug 16, 2024
Indian Education Discretionary Grant Programs; Professional Development Program
2024-16206
Education DepartmentProposed ruleJul 29, 2024
Program Integrity and Institutional Quality: Distance Education, Return of Title IV, HEA Funds, and Federal TRIO Programs
2024-16102 · significant
Education DepartmentProposed ruleJul 24, 2024
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance
2024-09237
Health and Human Services DepartmentFinal ruleMay 9, 2024
Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance
2024-07496
Management and Budget OfficeFinal ruleApr 22, 2024
Student Debt Relief for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loans), the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins) Program, and the Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program
2024-07726
Education DepartmentProposed ruleApr 17, 2024
Pathways Programs
2024-06810 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleApr 12, 2024
Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations
2024-03869 · significant
Health and Human Services DepartmentFinal ruleMar 4, 2024
National Resource Centers Program and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program
2024-03149
Education DepartmentProposed ruleFeb 22, 2024
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments
2024-02964
Interior DepartmentFinal ruleFeb 15, 2024
Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
2024-01449
Education DepartmentFinal ruleJan 25, 2024
85/15 Rule Calculations, Waiver Criteria, and Reports
2024-00629 · significant
Veterans Affairs DepartmentFinal ruleJan 16, 2024
Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes
2024-00091
Health and Human Services DepartmentFinal ruleJan 11, 2024
VA Pilot Program on Graduate Medical Education and Residency
2024-00192 · significant
Veterans Affairs DepartmentFinal ruleJan 9, 2024

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