Department of Education – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Project Prevent grant program, Assistance Listing Number 84.184M. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1810- 0766.

The Department of Education (Department) announces final priorities, requirements, and a definition under the Project Prevent grant program, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.184M. We may use one or more of these priorities, requirements, and definition for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2022 and later years. These final priorities and requirements are designed to fund local educational agencies (LEAs) impacted by community violence and expand the capacity of LEAs to implement community- and school-based strategies that prevent and mitigate the impact of community violence. The Department also defines ``community violence'' for purposes of the Project Prevent grant program.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a new information collection.

The Chief Operating Officer for Federal Student Aid announces the interest rates for Federal Direct Stafford/Ford Loans (Direct Subsidized Loans), Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford/Ford Loans (Direct Unsubsidized Loans), and Federal Direct PLUS Loans (Direct PLUS Loan), Assistance Listing Number 84.268, with first disbursement dates before July 1, 2006, and for Federal Direct Consolidation Loans (Direct Consolidation Loans) for which the application was received before February 1, 1999. The rates announced in this notice are in effect for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.

This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions to access or participate in the August 24, 2022, virtual meeting of NACIE. This notice provides information about the meeting to members of the public who may be interested in attending the meeting and how to provide written comment for the meeting. Notice of this meeting is required by Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

The Department of Education (ED or Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for selection as a performance partnership pilot for fiscal year (FY) 2022 under the Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth (P3) authority. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1830-0575.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of a currently approved collection.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a new collection.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 ED is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct review of an extension of an information collection.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of a currently approved collection.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Disability Innovation FundSubminimum Wage to Competitive Integrated Employment (SWTCIE) Innovative Model Demonstration Project, Assistance Listing Number 84.421D. The Department intends to fund multiple innovative model demonstration projects to assist individuals with disabilities currently employed in, or contemplating, subminimum wage employment (i.e., SWTCIE program participants) to engage with State vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies so they may obtain competitive integrated employment (CIE). The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) recognizes that models to obtain CIE are needed for students and youth with disabilities seeking subminimum wage employment and individuals with disabilities who are employed or contemplating employment at subminimum wage by entities holding special wage certificates (employers or entities holding 14(c) certificates) under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) (``under section 14(c) certificates''). This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1820-0018.

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) issues this final notification of interpretation (NOI) in response to comments made on the NOI published in the Federal Register on February 28, 2020. That NOI became effective on the date it was issued and clarified current policy regarding the permissibility of using funds reserved for pre- employment transition services for auxiliary aids and services, and it announced a change in policy regarding the use of Federal vocational rehabilitation (VR) funds reserved for the provision of pre-employment transition services. The Department's policy expressed in this final NOI is unchanged from that in the NOI published on February 28, 2020.

The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Early Childhood Personnel Equity Center, Assistance Listing Number 84.325C. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1820-0028.

The Department of Education (Department) publishes a report to Congress, dated March 2022, identifying its Federal financial assistance programs (programs) that allow for grant funds to be used for infrastructure projects, and that also identifies those programs that are inconsistent with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (i.e., they do not require that all of the iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in the project be produced in the United States; do not issue waivers to this requirement; or are subject to waivers of general applicability).

The Department of Education (Department) proposes a priority and requirements for the Rhonda Weiss National Technical Assistance Center to Improve State Capacity to Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Data in Accessible Formats (Accessible Data Center) under the Technical Assistance on State Data Collection program, Assistance Listing Number 84.373Q. The Department may use this priority and these requirements for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2022 and thereafter. We take this action to address an identified need for national technical assistance (TA) to improve the capacity of States to meet the data collection requirements under Part B and Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This Accessible Data Center would support States in collecting, reporting, and determining how to best analyze and use their data in formats that provide equitable access and visualizations to persons with disabilities, particularly those with blindness, visual impairments, motor impairments, and intellectual disabilities. The Accessible Data Center would customize its TA to meet each State's specific needs.

This document provides notice of a new CMA between the U.S. Department of Education (Department or ED) (recipient agency) and the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) (source agency). The current 18-month CMA was recertified for an additional 12 months on April 21, 2021, and will automatically expire on April 20, 2022.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of a currently approved collection.

The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) program, Assistance Listing Number 84.016A. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1840-0796.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing an extension without change of a currently approved collection.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is proposing a revision of a currently approved collection.