March 19, 2026
ALERT: Workforce Pell Regulations, Admissions Data Collection Pause, First Grant Competition under IAAs, Anti-DEI Letters to Accreditors, Anti-Fraud EO & Other Significant Updates
This EducationCounsel Alert shares updates about various recent actions by the federal government relevant to education, including:
- USED Proposes Regulations Implementing Workforce Pell Grants
- Court Temporarily Pauses College Admissions Data Collection
- Administration Launches First USED Grant Competitions Co-Administered by DOL
- USED Articulates its Anti-DEI Positions in Letters to Accreditation Agencies
- Executive Order Establishes a Task Force to Eliminate Fraud
- 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 Please keep in mind that these developments are sometimes changing rapidly so information may become outdated, and nothing in these resources constitutes specific legal advice.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.