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Witnesses warn Department of Education staffing cuts and recent aid changes will hamper transparency and affordability
Summary
Witnesses and members said Department of Education staffing reductions and recent changes in federal student-aid law (referred to in testimony as HR 1) risk reducing the department’s capacity to publish data, enforce rules and maintain aid programs that help affordability.
Witnesses at the subcommittee hearing raised consistent concerns that reductions in federal agency staffing and recent legislative changes to student-aid rules could undermine both transparency efforts and affordability for students.
Ranking Member Adams and witnesses pointed to Department of Education staffing reductions at the Office of Federal Student Aid and to cuts in policy and research offices. Amy Laitinen of New America told the committee that the department needs “people and resources” to enforce protections…
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