On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new rule regarding “exempt” and “nonexempt” employee status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA). The new rule revises the standard salary threshold and will classify more workers as nonexempt and therefore eligible for overtime pay. The threshold will be raised beginning July 1, then again on January 1, 2025.
In October 2023, the U.S. Department of Education published a series of new and revised regulations impacting higher education institutions and their ability to receive federal funding.
On June 30, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan.
On Thursday, June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the use of race in admissions decisions at the University of North Carolina (UNC) and Harvard College was unconstitutional, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment.
On March 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced that, in particular circumstances, it would consider holding individual leaders personally accountable for financial losses that the federal government may incur, including Title IV funds distributed to institutions.
On February 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) issued new guidance to colleges and universities regarding the use of a “third-party servicer” (TPS) to manage aspects of Title IV funding.
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the fiscal year (FY) 2023 omnibus appropriations bill into law.
On August 24, 2022, President Biden and the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced that the Department will provide targeted student debt cancellation to former students who took out loans held by the Department of Education.
On Tuesday, July 12, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that details changes to how it will implement Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, otherwise known as Title IX.
On Friday, June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (“Dobbs”).
On March 15, 2022, President Biden signed H.R. 2471, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022, into law.
On Friday, July 16, 2021, a federal judge ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is unlawful.
