[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":661},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pillar-news":3},[4,212,301,486,573],{"id":5,"title":6,"author":7,"body":10,"description":179,"extension":180,"meta":181,"navigation":182,"path":183,"pillar":184,"pinned":185,"productTieIn":164,"publishedDate":186,"readTime":187,"seo":188,"sources":189,"stem":202,"tags":203,"updatedDate":210,"__hash__":211},"library\u002Flibrary\u002Fnews\u002Fnon-domiciled-cdl-rule-enrollment.md","The Non-Domiciled CDL Rule: What Schools Must Check at Enrollment",{"name":8,"role":9},"DriverTrack Compliance Desk","Editorial",{"type":11,"value":12,"toc":167},"minimark",[13,17,20,25,54,57,61,72,79,82,86,89,110,115,132,136,139,145,151,155,158],[14,15,16],"p",{},"A student walks in, ready to pay for your Class A program. They are work-authorized, they have an Employment Authorization Document, and a year ago that was the end of the conversation. Under FMCSA's non-domiciled CDL rule, it no longer is — because if their immigration status does not fit the new rule's narrow categories, no state can issue them the CLP or CDL your program leads to.",[14,18,19],{},"For school operators, this is now an enrollment-screening problem. Tuition collected from a student who cannot legally be licensed is a refund dispute waiting to happen, and possibly worse. Here is the rule, the timeline, and what to check before you take a deposit.",[21,22,24],"h2",{"id":23},"the-timeline-a-rule-that-took-three-tries-to-land","The Timeline: A Rule That Took Three Tries to Land",[26,27,28,36,42,48],"ul",{},[29,30,31,35],"li",{},[32,33,34],"strong",{},"September 29, 2025"," — FMCSA issued an interim final rule (IFR) restricting non-domiciled CLP and CDL issuance, effective immediately and without notice-and-comment.",[29,37,38,41],{},[32,39,40],{},"November 13, 2025"," — the D.C. Circuit stayed the IFR, faulting the process, and states largely reverted to prior practice.",[29,43,44,47],{},[32,45,46],{},"February 13, 2026"," — FMCSA published a final rule, \"Restoring Integrity to the Issuance of Non-Domiciled Commercial Driver's Licenses,\" Federal Register Doc. 2026-02965, this time through a completed rulemaking.",[29,49,50,53],{},[32,51,52],{},"March 16, 2026"," — the final rule took effect.",[14,55,56],{},"Litigation did not end with publication. Challenges to the final rule remain active, and as of this writing the rule is in effect but its long-term shape is not guaranteed. Screen to the rule as it stands today; be ready to update your process if a court moves.",[21,58,60],{"id":59},"what-actually-changed","What Actually Changed",[14,62,63,64,67,68,71],{},"Under the final rule, a state may issue a ",[32,65,66],{},"non-domiciled CLP or CDL"," only to applicants in specific employment-based immigration statuses — ",[32,69,70],{},"H-2A (agricultural workers), H-2B (non-agricultural temporary workers), or E-2 (treaty investors)"," — per the rule text and FMCSA's published FAQs.",[14,73,74,75,78],{},"The practical earthquake is what no longer works: ",[32,76,77],{},"an Employment Authorization Document (EAD), by itself, is no longer sufficient."," Before this rule, states commonly issued non-domiciled CDLs to asylum applicants, parolees, and other EAD holders. Those applicants are now outside the eligible categories, regardless of the fact that they remain legally authorized to work in the United States. Work authorization and licensing eligibility have been decoupled — a distinction many prospective students will not know until someone tells them.",[14,80,81],{},"The rule targets non-domiciled credentials. U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents obtain standard domiciled CDLs and are not the subject of these restrictions.",[21,83,85],{"id":84},"what-schools-must-check-at-enrollment","What Schools Must Check at Enrollment",[14,87,88],{},"You are not a DMV, and you should not play immigration adjudicator. But you are the last checkpoint before a student spends thousands of