Department of Education – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Secretary of Education proposes to modify the Department of Education Acquisition Regulation (EDAR) to revise aspects of those regulations that are out-of-date or redundant with other U.S. Department of Education (Department) policies and procedures and to accurately implement the current Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Department policies.

The U.S. Department of Education's (Department's) Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) announces virtual listening sessions to receive public comments, recommendations, and suggestions to improve guidance on the incentive compensation prohibition under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), particularly with respect to bundled services. This notice sets forth the dates and times, agenda, and instructions for attending and providing live comments at the virtual listening sessions, as well as instructions for submitting written comments.

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).

The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 for the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.022A. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1840-0005.

The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2023 for the Native American and Alaska Native Children in School (NAM) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.365C. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.

The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) provides national leadership to help ensure that English learners, including immigrant children and youth, attain English proficiency and achieve academic success. Additionally, OELA is committed to preserving heritage languages and cultures and promoting opportunities for biliteracy or multiliteracy skills for all students. Through this request for information (RFI), OELA seeks public input to help the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) discover what practices are currently being used to recruit, hire, train, and retain interpreters and translators \1\ for services within early childhood through secondary educational settings.

Under the Small, Rural School Achievement (SRSA) program, Assistance Listing Number 84.358A, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) awards grants on a formula basis to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) to address the unique needs of rural school districts. In this notice, we establish the deadline and describe the application process for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 SRSA grant. This notice relates to the approved information collection under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1810-0646. All LEAs eligible for FY 2023 SRSA funds must apply electronically via the process described in this notice by the deadline listed below.

The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2023 for a Center on Dispute Resolution, Assistance Listing Number 84.326X. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1820-0028.

The National Center for Education Research (NCER), a center within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), is charged with sponsoring sustained research that will lead to the accumulation of knowledge and understanding of the key issues facing education in the 21st century. In carrying out these activities, NCER is required to support not less than 8 Research and Development Centers (R&D Centers) focused on one or more of 11 specified topics (see the list of topics included below in the Background section or see the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA)). The R&D Centers produce and disseminate rigorous evidence and products that provide practical solutions to important educational problems in the United States. They also provide national leadership in defining research and development directions within their topics. Through this request for information (RFI), NCER is soliciting public input as we seek to identify pressing questions within each of these broad topic areas that an R&D Center would be well-suited to address.

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).

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).

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 2023 annual inflation adjustments being made to the penalty amounts in the Department's final regulations published in the Federal Register on April 20, 2022 (2022 final rule).

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).

The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2023 for the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Program, Assistance Listing Numbers 84.021A and 84.021B. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1840-0792.

On January 18, 2023, the Department of Education published in the Federal Register a notice of a modified system of records (SORN) for the NCES Longitudinal, Cross-Sectional, and International Studies. We are correcting the docket ID provided in that notice. All other information in the SORN, including the February 17, 2023, deadline for public comments, remains the same.

This notice lists arbitration panel decisions under the Randolph-Sheppard Act that the Department of Education (Department) made publicly available in accessible electronic format during the fourth quarter of 2022. All decisions are available on the Department's website and by request.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).

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).

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).

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 entitled ``National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal, Cross-sectional, and International Studies,'' formerly known as ``National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Studies,'' (18-13-01). This system is used to fulfill NCES's legislative mandate to collect, report, analyze, and disseminate statistical data on the condition and progress of education in the United States and other nations at the early childhood, preschool, elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels, including data on the critical influences, contexts, and transitions of: students in elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and graduate education, and into employment and adult experiences; children at early childhood stage; homeschooled students; the general adult population; and participants in career training.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a new information collection request (ICR).

On December 19, 2022, the Department of Education published in the Federal Register a request for information regarding HEA pooled evaluation. We are correcting the docket ID provided in that notice. All other information in the request for information, including the February 17, 2023, deadline for public comments, remains the same.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a reinstatement without change of a previously approved information collection request (ICR).

This notice sets forth the agenda for the January 27, 2023, virtual meeting of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Board) 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. Notice of the meeting is required by Sec. 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), and is intended to notify the public of its opportunity to attend.