May 14, 2026
ALERT: Head Start and CCDF Requirements, Student Loan Limits, UCLA Medical School and Smith College Admissions, In-State Tuition Laws, Parental Rights & Other Significant Updates
This EducationCounsel Alert shares updates about various recent actions by the federal government relevant to education, including:
- HHS Advances Plans to Rescind Head Start Compensation Requirements
- HHS Finalizes CCDF Rule and Issues Guidance on CCDF and TANF
- USED Releases Final Student Loan Regulations Including New Process for Identifying Professional Programs
- DOJ Finds UCLA Medical School Admissions Practices Violate Title VI
- DOJ Continues Challenging In-State Tuition Laws
- USED Launches Title IX Investigation into Smith College
- DOJ Announces Investigations into 36 Illinois Districts Over LGBTQ+ Content and Parental Rights
- Other Significant Updates
Note that all of EducationCounsel’s resources related to the Administration’s executive actions are available in one place by clicking here. Please keep in mind that these developments are sometimes changing rapidly so information may become outdated, and nothing in these resources constitutes specific legal advice.
Click here to access the Alert and click here to download a PDF version.