dollars on training that leads to a licensing counter. Three changes to make now:",[90,91,92,98,104],"ol",{},[29,93,94,97],{},[32,95,96],{},"Add a licensing-eligibility screen before accepting tuition."," For any applicant who is not a citizen or permanent resident, document their status category and confirm it maps to H-2A, H-2B, or E-2 before enrollment. An EAD alone should trigger a hard stop and a referral to the state licensing agency for a definitive answer — get that answer in writing where possible.",[29,99,100,103],{},[32,101,102],{},"Review your refund policy for licensing-ineligibility exposure."," If a student completes training and is then refused a CLP, expect a demand for their money back — and expect regulators and courts to be unsympathetic if your intake process never asked the question. Add explicit enrollment-agreement language covering licensing eligibility, who verified what, and how refunds work if state licensing is denied.",[29,105,106,109],{},[32,107,108],{},"Check your state's implementation — then check your neighbors'."," States are applying the federal rule through their own DMV procedures, and document lists and interpretations vary. If you draw students across state lines, the licensing state's practice is the one that matters, not yours.",[111,112,114],"h3",{"id":113},"a-quick-intake-checklist","A quick intake checklist",[26,116,117,120,123,126,129],{},[29,118,119],{},"Citizenship \u002F permanent residency confirmed? If yes, standard process.",[29,121,122],{},"If non-domiciled: status is H-2A, H-2B, or E-2, with documentation?",[29,124,125],{},"EAD-only applicant? Do not enroll on tuition until the licensing state confirms eligibility in writing.",[29,127,128],{},"Enrollment agreement includes licensing-eligibility and refund language?",[29,130,131],{},"Status expiration date noted — will it outlast the training program and testing window?",[21,133,135],{"id":134},"the-wider-context-elp-and-dalilahs-law","The Wider Context: ELP and Dalilah's Law",[14,137,138],{},"The non-domiciled rule is one piece of a broader enforcement turn.",[14,140,141,144],{},[32,142,143],{},"English language proficiency is now an out-of-service issue."," Since June 25, 2025, per CVSA, ELP violations are part of the roadside out-of-service criteria — a driver who cannot demonstrate sufficient English can be placed out of service on the spot. For schools, that makes English capability a fitness-for-occupation question, not just a classroom logistics question. Screening and preparing students for ELP expectations is now part of doing right by them.",[14,146,147,150],{},[32,148,149],{},"Dalilah's Law is pending — not law."," The bill passed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 35-26 on March 18, 2026. As drafted, it would codify citizenship and visa-status limits on CDL issuance, require English-only testing, and mandate state audits backed by highway-fund penalties. It has not passed either chamber and may change substantially or die. Do not build policy on it — but do watch it, because codification would make the current restrictions much harder for any future administration or court to unwind.",[21,152,154],{"id":153},"the-bottom-line-for-operators","The Bottom Line for Operators",[14,156,157],{},"The days of \"if they can pay and they can drive, enroll them\" ended in March 2026. Every non-citizen applicant now needs a documented eligibility check before you take their money, your enrollment agreement needs refund language that anticipates licensing denial, and your front office needs to know that an EAD is no longer a green light. The rule may yet shift in court — but the schools that get burned in the meantime will be the ones that never updated their intake forms.",[14,159,160,161,166],{},"DriverTrack's ",[162,163,165],"a",{"href":164},"\u002Fplatform\u002Fenrollment","enrollment module"," builds these checks into intake, with document tracking, status-category fields, and enrollment-agreement records tied to each student