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September 17, 2025

ALERT: FY25 Remaining Funding, FY26 Appropriations, Courts Halt PRWORA Rules, USED Grant Priorities, Regulatory Agenda, HHS Grant Rules, ACF Priorities & Other Significant Updates

This EducationCounsel Alert shares updates about various recent actions by the federal government relevant to education, including: 

FUNDING UPDATES

  1. USED Ends FY25 Discretionary Funding to Minority-Serving Institutions Grant Programs

  2. USED Reprograms FY25 Funds to Increase Funding for Charters and Civics

  3. USED Ends FY25 Funding to Some Special Education Discretionary Grants

  4. House Proposes Short-Term Continuing Resolution for FY26 through November 21

  5. House Appropriations Committee Approves FY2026 Labor/HHS Bill

POLICY UPDATES

  1. Courts Halt Changes to Immigrants’ Eligibility for Federal Public Benefits

  2. USED Finalizes Three Supplemental Grant Priorities and Proposes One New Priority

  3. USED and HHS Release Updated Regulatory Agenda to Codify Administration’s Agenda

  4. HHS Revises Grant Rules

  5. ACF Releases New Statement on Mission, Values, & Priorities

OTHER ALERT ITEMS

  1. Other Significant Updates

  2. What’s Coming Next?

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