The House Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee held a wide-ranging and sometimes heated hearing on the Department of Education's budget request which focused on the Department’s rocky rollout of its new FAFSA application form. Several Republican Appropriators questioned whether FSA’s unprecedented loan forgiveness activities caused staff to be moved away from the implementation of the new FAFSA form, causing delays and challenges for institutions seeking to provide students with their financial aid awards. In addition, there were questions about the Department’s Title IX rulemaking and the role of transgender students in women college sports, challenges to free speech on college campuses, as well as the need for accountability with the funds directed to the Department.

Our hearing summary can be found here.