file.",{"title":168,"searchDepth":169,"depth":169,"links":170},"",2,[171,172,173,177,178],{"id":23,"depth":169,"text":24},{"id":59,"depth":169,"text":60},{"id":84,"depth":169,"text":85,"children":174},[175],{"id":113,"depth":176,"text":114},3,{"id":134,"depth":169,"text":135},{"id":153,"depth":169,"text":154},"FMCSA's non-domiciled CDL rule took effect March 16, 2026. What schools must verify before enrolling, refund policy exposure, and the litigation outlook.","md",{},true,"\u002Flibrary\u002Fnews\u002Fnon-domiciled-cdl-rule-enrollment","news",false,"2026-07-19",7,{"title":6,"description":179},[190,193,196,199],{"label":191,"url":192},"Final rule, Federal Register Doc. 2026-02965 (Feb. 13, 2026)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.federalregister.gov\u002Fdocuments\u002F2026\u002F02\u002F13\u002F2026-02965\u002Frestoring-integrity-to-the-issuance-of-non-domiciled-commercial-drivers-licenses-cdl",{"label":194,"url":195},"FMCSA Non-Domiciled CDL 2026 Final Rule FAQs","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fmcsa.dot.gov\u002Fregulations\u002Fnon-domiciled-cdl-2026-final-rule-faqs",{"label":197,"url":198},"CVSA: English Language Proficiency out-of-service criteria (June 25, 2025)","https:\u002F\u002Fcvsa.org\u002Fnews\u002Felp-oosc-06252025\u002F",{"label":200,"url":201},"FreightWaves: What's actually in Dalilah's Law","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.freightwaves.com\u002Fnews\u002Fdalilahs-law-is-moving-through-congress-here-is-everything-that-is-actually-in-it-everything-that-was-promised-but-is-not-and-the-parts-nobody-is-talking-about","library\u002Fnews\u002Fnon-domiciled-cdl-rule-enrollment",[204,205,206,207,208,209],"non-domiciled-cdl","fmcsa","enrollment","eldt","elp","immigration",null,"aXj0RZhjPDZnWmek7T2uyXLz2n4YvRScGYPSSHQgGYg",{"id":213,"title":214,"author":215,"body":216,"description":284,"extension":180,"meta":285,"navigation":182,"path":286,"pillar":184,"pinned":185,"productTieIn":287,"publishedDate":186,"readTime":288,"seo":289,"sources":290,"stem":294,"tags":295,"updatedDate":210,"__hash__":300},"library\u002Flibrary\u002Fnews\u002Fowner-operator-placement-blind-spot.md","The Owner-Operator Blind Spot: 1099 Graduates and Your Workforce Pell Placement Rate",{"name":8,"role":9},{"type":11,"value":217,"toc":280},[218,222,237,240,244,264],[21,219,221],{"id":220},"the-issue","The issue",[14,223,224,225,228,229,232,233,236],{},"The Workforce Pell placement rate is measured under 34 CFR 690.94: whether a completer is\n",[32,226,227],{},"employed during the second calendar quarter after exit",", verified against ",[32,230,231],{},"state\nadministrative data — typically UI wage records",". That verification source has a\ntrucking-shaped hole in it: ",[32,234,235],{},"1099 owner-operators and lease drivers often don't appear in\nUI wage records at all",", because nobody is paying unemployment insurance on them.",[14,238,239],{},"For most program categories this is an edge case. For CDL training it is structural: a\nmeaningful share of graduates go independent within months, and every one of them is a\nreal placement your state's data match may score as \"not found.\" A program placing 85% of\ncompleters could post a verified rate below 70% purely on data-source mechanics — and\nbelow 70% means losing program eligibility with a two-year bar on reinstatement.",[21,241,243],{"id":242},"what-to-do","What to do",[90,245,246,252,258],{},[29,247,248,251],{},[32,249,250],{},"Raise it with your state now, before your first certification cycle."," Governors set\nthe verification methodology through award year 2028–29 — the time to ask \"how will you\ncount 1099 drivers?