"Financial aid was being disbursed, student loans were being serviced, all those things. So there probably won't be an immediate significant shift," he said."
"It will, of course, be important for [grant] programs who have not been able to contact program officers with concerns or questions to have staff now available to them again. But that's probably the biggest thing."
The House approved a legislative package in a 222-209 vote and the president signed it into law, ending the federal government's longest shutdown. The package funds the Department of Veterans Affairs, military construction, the Department of Agriculture, SNAP and Congress through the end of the fiscal year. The Department of Education and most other agencies receive funding only until Jan. 30 under a continuing resolution that largely maintains prior-year funding levels. Many Education Department staff continued working through October and November, so colleges and universities should see little immediate operational change. Grant program contacts and backlogged education benefits for service members will require time to resolve. The bill also includes a compromise to reverse recent federal layoffs, though implementation remains uncertain.
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