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National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2025-01459
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-22
Agency: Department of Education
This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions to access or participate in the February 19-20, 2025 meeting of NACIQI, and provides information to members of the public regarding the meeting, including requesting to make written or oral comments. Committee members will meet in-person while accrediting agency representatives and public attendees will participate virtually.
Technical Assistance on State Data Collection-National Technical Assistance Center To Improve State Capacity To Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Part B and Part C Fiscal Data
Document Number: 2025-00985
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-01-21
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) proposes a priority for a National Technical Assistance Center to Improve State Capacity to Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Part B and Part C Fiscal Data Center (Fiscal Data Center) under the Technical Assistance on State Data Collection program. The Department may use this priority for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and later years. We take this action to focus attention on an identified national need to provide technical assistance (TA) to improve the capacity of States to meet the fiscal data collection requirements under Part B and Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This Fiscal Data Center will support States in collecting, reporting, and determining how to best analyze and use their IDEA Part B and Part C fiscal data to establish and meet high expectations for each child with a disability and will customize its TA to meet each State's specific needs.
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training Program
Document Number: 2025-00268
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-01-21
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) proposes priorities and requirements under the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training (RLTT) program with a focus on the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) and six rehabilitation topic areas. The Department may use these priorities and requirements for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and later years. This action is intended to address the national needs for the RLTT program, particularly the retention of qualified vocational rehabilitation (VR) personnel in the field of State VR services and the training of RSA scholars who aspire to become VR professionals and will fill critical VR positions where there are shortages.
Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
Document Number: 2025-01419
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-21
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) issues these final regulations to adjust the Department's civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for inflation. This adjustment is required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act), which amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Inflation Adjustment Act). These final regulations provide the 2025 annual inflation adjustments being made to the penalty amounts in the Department's final regulations published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2024 (2024 final rule).
Application for New Awards; Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)-Grants to State Entities (State Entity)
Document Number: 2025-01380
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-21
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for CSP Grants to State Entities.
Applications for New Awards; Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)-Grants to Charter Management Organizations for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO Grants)
Document Number: 2025-01379
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-21
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for CSP CMO Grants.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection
Document Number: 2025-01058
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-16
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Application of the Revised Version of the Uniform Guidance to Department Grants
Document Number: 2025-01050
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-16
Agency: Department of Education
The Secretary announces updates to awardees' Grant Award Notices (GANs) to apply the 2024 revision of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, And Audit Requirements for Federal Awards the Uniform Guidance to all Department grants that are subject to the Uniform Guidance.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; School Pulse Panel 2025-26 Data Collection Activities
Document Number: 2025-00781
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-15
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Best Interest Determination-Prison Education Program
Document Number: 2025-00705
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-15
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
Income-Contingent Repayment Plan Options
Document Number: 2025-00724
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-15
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) adopts as final, without changes, the interim final rule published in the Federal Register on November 15, 2024. This final rule amends the regulations governing income-contingent repayment plans available to Federal student loan borrowers to satisfy the Department's statutory obligation under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, (HEA) to offer borrowers access to an income-contingent repayment plan. The scope of this rule is narrow. It revises the last date for most borrowers to enroll in the Income-Contingent Repayment or Pay As You Earn plans from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2027. Changing the eligibility restrictions that went into effect on July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2027, allows the Department to meet its statutory obligations while it undertakes the necessary administrative changes to make its repayment plans compliant with the terms of an injunction pending appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Eighth Circuit).
Applications for New Awards; Technical Assistance and Dissemination To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities and Demonstration and Training Programs-National Technical Assistance Center on Transition for Students and Youth With Disabilities
Document Number: 2025-00691
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-15
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for National Technical Assistance Center on Transition for Students and Youth With Disabilities.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Student Assistance General Provisions-Annual Fire Safety Report
Document Number: 2025-00682
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-15
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Applications for New Awards; Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind-Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind Training and Technical Assistance
Document Number: 2025-00533
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-14
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind ProgramIndependent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind (OIB) Training and Technical Assistance.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; District Survey on Use of Funds Under Title II, Part A
Document Number: 2025-00527
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-14
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Evaluation of the Pathways to Partnerships Program (84.421E)
Document Number: 2025-00569
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-14
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Borrower Defense to Loan Repayment Universal Forms
Document Number: 2025-00359
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-14
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Amendments to Definitions and Related Provisions Under the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility Program
Document Number: 2025-00124
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2025-01-10
Agency: Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) proposes to amend certain definitions and add a new definition in the Randolph- Sheppard Act (R-S Act) regulations to clarify statutory requirements and make other conforming changes necessary for Federal agencies, States, and non-governmental stakeholders to better implement the R-S Act, thereby allowing the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facilities Program (RSVFP) to evolve with technology and ever-changing customer demand.
