ED releases draft Workforce Pell regulations
Jim Hermes
December 4, 2025
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Thursday released materials for the upcoming session of the Accountability in Education and Access through Demand-driven Workforce Pell (AHEAD) negotiated rulemaking committee, which begins its work on Monday. The materials include a meeting agenda, complete list of negotiators and, most notably, draft regulations for the Workforce Pell program.
The materials indicate that ED plans to complete its work on Workforce Pell in the committee’s first session next week. This leaves the other major issue that the committee must negotiate – a new accountability scheme for degree programs – until the second negotiating session in early January.
