Jun 23, 2026
The Department of Education is shifting civil rights investigations to the Department of Justice, a move that undermines the resolution-focused approach to resolving complaints that has supported students and campuses for decades.
The dotEDU team breaks down what this latest move to dismantle ED means for higher ed, along with the latest updates on the House FY 2027 spending bill, changes to the rules for how federal grants are awarded, and more.
Here are some of the links and references from this week’s show:
U.S. Department of Education Announces Additional Partnerships
to Strengthen Coordination for Individuals with Disabilities
Programs, Bolster Civil Rights Enforcement
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-additional-partnerships-strengthen-coordination-individuals-disabilities-programs-bolster-civil-rights
Education Dept. Plans to Move Special Ed and Civil Rights Out of
the Agency
The Washington Post | June 16, 2026
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/06/16/education-dept-plans-move-special-ed-civil-rights-out-agency/
Committee Approves FY27 Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education Appropriations Act
https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/committee-approves-fy27-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2027
https://appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-appropriations.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/fy27-labor-health-and-human-services-education-and-related-agencies-bill-subcommittee-summary.pdf
Higher Education Faces New Spending Limits as House
Appropriations Bill Advances
ACE | June 15, 2026
https://www.acenet.edu/News-Room/Pages/House-Committee-Passes-FY27-Labor-HHS-Bill.aspx
House Republicans Aim to Override Trump’s Loan Limit
Regulations
Inside Higher Ed | June 12, 2026
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/student-aid-policy/2026/06/12/house-gop-tries-override-trumps-loan-limit
Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
Federal Register
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance
Office of Management and Budget Government-Wide Regulations for
Federal Financial Assistance
ACE | June 2, 2026
https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Summary-OMB-Federal-Financial-Assistance-Regs-060226.pdf
Judge Blocks USCIS Pause, but International Students Remain in
Limbo
Inside Higher Ed | June 16, 2026
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/international-students-us/2026/06/16/intl-students-still-limbo-even-uscis-pause-over
Remember the Dreamers
https://www.rememberthedreamers.org/