Applications for New Awards; Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) Fellowship Program
Document Number: 2024-30920
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-08
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications (NIA) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad (FRA) Fellowship Program.
Applications for New Awards; Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Education Program (NHCTEP)
Document Number: 2025-00209
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-08
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Education Program (NHCTEP).
Applications for New Awards; Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP)
Document Number: 2025-00097
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-07
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Evaluation of Teacher Residencies: District Perspective
Document Number: 2025-00010
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-07
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
Program Integrity and Institutional Quality: Distance Education and Return of Title IV, HEA Funds
Document Number: 2024-31031
Type: Rule
Date: 2025-01-03
Agency: Department of Education
The Secretary amends the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations governing participation in the student financial assistance programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to promote program integrity and institutional quality. These regulations clarify, update, and consolidate certain provisions that apply to distance education and the return of title IV, HEA funds. They also make technical changes to the TRIO program regulations to reflect the current status of the Republic of Palau as a member of the Freely Associated States. This document provides notice that the Department fully closes out the Program Integrity and Institutional Quality: Distance Education and Return of Title IV, HEA Funds notice of proposed rulemaking. That is, we will not be finalizing the remainder of the Federal TRIO program provisions but may promulgate through future rulemaking efforts.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 2024-31452
Type: Notice
Date: 2025-01-02
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the U.S. Department of Education (Department) publishes this notice of a modified system of records titled "Enterprise Data Management and Analytics Platform Services (EDMAPS)" (18-11-22). The EDMAPS system is a data analytics platform that ingests data from multiple Federal Student Aid (FSA) systems of records to perform big- data analytics on FSA data in one common location, produce reports and statistical models, and serve as a centralized repository of information about FSA customers across the full student aid life cycle.
Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment: Earnings Thresholds for Calculation Year 2024
Document Number: 2024-31271
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-31
Agency: Department of Education
The Secretary announces the annual earnings thresholds used to calculate the earnings premium (EP) measure as part of the Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment (FVT/GE) regulations.
Improving Income Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program; Correction
Document Number: 2024-31217
Type: Rule
Date: 2024-12-31
Agency: Department of Education
On July 10, 2023, the Department of Education (Department) published in the Federal Register final regulations amending regulations related to income-driven repayment. This document corrects a technical error in the regulations. This document does not contain any substantive changes to the regulations.
Student Debt Relief for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loans), the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins) Program, and the Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program; Withdrawal
Document Number: 2024-30606
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-26
Agency: Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that, under the Secretary's authority to waive repayment of a loan provided by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), proposed to do the following: amend regulations regarding waiver of certain student loan debts; provide targeted debt relief as part of efforts to address the burden of student loan debt; and modify the Department's existing debt collection regulations to provide greater specificity regarding certain non- exhaustive situations in which the Secretary may exercise discretion to waive all or part of any debts owed to the Department.
Student Debt Relief Based on Hardship for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loans), the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins) Program, and the Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program; Withdrawal
Document Number: 2024-30605
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-26
Agency: Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that, under the Secretary's authority to waive repayment of a loan provided by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), proposed to specify the Secretary's authority to waive all or part of any student loan debts owed to the Department based on the Secretary's determination that a borrower has experienced or is experiencing hardship related to such a loan.
Direct Grant Programs, State-Administered Formula Grant Programs; Withdrawal
Document Number: 2024-30923
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-26
Agency: Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking to rescind regulations related to religious student organizations at certain public institutions of higher education (IHEs). The proposed regulations would have applied to public IHEs that receive a direct grant from the Department or a subgrant from a State-administered formula grant program of the Department.
