Notice 9 Apr 2025 information collection, education, technical education, department of education, regulatory compliance

📝Notice of Agency Information Collection for Educational Report

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

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Proposed Rule 4 Apr 2025 financial assistance, higher education, department of education, loan forgiveness, negotiated rulemaking

🎓Public Feedback for Higher Education Financial Assistance Regulations

We announce our intention to host public hearings and establish one or more negotiated rulemaking committees to prepare proposed regulations on various programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) (title IV, HEA programs). The Department invites public feedback, especially addressing topics which may include Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), Pay As You Earn (PAYE), Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR), or other topics that would streamline current federal student financial assistance programs.

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Notice 4 Apr 2025 federal register, grants, disabilities, technical assistance, department of education

❌Department of Education Withdraws Technical Assistance Grant Notice

The Department of Education (Department) withdraws the notice inviting applications (NIA) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities and Demonstration and Training Programs-- National Technical Assistance Center on Transition for Students and Youth with Disabilities.

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Notice 3 Apr 2025 federal register, grants, department of education, education funding, indian children and youth program

📚Corrections to Indian Youth Grants by Department of Education

On January 17, 2025, the Department of Education (Department) published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications (NIA) for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Demonstration Grants for Indian Children and Youth Program (Demonstration program) competition. The Department is correcting the NIA by amending the Background information, editing Table 1, revising a requirement to reflect the precise statutory language, and amending certain selection criteria. In addition, we are updating the dates of the pre-application webinars and extending the deadline date for the transmittal of applications together with the intergovernmental review deadline. All other information in the NIA remains the same.

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Notice 7 Mar 2025 grant opportunity, department of education, vocational rehabilitation, american indian services, application process

📄Notice for Vocational Rehabilitation Services Grant Applications

On November 6, 2024, the Department of Education (Department) published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications (NIA) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) competition. We are revising the selection criteria as described further in Supplementary Information and extending the deadline date for transmittal of applications until April 7, 2025. All other information in the NIA remains the same.

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Notice 6 Mar 2025 department of education, compliance, regulatory, funding, grants, education, seed program

📚Withdrawal of SEED Program NIA and Future Grant Opportunities

The Department of Education (Department) withdraws the NIA for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for SEED program grants.

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Notice 10 Feb 2025 uniform guidance, federal grants, department of education, education, compliance

📄Updates to Federal Financial Assistance Guidance for Grants

The Secretary announces updates to awardees' Grant Award Notices (GANs) to conform the retroactive application of the 2024 revision of the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (the Uniform Guidance) to cross-agency understandings and established interpretive principles. This update applies to all Department grants that are subject to the Uniform Guidance and withdraws and supersedes prior Department policies and actions, including the notice titled Application of the Revised Version of the Uniform Guidance to Department Grants published on Jan. 16, 2025.

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Notice 4 Feb 2025 information collection, student aid, higher education, department of education, fafsa

🎓2026-2027 FAFSA Information Collection Notice

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

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Compliance, Professional Events 22 Jan 2025 compliance, public meeting, higher education, department of education, accreditation

🏫NACIQI Meeting Notice

This notice sets forth the agenda, time, and instructions to access or participate in the February 19-20, 2025 meeting of NACIQI, and provides information to members of the public regarding the meeting, including requesting to make written or oral comments. Committee members will meet in-person while accrediting agency representatives and public attendees will participate virtually.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Implications 21 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, consumer protection, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, student aid, loan programs-education, aliens, colleges and universities, grant programs-education, higher education, vocational education, selective service system, civil monetary penalties, inflation adjustment, penalties, claims, fraud, department of education

⚖️2025 Civil Monetary Penalties Adjustment Regulations Summary

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 2025 annual inflation adjustments being made to the penalty amounts in the Department's final regulations published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2024 (2024 final rule).

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