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Your Opportunity to Inform the Department of ED: New Rulemaking Impact on Digital Learning
Published by: WCET | 8/13/2025
Another year, another round of U.S. Department of Education Negotiated Rulemaking, and once again, the results could have a big impact on students and the institutions serving them through distance education. On July 25, 2025, the Department released Public Hearing; Negotiated Rulemaking Committees. Two committees will be formed to develop future regulations affecting Title IV […]
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Understanding the Trump Administration’s Educational AI Policies
Published by: WCET | 8/11/2025
On July 22nd, the White House released its national AI action plan, and, on the same day, the Department of Education followed up with the release of both a Dear Colleague Letter on the use of federal funds for Artificial Intelligence (AI) as well as a call for public comment on the Secretary’s supplemental priority […]
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Buckle Up. ED is Off to the Races with Its NPRM
Published by: WCET | 7/22/2024
We’ve been waiting with bated breath to see if the U.S. Department of Education would surprise us when they released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and proposed regulations related to the most recent negotiated rulemaking. Spoiler alert, they have now released the NPRM with proposed rules on distance education. We know that there are […]