2025-26 Negotiated Rulemaking Committees
Our Today's News and Policy teams will keep the NASFAA membership up-to-date on the 2025-26 Negotiated Rulemaking cycle. Stay tuned for more information on the following committees.
Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) Committee
- *NEW* July 13, 2026 - ED Adds Professional Degree CIP Codes for Nursing, Psychology
- *NEW* July 8, 2026 - Parties Seek Extension in Professional Student Definition Lawsuit
- July 1, 2026 - Following Legal Action, ED Temporarily Adds New CIP Codes Eligible for Professional Degree Designation, Removes Others
- June 25, 2026 - Court Temporarily Pauses Key Parts of Professional Student Definition Days Before July 1 Effective Date
- June 24, 2026 - Court Faces Pre-July 1 Deadline on RISE Final Rule Challenge
- May 15, 2026 - OTC AskRegs Experts: RISE Final Rules and the Latest on NSLDS Post-Screening
- March 2, 2026 - NASFAA Comments on Regulations for Student Loan Provisions of OBBBA
- March 2, 2026 - NASFAA, Higher Ed Organizations Call on ED to Expand the List of Professional Degree Programs, Improve Neg Reg Process
- November 20, 2025 - You Have Questions; We Have Answers: Making Sense of the Student Loan Changes from OBBBA’s RISE Committee
- November 7, 2025 - Consensus Reached: RISE Committee Supports Entire Package of OBBBA Provisions
- November 6, 2025 - Neg Reg Continues Discussion of ‘Program of Study,’ Legacy Provisions, and New Professional Degree Definition
- November 5, 2025 - ED Explores Regulatory Tweaks As RISE Committee Dives into Loan Rehabilitation, Program of Study, Aggregate Limits, Professional Student, and More
- November 4, 2025 - RISE Neg Reg Committee Convenes Again to Continue Discussion of New Loan Limit Provisions
- November 3, 2025 - New RISE Neg Reg Issue Papers Reveal Expanded Definition of Professional Student
- October 6, 2025 - RISE Committee Concludes First Round of Neg Reg Discussions With Definition of Professional Student Still Unclear
- October 3, 2025 - RISE Neg Reg Committee Conducts ‘Pulse Checks’ and Details Updated Forbearance, Loan Limit Provisions
- October 1, 2025 - RISE Neg Reg Committee Continues Despite Government Shutdown
- September 30, 2025 - Chasing a July 1 Implementation Date, ED Kicks Off First Day of RISE Neg Reg
- September 26, 2025 - RISE Neg Reg Issue Papers Reveal ED’s Plans For OB3 Loan Provisions
- July 25, 2025 - ED Announces Two Neg Reg Committees Focused on New Provisions Under One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Accountability in Higher Education and Access through Demand-driven Workforce Pell (AHEAD) Committee
- April 8, 2026 - NASFAA Comments on Regulations for Pell Provisions of OBBBA
- March 9, 2026 - ED Publishes NPRM to Implement Pell Provisions Enacted Under OBBBA
- January 13, 2026 - Deep Dive: NASFAA Summary of Consensus on Accountability Language from Last Week’s AHEAD Negotiated Rulemaking Committee
- January 12, 2025 - AHEAD Committee Reaches Consensus On Entire Accountability Package
- January 9, 2026 - AHEAD Committee Continues Discussion on Teach-Out Proposal
- January 8, 2026 - AHEAD Committee Discusses Details on New Earnings Accountability Reporting Requirements, Appeals Process
- January 7, 2026 - AHEAD Committee Debates Impact of Eliminating Debt-to-Earnings Metric, Earnings Premium Benchmarks as Rulemaking Continues
- January 6, 2026 - AHEAD Committee Kicks Off Second Neg Reg Session Focused on New Accountability Framework
- December 15, 2025 - Consensus Reached: AHEAD Committee Approves ED’s Workforce Pell Package
- December 12, 2025 - AHEAD’s Fourth Day of Rulemaking Revisits Workforce Pell Definitions, Distance Ed Limits, and Eligibility Consequences
- December 11, 2025 - AHEAD’s Third Day of Rulemaking Focuses on Losing and Regaining Eligibility of Workforce Pell
- December 10, 2025 - AHEAD’s Second Day of Rulemaking Explores Revisions to Regulatory Text and ED’s Effort to Implement Workforce Pell by 2026-27
- December 9, 2025 - AHEAD Committee Kicks Off Negotiations on Workforce Pell Program
- December 8, 2025 - AHEAD Committee Set for First Week of Neg Reg, Will Discuss New Regulations for Workforce Pell Program
- December 5, 2025 - OTC Inside The Beltway: Previewing the AHEAD Committee
- July 25, 2025 - ED Announces Two Neg Reg Committees Focused on New Provisions Under One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Committee
- July 1, 2026 - Federal Court Vacates PSLF Final Rule on Employer Eligibility, Hours Before July 1 Effective Date
- June 26, 2026 - ED's Updated PSLF Form Request Adds Urgency to Court Challenge
- November 3, 2025 - ED Publishes Final PSLF Regulations On Employer Eligibility Changes
- August 19, 2025 - ED Publishes Proposed Rule on PSLF
- July 3, 2025 - Final Day of Neg Reg Concludes Without Consensus on Proposed PSLF Rules
- July 2, 2025 - Neg Reg Continues With Focus on Newly Proposed PSLF Provisions
- July 1, 2025 - ED Hosts First Day of NegReg for PSLF Walking Through Definitions and Updated Language
- June 27, 2025 - ED Releases Issue Paper for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Neg Reg Committee
- June 4, 2025 - Groups Representing Borrowers and Other Stakeholders Call on ED to Expand Negotiators in Upcoming Neg Reg
- May 6, 2025 - NASFAA Comments on Upcoming NegReg on PSLF, IDR and Other Financial Assistance Programs
- April 30, 2025 - Trump Administration Kicks Off Neg Reg With First Day of Public Hearings
