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Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) is set to chair the House Education and the Workforce Committee for the upcoming 119th Congress, succeeding current chair Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.).

In an updated electronic announcement, Federal Student Aid (FSA) indicated that the remaining two NSLDS reports concerning financial value transparency (FVT) and gainful employment (GE) reporting requirements have been corrected and are now available on the NSLDS Professional Access website. Those reports are referred to as FVT/GE Program Enrollment Summary Report (SHSPE1) and the FVT/GE Students with No Program Enrollment Report (SHNPE1). 

Federal Student Aid (FSA) recently announced that the department is publishing FAFSA guides for the 10 most commonly spoken languages in the U.S. outside of English and Spanish. The resource is meant to be a static companion guide to the online English application and not a direct translation of the application like the Spanish version. So far, FSA has published the Cantonese, Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese, French, Arabic, and Korean guides and will publish the remaining versions – German, Russian, and French Creole – in the coming months.

This AskRegs Knowledgebase Q&A was updated on October 1, 2024 to announce that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has discontinued the Prison Education Program Application, Application for Postsecondary Institutions and Oversight Entities and implemented an updated application process through the E-App. No. According to the September 30, 2024 Electronic Announcement (GENERAL-24-118), updating the electronic Application to Participate in the Federal Student Financial Aid Programs (E-App) and providing all supporting documentation following the instructions in this announcement is the only requirement to apply for Prison Education Program (PEP) eligibility. View the full answer to this question to learn more.

The Nominations and Elections Committee is pleased to announce the 2025 slate for National Chair-Elect and Representatives-at-Large to the Board of Directors. Voting representatives at NASFAA member institutions will receive an invitation by email to cast their vote online in January. Learn more about the candidates by reading through each person's statement of candidacy and resume. Winners will be announced in February and would officially take office in July 2025.

Looking to prepare for the certification exam? Then be sure to sign up for the NASFAA FAAC® Exam Preparation Online Workshop. This facilitated virtual experience will be led by NASFAA training staff members and currently certified FAACs. Participants will also receive complimentary access to the exam preparation guide, a practice test (only available to workshop attendees), and the knowledge exam. The workshop takes place in weekly online meetings via Zoom from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. ET between January 14 and February 13, 2025. Meetings start in January so reserve your seat today.

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