OTC Inside The Beltway: Working Through OBBBA Guidance With Blue Icon

This week on "Off the Cuff," Melanie is joined by David Page, Blue Icon's senior business development specialist, Renee Armentrout, a Blue Icon consultant, and Rachel Andersen, Cuyamaca College's director of financial aid & scholarships, to discuss how schools are sorting through the latest guidance and condensed implementation timeline for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Melanie kicks things off with an update on the Department of Education's (ED) final rule detailing changes to the federal student loan programs, and explains why the July 1 implementation timeline is putting pressure on schools – especially those with summer headers. Rachel then provides perspective from her institution, while David details the logistical and budgetary challenges that schools and vendors face.

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OTC Inside The Beltway: Working Through OBBBA Guidance With Blue Icon is an episode from NASFAA's Off the Cuff Podcast by National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

This episode is 48:52 long.

This episode was published on May 7, 2026.

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