Negotiators reach consensus on Workforce Pell Grant rules; Department commits to publish performance data

Jan 8, 2026

Department of Education negotiators reached consensus on draft Workforce Pell Grant regulations after reviewing redlines and adding changes on certification, placement metrics, exemptions and data sharing. The department committed to publish program performance data —as soon as practicable— and to pose directed operational questions in the rule'making preamble.

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Negotiators for the U.S. Department of Education's Workforce Pell Grant rulemaking reached consensus on a comprehensive draft text after a final-day review of departmental redlines, the department said. The committee's facilitators circulated corrections and updated language; negotiators then held a single consensus check in which each constituency reported a thumbs-up or a nonblocking sideways vote.

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