Tag: gainful employment
House Committee Approves Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill
Earlier today, as reported in a Committee press release, the House Appropriations Committee approved the draft fiscal year 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services funding bill on a vote of 30-21. The draft bill includes “$153 billion in discretionary funding, which is a reduction of $3.7 billion below the fiscal […]
Senate Sub Committee Passes Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill; Full Committee Vote Tomorrow
In a markup held yesterday, the U.S. Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (“Labor-HHS”) released a summary statement setting forth the key elements of the a $153.2 billion appropriations bill that passed the sub committee. The full Senate Committee on Appropriations will take […]
DC Court Upholds Gainful Employment Rule
Earlier today, the District Court for the District of Columbia held that the US Department of Education’s (“Department”)”‘gainful employment‘ regulations—including the current debt-to-earnings test and disclosure, reporting, and certification requirements—survive this court challenge in their entirety.” [JUNE 24 UPDATE – here are the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher […]
Court Upholds Validity of Gainful Employment Rule
In a decision issued earlier today, the federal court sitting in the Southern District of New York upheld the Department of Education’s gainful employment rule and dismissed the challenge brought by the NY Association of Proprietary Colleges (APC). The APC put out a statement disagreeing with the ruling and […]