\" is before the process hardens, not after your rate posts low.",[29,253,254,257],{},[32,255,256],{},"Capture destination at graduation",": carrier or entity name, start date, occupation\nand SOC code, and employment type (W-2 vs 1099). \"Got a job\" is not a data point.",[29,259,260,263],{},[32,261,262],{},"Keep supplemental evidence"," for independent drivers: lease agreements, operating\nauthority, settlement statements — whatever your state will accept as employment\nverification outside wage records.",[14,265,266,267,273,274,279],{},"The full verification playbook is at our companion handbook:\n",[162,268,272],{"href":269,"rel":270},"https:\u002F\u002Fpellcompliance.com\u002Flibrary\u002Fdata-playbooks\u002Fverifying-employment-outcomes",[271],"nofollow","verifying employment outcomes",",\nwith the quarter-timing mechanics in the\n",[162,275,278],{"href":276,"rel":277},"https:\u002F\u002Fpellcompliance.com\u002Flibrary\u002Fworkforce-pell\u002Fjob-placement-rate-calculation",[271],"placement rate calculation guide",".",{"title":168,"searchDepth":169,"depth":169,"links":281},[282,283],{"id":220,"depth":169,"text":221},{"id":242,"depth":169,"text":243},"UI wage records drive the 70\u002F70 placement rate — and 1099 owner-operators may not appear in them. Why trucking programs face a structural gap, and what to do now.",{},"\u002Flibrary\u002Fnews\u002Fowner-operator-placement-blind-spot","\u002Fplatform\u002Ftpr-reporting",5,{"title":214,"description":284},[291],{"label":292,"url":293},"Final rule, Federal Register 91 FR 29254 (34 CFR 690.94)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.federalregister.gov\u002Fdocuments\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F19\u002F2026-10013\u002Faccountability-in-higher-education-and-access-through-demand-driven-workforce-pell-pell-grant","library\u002Fnews\u002Fowner-operator-placement-blind-spot",[296,297,298,299],"workforce-pell","70-70-rule","placement","owner-operator","gYdJLL92dNeSCGEnr6cN1XVFGJpCoMTCtP1loKGFCSI",{"id":302,"title":303,"author":304,"body":305,"description":463,"extension":180,"meta":464,"navigation":182,"path":465,"pillar":184,"pinned":182,"productTieIn":287,"publishedDate":186,"readTime":466,"seo":467,"sources":468,"stem":480,"tags":481,"updatedDate":210,"__hash__":485},"library\u002Flibrary\u002Fnews\u002Ftpr-enforcement-tracker.md","TPR Enforcement Tracker",{"name":8,"role":9},{"type":11,"value":306,"toc":456},[307,310,313,322,326,332,338,344,348,353,358,363,367,372,377,382,386,393,396,400,403,447,450],[14,308,309],{},"This page is a running log of FMCSA enforcement actions against Training Provider Registry (TPR) listings. Since late 2025, FMCSA has moved from passive self-certification to active enforcement — purging providers, auditing in person, and issuing noncompliance notices at a scale the ELDT era has never seen. We update this page as FMCSA acts.",[14,311,312],{},"Entries run newest first. Each covers what happened, what it means for schools, and one action to take. Where figures come from trade press or association reporting rather than FMCSA directly, we say so.",[14,314,315,316,321],{},"For the authoritative record of who has actually been removed, there is exactly one source: ",[162,317,320],{"href":318,"rel":319},"https:\u002F\u002Ftpr.fmcsa.dot.gov\u002Fprovider\u002Fremoved",[271],"FMCSA's removed-providers page",". Bookmark it. Check it before you accept a transfer student's theory certificate from another provider.",[21,323,325],{"id":324},"february-2026-nationwide-on-site-enforcement-sweep","February 2026 — Nationwide On-Site Enforcement Sweep",[14,327,328,331],{},[32,329,330],{},"What happened:"," As reported by trade press and AAMVA, FMCSA deployed more than 300 investigators in a coordinated national sweep, completing 1,426 on-site inspections in five days and issuing roughly 550 noncompliance notices with a 30-day cure window. Reported violation patterns included instructors without CDLs, programs with no genuine behind-the-wheel training, falsified records, and 2-to-7-day \"programs.