OTC Inside The Beltway: Working Through OBBBA Guidance With Blue Icon
This week on "Off The Cuff," Melanie is joined by David Page, Blue Icon Advisors’ senior business development specialist, Renee Armentrout, a Blue Icon consultant, and Rachel Andersen, Cuyamaca College's director of financial aid & scholarships, to discuss how schools are sorting through the latest guidance and condensed implementation timeline for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Melanie kicks things off with an update on the Department of Education’s (ED) final rule detailing changes to the federal student loan programs, and explains why the July 1 implementation timeline is putting pressure on schools – especially those with summer headers. Rachel then provides perspective from her institution, while David details the logistical and budgetary challenges that schools and vendors face.
Speakers
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| Melanie Storey President & CEO NASFAA |
Hugh Ferguson Managing Editor NASFAA |
David Page Senior Business Development Specialist Blue Icon Advisors |
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| Renee Armentrout Blue Icon consultant |
Rachel Andersen Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships Cuyamaca College |
Resources
- Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube
- Episode Transcript (PDF)
- ED Publishes Final Regulations Implementing OBBBA Federal Student Loan Changes
- In a Reversal, ED Says Graduate PLUS Loans Will Count Toward New Lifetime Borrowing Limit
- ‘This Is a National Problem:’ Under a Compressed Timeline, Schools With Summer Programs Are Struggling to Implement New Financial Aid Regulations
- Contact Blue Icon To Learn More
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Publication Date: 5/8/2026
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