The One Big Beautiful Bill Reaches Financial Aid Offices

The One Big Beautiful Bill Reaches Financial Aid Offices

July 8, 2026 · 1h 3m · Season 7 · Episode 158

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The episode discusses the implementation challenges of the One Big Beautiful Bill's higher education provisions with Melanie Storey.

The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) higher education provisions are effective July 1, and financial aid offices are on the front lines of putting them into practice. Melanie Storey, president and CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, joins hosts Mushtaq Gunja and Jon Fansmith to talk about the implementation challenges, from new program-level accountability requirements to the practical questions about student aid that campuses are working through. Here are some of the links and references from this week's show: "Uniform Guidance" Grantmaking Rule Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance​ Federal Register | May 28, 2026​​ https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance Summary: Office of M​anagement and Budget Government-Wide Regulations for Federal Financial Assistance ACE | June 16, 2026 https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Summary-OMB-Federal-Financial-Assistance-Regs-060226.pdf Sen. Collins Asks OMB to Withdraw Parts of Grant Rule, Extend Comment Period​ U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations | July 6, 2026…

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