The Senate education committee is getting back to work on rewriting the federal law governing higher education with a hearing this morning on ways to simplify student aid. Senators will hear from a panel of experts about "proposals to simplify the federal financial aid system to make it easier and more transparent for students," per the hearing announcement. The Senate has yet to lay out its proposal to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, and this morning's hearing could offer some clues as to what senators may end up pushing.