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The U.S. Department of Education announced today that it entered the final beta testing period of the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®), Beta 4, which will build on the successful results from the first three beta period.

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights today announced that Owasso Public Schools in Oklahoma entered into an agreement to remedy violations of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 with respect to sexual harassment in its schools.

On November 7, USDA and ED announced a joint agreement to strengthen college student access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten will honor representatives from over 350 National Blue Ribbon Schools at ceremonies Thursday and Friday, Nov. 7 and 8.  

Secretary Cardona joined President Biden to celebrate the first-ever White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and to announce $19 million in investments for HSIs.

On Thursday, Oct. 31, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will travel to Tucson, Arizona where he will visit Roskruge K-8 School to visit a multilingual early childhood classroom.

The U.S. Department of Education today announced the next step in its ongoing efforts to provide student debt relief—a set of proposed rules that, if finalized, would authorize loan forgiveness for approximately 8 million borrowers experiencing hardship.

Secretary Cardona highlighted the importance of authentic parent-family engagement in education, called out the use of “parents’ rights” rhetoric by some to divide school communities, and emphasized that the future of public education is at stake in a way

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will address the Power Up summit in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Oct. 23, hosted by the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans.

Secretary Cardona discusses how the Biden-Harris Administration successfully transformed the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, resulting in more than a million teachers, nurses, social workers, and other public servants qualifying for debt relief.