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance: Sex-Related Eligibility Criteria for Male and Female Athletic Teams; Withdrawal
Document Number: 2024-30921
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-26
Agency: Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is withdrawing the notice of proposed rulemaking entitled "Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance: Sex-Related Eligibility Criteria for Male and Female Athletic Teams" published in the Federal Register on April 13, 2023. The proposed rule would have amended the regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX).
Program Integrity and Institutional Quality: State Authorization, Cash Management, Accreditation and Related Issues
Document Number: 2024-30919
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-26
Agency: Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announces the termination of the negotiated rulemaking process for three Program Integrity and Institutional Quality issues that were undertaken as part of a larger negotiated rulemaking process for Federal programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA): State Authorization, Cash Management, Accreditation and Related Issues (Accreditation).
Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs
Document Number: 2024-30488
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-23
Agency: Department of Education
On December 7, 2022, the Department of Education (Department) published a revised set of common instructions for applicants seeking funds under a Department discretionary grant competition. In this notice, the Department is publishing a revised version of the common instructions that supersedes the version published on December 7, 2022.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Income Based Repayment-Notifications
Document Number: 2024-30436
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-20
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Applications for New Awards; Education Research and Development Center Program
Document Number: 2024-30435
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-20
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Education Research and Development Center Program.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09)-Third Follow-Up
Document Number: 2024-30262
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-19
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a reinstatement with change of a previously approved information collection request (ICR).
Proposed Priority and Requirements-Innovative Rehabilitation Training Program
Document Number: 2024-29996
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2024-12-18
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) proposes a priority and requirements under the Innovative Rehabilitation Training program, Assistance Listing Number 84.263G. The Department may use the proposed priority and requirements for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and later years. We take this action to promote the development of innovative and improved methods of training on promising vocational rehabilitation (VR) counseling, engagement, and service delivery strategies and practices to State VR agency personnel or other public or non-profit rehabilitation professionals and paraprofessionals (including those enrolled in master's or bachelor's level rehabilitation programs) to provide quality VR and supported employment services that lead to quality employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Private School Universe Survey (PSS) 2025-26 and 2027-28 Data Collections, and 2027-28 PSS Frame Development Activities
Document Number: 2024-29634
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-17
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Special Education Parent Information Centers-Parent Training and Information Centers
Document Number: 2024-29530
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-16
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for Special Education Parent Information CentersParent Training and Information Centers (PTIs).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application for Grants Under the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act 2019 Programs (1894-0001)
Document Number: 2024-29548
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-16
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest: Teacher Preparation Program Completion: What Factors Play a Role?
Document Number: 2024-29563
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-16
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; School Pulse Panel 2024-25 Data Collection
Document Number: 2024-29389
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-13
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Tests Determined To Be Suitable for Use in the National Reporting System for Adult Education
Document Number: 2024-29300
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-12
Agency: Department of Education
The Secretary announces that a test with National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) approval expiring on February 5, 2025, may continue to be used by States and local eligible providers during a sunset period ending on June 30, 2025.
President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Document Number: 2024-28944
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Department of Education
This notice sets forth the agenda for the final meeting of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Board) under the Biden Administration and provides information to members of the public about how to attend the meeting, request to make oral comments at the meeting, and submit written comments pertaining to the work of the Board.
National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity
Document Number: 2024-28979
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-10
Agency: Department of Education
This notice lists the members of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI). This notice is required under section 114(e)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA): Interest Rate Limitation Request
Document Number: 2024-28574
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-06
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Applications for New Awards; State Personnel Development Grants
Document Number: 2024-28237
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-03
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the State Personnel Development Grants (SPDG) program.
Extension of the Application Deadline Date; Applications for New Awards; Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program
Document Number: 2024-28290
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-03
Agency: Department of Education
On October 30, 2024, the Department of Education issued a notice inviting applications (NIA) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program. The NIA established a deadline date of January 15, 2025, for the transmittal of applications. This extension notice extends the deadline for the transmittal of applications to January 29, 2025.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
Document Number: 2024-28326
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-03
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act State Plan Guide
Document Number: 2024-28204
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-12-02
Agency: Department of Education
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
Applications for New Awards; Office of Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies
Document Number: 2024-27532
Type: Notice
Date: 2024-11-25
Agency: Department of Education
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for Office of Indian Education (OIE) Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies (Formula Grants).
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