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February 29, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today opened applications for the School-Based Mental Health and Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration grant competitions to help bolster the pipeline of mental health professionals serving in schools and expand student access to school-based mental health services and supports.
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February 27, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education today announced updates on its progress on the 2024–25 Better FAFSA® implementation.
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February 26, 2024
When the 2024–25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form first became available, the U.S. Department of Education discovered an issue preventing contributors without a Social Security number (SSN) from starting or accessing the form. The Department previously committed to fixing the issue in the first half of March.
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February 26, 2024
Welcome to the Family Engagement Learning Series briefs! These briefs summarize a six-part webinar series of conversations designed to Raise the Bar for family engagement practices between school and home. The 2023 series produced by the U.S.
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February 26, 2024
Guidance Advances President Biden’s Work to Invest in Early Learning
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February 26, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today released a "Toolkit for the Promotion of Voter Participation for Students" to provide resources for educational institutions to help them identify and implement actions to assist eligible students with voter registration and voting.
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February 26, 2024
On Monday, Feb. 26, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will travel to Union City, New Jersey, to highlight new resources for early school success and tour the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Early Childhood Education Center.
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February 22, 2024
The Biden-Harris Administration today is publishing a state-by-state breakdown of the nearly 153,000 borrowers who are receiving $1.2 billion in forgiveness under President Biden’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan. Servicers started processing this forgiveness today.
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February 21, 2024
The Biden-Harris Administration today is announcing that it will automatically discharge $1.2 billion in loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers who are eligible for the shortened time to forgiveness benefit under President Biden’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan. This action comes as 7.5 million borrowers are now enrolled in SAVE, 4.3 million of whom have a $0 monthly payment.
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February 20, 2024
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released four new resources today with information for students, parents and families, and schools addressing civil rights of students with disabilities, as well as a data snapshot about education access for students with disabilities drawn from OCR’s 2020-21 Civil Rights Data Co