\"",[14,333,334,337],{},[32,335,336],{},"What it means for schools:"," The sweep answered the open question of whether FMCSA would ever show up in person at scale. It did — at more than a thousand doors in a week. Roughly a third of inspected providers reportedly drew notices, which means \"we're listed, we're fine\" is dead as a compliance posture. Note also the cure mechanics: a 30-day window is generous only if your records are already organized enough to respond inside it.",[14,339,340,343],{},[32,341,342],{},"Action item:"," Run an internal self-audit against 49 CFR Part 380 subpart G today — instructor files (CDLs, qualification records), BTW hour logs per student, vehicle and facility documentation, and curriculum mapping to appendices A-E. If a notice arrived tomorrow, could you assemble your response in a week, not thirty days?",[21,345,347],{"id":346},"december-2025-in-person-audit-campaign-1500-providers","December 2025 — In-Person Audit Campaign (~1,500 Providers)",[14,349,350,352],{},[32,351,330],{}," FMCSA conducted in-person audits of roughly 1,500 training providers — the agency's first large-scale physical audit campaign since the TPR launched in 2022, and the proving run for the February sweep that followed.",[14,354,355,357],{},[32,356,336],{}," The December audits established the playbook: verify that what providers self-certified actually exists — real instructors, real trucks, real range time, real records. Providers selected were not necessarily suspected of anything; presence on the registry was exposure enough. Every school should now assume it is in the audit pool permanently.",[14,359,360,362],{},[32,361,342],{}," Build an \"audit binder\" (physical or digital) that a front-desk employee could hand an investigator: TPR registration, instructor qualification files, curriculum documents, sample training records, and your recordkeeping index per § 380.725. The schools that struggled were not the noncompliant ones — they were the compliant ones who couldn't prove it quickly.",[21,364,366],{"id":365},"novemberdecember-2025-biennial-self-certification-purge-3000-removed","November–December 2025 — Biennial Self-Certification Purge (~3,000 Removed)",[14,368,369,371],{},[32,370,330],{}," FMCSA removed approximately 3,000 providers from the TPR for failing to complete the required biennial self-certification, with roughly 4,000 more placed on notice — the largest purge in the registry's history, per AAMVA and association reporting.",[14,373,374,376],{},[32,375,336],{}," Removal for a missed administrative filing is now real, and the consequences run downstream: a removed provider cannot submit training certifications, which means its students cannot test. Certificates for training completed before a removal generally stand, but training dated after removal or suspension does not count — a distinction that matters enormously if you accept theory completions from third-party providers.",[14,378,379,381],{},[32,380,342],{}," Put your biennial self-certification date on a calendar with two owners and a 90-day advance reminder. Then check the removed-providers list for any partner provider whose theory or BTW certifications you rely on.",[21,383,385],{"id":384},"running-total-where-enforcement-stands","Running Total — Where Enforcement Stands",[14,387,388,389,392],{},"Directionally, by February 2026 the combined actions above put ",[32,390,391],{},"more than 7,000 providers removed or formally warned"," since enforcement began in earnest in late 2025. Against a registry that listed over 21,000 providers at its peak, that is a material culling — and industry groups including CVTA and NAPFTDS lobbied for it. Legitimate schools wanted the mills gone. The competitive upside is real: every removed provider's would-be students still need training, and compliance is now a moat rather than overhead.",[14,394,395],{},"FMCSA has also signaled interest in rulemaking that could replace simple self-certification with ongoing compliance requirements. Nothing is final, but the direction of travel is one-way: more verification, less attestation.",[21,397,399],{"id":398},"how-to-stay-off-this-list","How to Stay Off This List",[14,401,402],{},"The standing checklist, in order of what enforcement has actually