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Department outlines formula to cap tuition for Workforce Pell programs; negotiators debate data, timing and small‑cohort rules
Summary
The Department proposed a value‑added earnings cap (adjusted median earnings minus 150% of the poverty line) to limit Workforce Pell program tuition and described a cohort‑aggregation waterfall with privacy thresholds; negotiators raised concerns about timing, tax‑year alignment, data sources and small programs.
The Department of Education presented a draft method for limiting the published tuition of eligible Workforce Pell programs by calculating ‘‘value‑added earnings’’ and using that figure as a maximum published tuition and fee amount.
Under the Department's proposed formula, an eligible workforce program’s value‑added earnings would equal the program completers’ median annual earnings in the most recent tax year (adjusted using metropolitan‑area regional price parities) minus 150 percent of the poverty line as defined in the Community Service Block Grant Act. Dave said the Department plans to publish the value for each program at least three months before the award year it will govern and that institutions must keep published tuition and fees at or below that value for students who first enroll in the award year after the publication.
The draft contains a privacy‑sensitive…
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