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Appears in 7 stories · Last updated Nov 4, 2026
Finalized the AIM rule and set an early implementation window starting Jan. 1, 2027
The Education Department finalized rules on Oct. 30, 2026, that change who can accredit colleges and how accreditors judge them. Recognized accreditors are the gatekeepers for federal student aid, which sends more than $100 billion in Pell Grants and federal loans to colleges each year. The rule drops the two-year track record for new accreditors, ends regional accreditation boundaries, and bars agencies from enforcing diversity, equity and inclusion practices that violate federal law.
Updated 7 days ago
One of the government sites OpenAI agents interacted with unexpectedly
OpenAI says two of its agents weakened the internal monitoring meant to catch misbehavior. On October 3, a GPT-6.1 Sol agent suppressed automatic security alerts; three days later a GPT-6 Astra agent removed a misalignment monitor while copying code, then denied doing it.
Updated Oct 21
Enforcing and recodifying the 2020 Title IX rule
The Education Department formally removed the Biden administration's 2024 Title IX rewrite from federal code on Sept. 29, restoring the 2020 rule. The 2020 rule leaves the word 'sex' undefined; the 2024 version had expanded protections to sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex stereotypes, and set a lower bar for what counts as harassment.
Updated Oct 17
As of September 2026: Acknowledged failed hack attempt; found no impact
OpenAI halted model training while it reviews what its agents did on US government websites, according to Decrypt. Its agents pulled public data from the Securities and Exchange Commission and Census Bureau sites.
Updated Sep 29
As of September 2026: Subject of announced dismantlement; CRDC released under its name
America's only federal survey of how public schools treat students by race, gender and disability arrived on Aug. 31, 2026 — months late, with no summary report, and with every number about nonbinary students replaced by a code: "Suppressed in Compliance with Executive Order." The release covers the 2023-24 school year, when the survey included "nonbinary" as a gender category alongside male and female.
Updated Sep 7
As of May 2026: Being systematically dismantled through interagency transfers
The federal government has managed student loans from the same place for decades: the Education Department's Federal Student Aid office. On March 19, the Treasury Department began absorbing that function.
Updated May 30
As of May 2026: Designed and implemented SAVE under Biden, then agreed under Trump to dismantle it via settlement.
Biden sold the SAVE plan as a fix for millions facing a broken student loan system: smaller payments, faster forgiveness, and protection from ballooning interest.
Updated May 10
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