targeted:",[90,404,405,411,417,423,429,435,441],{},[29,406,407,410],{},[32,408,409],{},"Instructors:"," every instructor meets § 380.713 qualifications, with CDL and experience documentation on file.",[29,412,413,416],{},[32,414,415],{},"Real BTW training:"," logged range and public-road hours per student, signed by the instructor, retained per § 380.725.",[29,418,419,422],{},[32,420,421],{},"Truthful records:"," no backdating, no template-filled certificates, no certifying training that did not happen — falsification is the fastest route to removal and worse.",[29,424,425,428],{},[32,426,427],{},"Curriculum coverage:"," theory and BTW materials mapped to the applicable Part 380 appendices (A-E), including your 80%-threshold theory assessments.",[29,430,431,434],{},[32,432,433],{},"Two-business-day submissions:"," training certifications transmitted to the TPR by midnight of the second business day after completion (§ 380.717), every time.",[29,436,437,440],{},[32,438,439],{},"Biennial self-certification:"," filed on time, tracked by more than one person.",[29,442,443,446],{},[32,444,445],{},"State licensing:"," your state authority to operate is current — federal listing does not cure a lapsed state license.",[14,448,449],{},"Work through each item systematically and you have effectively rebuilt the TPR compliance checklist every audited school wishes it had — keep it current, not just complete.",[14,451,160,452,455],{},[162,453,454],{"href":287},"TPR reporting module"," handles the recurring pieces automatically: two-day certification submissions, BTW hour logs tied to each student record, and audit-ready instructor and curriculum files.",{"title":168,"searchDepth":169,"depth":169,"links":457},[458,459,460,461,462],{"id":324,"depth":169,"text":325},{"id":346,"depth":169,"text":347},{"id":365,"depth":169,"text":366},{"id":384,"depth":169,"text":385},{"id":398,"depth":169,"text":399},"A running log of FMCSA Training Provider Registry enforcement actions — sweeps, audits, purges — with what each one means for CDL schools and what to do next.",{},"\u002Flibrary\u002Fnews\u002Ftpr-enforcement-tracker",6,{"title":303,"description":463},[469,471,474,477],{"label":470,"url":318},"FMCSA Training Provider Registry — removed providers list",{"label":472,"url":473},"AAMVA: FMCSA removes noncompliant training providers","https:\u002F\u002Faamva.org\u002Fpublications-news\u002Faamva-news\u002Ffmcsa-removes-noncompliant-training-providers",{"label":475,"url":476},"CVTA: FMCSA advances enforcement of the Training Provider Registry","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cvta.org\u002Fpost\u002Ffmcsa-advances-enforcement-of-the-training-provider-registry",{"label":478,"url":479},"Tank Transport: FMCSA Training Provider Registry crackdown","https:\u002F\u002Ftanktransport.com\u002F2025\u002F10\u002Ffmcsa-training-provider-registry-crckdwn\u002F","library\u002Fnews\u002Ftpr-enforcement-tracker",[482,207,205,483,484],"tpr","enforcement","audits","A64WB4tVDoRL7zxlcPuogBUgT4P2-n38oSzixQyeUJY",{"id":487,"title":488,"author":489,"body":490,"description":559,"extension":180,"meta":560,"navigation":182,"path":561,"pillar":184,"pinned":185,"productTieIn":562,"publishedDate":186,"readTime":563,"seo":564,"sources":565,"stem":568,"tags":569,"updatedDate":210,"__hash__":572},"library\u002Flibrary\u002Fnews\u002Fworkforce-pell-rule-effective-july-20.md","Workforce Pell's Final Rule Takes Effect July 20 — Check Your ECAR, Fix Your Financing Script",{"name":8,"role":9},{"type":11,"value":491,"toc":556},[492,502,506,512,526,536,543],[14,493,494,495,498,499,279],{},"The Workforce Pell final rule becomes ",[32,496,497],{},"effective July 20, 2026",". The program has been\nlive since the July 1 statutory start under ED's early-implementation permission, and the\nrule bridges the gap: ",[32,500,501],{},"institutions with qualifying programs on their ECAR between July 1\nand July 20 are presumed early implementers",[21,503,505],{"id":504},"three-checks-for-cdl-schools","Three checks for CDL schools",[14,507,508,511],{},[32,509,510],{},"1. Your ECAR."," If your program was added during the July 1–20 window, confirm the record\nis accurate — the early-implementer presumption only helps if the ECAR entry is right.",[14,513,514,517,518,521,522,525],{},[32,515,516],{},"2. Disbursement setup."," Workforce Pell awards follow regular Pell prorated for program\nlength — Pell formulas 3 or 4, ",[32,519,520],{},"at least two disbursements"," even for a 10-week program.