Final Session of ED RISE Committee Underway
Published November 03, 2025
By AACOM Government Relations
Federal Policy
Financial Aid
Higher Education
OME Advocate
- Despite the government shutdown, ED reconvened its Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) negotiated rulemaking committee this week.
- Negotiators will continue to discuss a variety of issues related to implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), P.L 110-21, including establishment of new loan limits for graduate and professional student borrowers and simplification of student loan repayment plans. The DO degree is designated as a professional degree.
- During the first session, some negotiators released a plan to add more health-related programs to the professional student definition, while ED released a proposal that keeps the professional degree list narrow.
- AACOM outlined rulemaking priorities during the first RISE session and followed up prior to the start of the new session.
- View AACOM’s summary of the first RISE session and a National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators update on the upcoming session.
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