Welcome to the Universities of Wisconsin Government Relations Newsletter. The Office of Government Relations provides legislative and political updates that impact the Universities of Wisconsin at the state and federal level.
Subscribe below to receive weekly e-mail notifications for state and federal legislative updates.
Subscribe to the Newsletter
State Relations
Please check back for updates.
Please check back for updates.
Federal Relations
Department of Education Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Last week, the Department of Education issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which looks to establish an accountability framework as authorized in H.R. 1.
As described in the release, “[u]nder the proposed rule, if the typical graduate of an undergraduate program does not earn as much as a high school graduate, the program will no longer be eligible for federal student loans. Graduate programs must similarly lead to earnings above those of an average bachelor’s degree holder. Programs that routinely fail to provide students with a reliable return on investment would lose access to federal student loans, and in certain cases, Pell Grants.”
At the time of the announcement, Secretary McMahon said, “The Trump Administration’s proposed accountability framework is grounded in common sense: if postsecondary education programs do not leave graduates better off, taxpayers should not subsidize them. This consensus-backed framework will drive meaningful change in postsecondary education, ending years of regulatory whiplash and addressing student debt that has left too many students worse off.”
If interested in reviewing the full NPRM, you can review it here.
Full House and Senate Hearing Schedule
If interested, you can see a full list of upcoming hearings on the Senate Hearings & Meetings Page. A review of the committee hearings in the House of Representatives is available via the Committee Schedule within the House of Representatives Legislative Activity section on the Chamber’s main page.
House and Senate Floor Schedules
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate are scheduled to be in DC and voting this week. The anticipated schedule for the House of Representatives and the Senate can be found on the preceding websites.
Note: Links to external sites are provided for informational purposes and not meant to convey an endorsement of the Universities of Wisconsin.