\nThe 2026–27 maximum is $7,395 and minimum $740; ED's regulatory impact analysis pegs the\naverage Workforce Pell award near ",[32,523,524],{},"$1,710",". Budget your cash-flow expectations\naccordingly — for a $6,000 CDL program, the award is a meaningful dent, not a full ride.",[14,527,528,531,532,535],{},[32,529,530],{},"3. Your financing script."," Students in a Workforce Pell program are eligible for\n",[32,533,534],{},"Pell only — no Direct Loans or other Title IV aid"," for that program (34 CFR 690.90).\nThe gap between the award and your tuition is cash, employer sponsorship, or state\u002FWIOA\nfunding. Admissions teams should be saying that out loud on day one, not discovering it at\npackaging time.",[14,537,538,539,542],{},"One more quirk worth knowing: unlike regular Pell, ",[32,540,541],{},"bachelor's-degree holders are\neligible"," (34 CFR 690.6(f)) — career changers with degrees are squarely in the program's\ntarget population, and CDL schools see a lot of them.",[14,544,545,546,551,552,279],{},"Deeper reference: ",[162,547,550],{"href":548,"rel":549},"https:\u002F\u002Fpellcompliance.com\u002Flibrary\u002Fworkforce-pell\u002Fwhat-is-workforce-pell",[271],"what is Workforce Pell","\nat our companion handbook, and our own ",[162,553,555],{"href":554},"\u002F70-70","70\u002F70 Resource Center",{"title":168,"searchDepth":169,"depth":169,"links":557},[558],{"id":504,"depth":169,"text":505},"The final rule is effective July 20, 2026. ECAR programs added July 1–20 are presumed early implementers — and Workforce Pell students get Pell only, no loans.",{},"\u002Flibrary\u002Fnews\u002Fworkforce-pell-rule-effective-july-20","\u002Fplatform\u002Ffinancial-aid",4,{"title":488,"description":559},[566],{"label":567,"url":293},"Final rule, Federal Register 91 FR 29254 (May 19, 2026)","library\u002Fnews\u002Fworkforce-pell-rule-effective-july-20",[296,297,570,571],"financial-aid","deadlines","01F-PPEfLv5pIdiuWJuNo0PBhd2il5slb28AUaTovOI",{"id":574,"title":575,"author":576,"body":577,"description":647,"extension":180,"meta":648,"navigation":182,"path":649,"pillar":184,"pinned":185,"productTieIn":562,"publishedDate":650,"readTime":563,"seo":651,"sources":652,"stem":657,"tags":658,"updatedDate":210,"__hash__":660},"library\u002Flibrary\u002Fnews\u002Fworkforce-pell-certification-form-live.md","The Workforce Pell Certification Form Is Live — What CDL Schools Should Send Their Governor",{"name":8,"role":9},{"type":11,"value":578,"toc":643},[579,586,590,593,613,617,628],[14,580,581,582,585],{},"Award year 2026–27 opened July 1, and FSA marked the occasion by publishing the ",[32,583,584],{},"State\nWorkforce Pell Program Certification form"," (Electronic Announcement GENERAL-26-44). This\nis the document your governor's process completes for each approved program — program name,\nsix-digit CIP code, the SOC codes it trains toward, and the approval date — before it goes\nto ED via the E-App.",[21,587,589],{"id":588},"what-your-state-will-want-from-you","What your state will want from you",[14,591,592],{},"States are standing up intake processes at different speeds, but the certification draws on\nthe same substance everywhere:",[26,594,595,601,607],{},[29,596,597,600],{},[32,598,599],{},"Program identity",": name, CIP (49.0205 for most tractor-trailer programs), target SOC\ncodes (53-3032 heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, plus any specialized codes).",[29,602,603,606],{},[32,604,605],{},"Length in both units",": weeks of instruction AND clock hours. 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