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Updates from ED on Regulatory Plans
Confirmation that TPS expansion won't happen before election, and other updates
Phil Hill
July 12, 2024
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The American Enterprise Institute pointed out yesterday that there is an update on regulatory plans for federal agencies, with a discussion of Department of Education (ED) rules.
Twice a year, each federal agency releases a “Unified Agenda and Regulatory Plan,” essentially a forecast of which topics it is likely to regulate in the coming months. The most recent update by the Department of Education, published this week, gives us our best look yet at the progress the Biden administration has made and what their record of accomplishment might look like, particularly in higher education. While hundreds of billions of dollars in student loans have already been forgiven without Congressional authorization, much of the remainder of their loan forgiveness agenda as well as many other priorities appear in peril of running short on time.
I’ve worked on the Agenda in prior years at the Department, so I know that a lot of it is pure guesswork. However, it can give outsiders a view of which efforts an administration is prioritizing and which are getting pushed to the backburner.