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Education Department proposes governors' bilateral pacts for cross‑state Workforce Pell online enrollment
Summary
The Department proposed new language requiring governors of two states to enter bilateral agreements before Workforce Pell funds can be used by students who live in one state to enroll fully online in programs based in another; negotiators debated scope, timing, and data‑sharing implications.
Federal negotiator Dave Musser presented new regulatory language to govern cross‑state enrollment for Workforce Pell programs, telling the committee the amendment would allow "the governors of 2 states [to] enter into a bilateral agreement regarding the enrollment of students located in 1 of those states into some or all of the programs located in the other state." Musser said the bilateral pact would require both the student'state and the institution'state to list the occupation or sector as high‑need under 34 CFR 690.93.b.1 and to certify the statutory conditions for an eligible workforce program.
Musser and departmental legal staff said the change aims…
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