Education

On August 11, 2025, Feldesman Partners Mindy B. Pava and Ted Waters will present on the rapidly changing federal grants and enforcement landscape at the National Council of University Research Administrators’ (NCURA) [...]

DOJ Provides Guidance to Federal Funding Recipients on Unlawful Discrimination In an effort to eliminate the ambiguity over what constitutes “illegal DEI” or “unlawful discrimination,” the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued [...]

See the latest Client Alert from August 13, 2025 here. Government Agrees to Pause Implementation of its New Interpretation of “Federal public benefit” in Certain States Until September 2025 In additional litigation [...]

See the latest Client Alert from August 13, 2025 here. A federal court filing this week shed some light on recent revisions to the Government’s interpretation of “Federal public benefit” in Title [...]

In emphasizing its heightened focus on the disclosure of all potential conflicts of interest—especially the disclosure of “Other Support” such as outside or foreign funding and in-kind contributions —the National Institutes of [...]

Joining the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the departments of Agriculture and Education released updated interpretations of the term “federal public benefit” as used in the Personal Responsibility and [...]

Updated on July 21, 2025 ****** On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a significant policy change by issuing a notice (0991-ZA57) setting forth [...]

Feldesman Managing Partner Ted Waters was quoted in an article by ESEA Now, an online publication providing news, resources, and insights on federal education policies, funding, and Title I issues impacting K-12 [...]

Feldesman’s Managing Partner, Ted Waters, along with Partner Nicole M. Bacon, are slated to host a pre-conference session at the 2024 National Head Start Conference. The Conference is scheduled from April 15 [...]

The Biden administration plans to initiate rulemaking requiring all Head Start and Early Head Start teachers and staff to receive COVID-19 vaccination in an effort to allow schools to open safely. The [...]