Multiple federal student aid changes will take effect July 1, setting off immediate planning work for states, colleges, and training providers. The White House and Congress are moving to reshape loan repayment and forgiveness options while also tightening and redirecting borrower and program eligibility rules. Among the major changes highlighted by the Hechinger Report: Pell Grants will expand for the first time to cover qualifying short-term workforce training through a newly available “Workforce Pell” option. Workforce Pell will apply to programs as short as eight weeks but requires providers to demonstrate that at least 70% of students complete and secure jobs within six months at pay levels that justify the program’s cost. The policy package also includes changes to the SAVE loan repayment program and to Public Service Loan Forgiveness parameters, alongside new graduate and parent loan limits. With states left to enforce many of Workforce Pell requirements and providers rushing to meet performance thresholds, the July 1 rollout is likely to be uneven by geography and institutional readiness. As campuses and student-aid offices prepare for new repayment paths and eligibility caps, the primary operational challenge will be updating admissions and program packaging decisions quickly enough to keep students from falling into compliance gaps during the transition.