Press Releases 
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July 26, 2023
Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolved a compliance review of the Garland Independent School District in Texas with a resolution agreement to address the district’s handling of sexual assault cases, including those involving student and staff misconduct.
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July 25, 2023
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced it will deliver $130 million in automatic relief to 7,400 students who enrolled at Colorado-based locations of CollegeAmerica between Jan. 1, 2006, and July 1, 2020. The U.S.
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July 25, 2023
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced the launch of the Unlocking Pathways Summit series, a key part of the...
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July 24, 2023
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) today released updated policy guidance, which takes immediate effect, to ensure and strengthen the rights and protections guaranteed to children with disabilities and their families under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
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July 20, 2023
The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities announces its ninth cohort of HBCU Scholars,...
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July 19, 2023
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today congratulated the 2023 President’s Education Awards Program (PEAP) recipients, recognizing hundreds of thousands of elementary, middle, and high school graduates from public and private schools across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Outlying Areas, and American military bases abroad on their educational accomplishments.
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July 18, 2023
Last week, the Department of Education began notifying impacted borrowers they were eligible for automatic loan relief
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July 14, 2023
The Department of Education (Department) today will begin notifying more than 804,000 borrowers that they have a total of $39 billion in Federal student loans that will be automatically discharged in the coming weeks. In total, the Biden-Harris Administration has approved more than $116.6 billion in student loan forgiveness for more than 3.4 million borrowers.
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July 6, 2023
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that the Rhinelander School District in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, entered into an agreement to ensure compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 when responding to harassment based on gender identity.
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June 30, 2023
No President has fought harder for student debt relief than President Biden, and he's not done yet. President Biden will not let Republican elected officials succeed in denying hardworking Americans the relief they need.