Nov. 20, 2025
ALERT: Transfers of USED Functions and Funds, Reopening Update, Courts Allow Grants Lawsuits to Continue, Public Charge Rule & Other Significant Updates
This EducationCounsel Alert shares updates about various recent actions by the federal government relevant to education, including:
- Trump Administration Transfers Multiple Functions Out of USED
- Updates on Reopening the Federal Government
- Court Issues Injunction Halting the Administration’s “Pressure Campaign” on University of California
- Court Allows Challenge to Teacher Prep Grant Cancellations to Continue
- Public Charge Rule Proposed
- Other Significant Updates
- What’s Coming Next?
- Appendix: USED Grant Programs Affected by Interagency Agreements
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Finally, please keep in mind that these developments are sometimes changing rapidly so information may become outdated, and nothing in these resources constitutes specific legal advice.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.