Department Shares Documents for RISE Committee Negotiated Rulemaking & Department Announces Wednesday Release of 2022 CDRs
Overview
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) released two vitally important notices. First, in the morning, the Department posted an Electronic Announcement (fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/electronic-announcements/2025-09-22/fy-2022-official-cohort-default-rate-distributed-sept-24-2025) on the Knowledge Center highlighting distribution of the Fiscal Year 2022 Official Cohort Default Rates (CDRs) notification package to all eligible domestic and foreign institutions of higher education. In the afternoon, non-federal negotiators selected to serve on the first of two Federal Negotiated Rulemaking Committees responsible for the development of regulations implementing provisions enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill law were provided with documents in preparation for next week’s first of two meetings beginning this month and ending in November.
Electronic Announcement – (LOANS-25-08) FY 2022 Official Cohort Default Rate Distributed Sept. 24, 2025
The EA Includes detailed information related to the distribution of the official rate and supporting data to your institution’s designated Student Aid Internet Gateway destination point administrator as well as information on the ability of your institution to appeal rates through the electronic CDR Appeals System on or after September 30, 2025.
Reimaging and Improving Student Education (RISE) Committee Session One Documents
Posted on CSPEN’s website, and likely soon on the Department’s own Negotiated Rulemaking for Higher Education 2025 (www.ed.gov/laws-and-policy/higher-education-laws-and-policy/higher-education-policy/negotiated-rulemaking-for-higher-education-2025-2026) webpage, are copies of the documents provided to the primary and alternate non-federal negotiators selected to represent the nine constituencies, the Session One (September 29-October 3) Agenda, proposed Protocols, and five (5) discussion papers. The five discussion papers and proposed regulatory texts are entitled:
* Fixed Loan Repayment Plans Provisions
* Income-Drive Repayment Plans Provisions
* Loan Limit Provisions and Definitions
* Miscellaneous Loan Repayment Provisions and Public Service Loan Forgiveness
* Loan Deferment, Forbearance, and Rehabilitation Provisions
What’s Next
CSPEN will provide the latest information on both of these important regulatory announcements on this week’s CSPEN Federal Legislative & Regulatory Update webinar, along with equally important legislative updates on the FY26 Appropriations negotiations.
