Notice 14 Jul 2025 higher education, education, grants, funding, federal assistance, disabilities, transition programs

🎓Grant Opportunity for Transition Programs in Higher Education

The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications (NIA) for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Model Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities Program (TPSID), Assistance Listing Number (ALN) number 84.407A. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1840-0825.

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Notice 14 Jul 2025 education, grants, disabilities, federal funding, technical assistance, postsecondary, transition programs

🎓Invitation for Grants

The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications (NIA) for a new award for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the TPSID-CC program, Assistance Listing Number 84.407B. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1840-0825 for this program.

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Proposed Rule 7 Jul 2025 employment law, disabilities, department of labor, labor regulations, subminimum wage

⚖️Withdrawal of Proposed Rule on Employment of Workers with Disabilities

The Department of Labor (Department) is withdrawing its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on December 4, 2024 (89 FR 96466), which proposed to amend 29 CFR part 525 to phase out the issuance of subminimum wage certificates under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). With this action, the Department is formally discontinuing the rulemaking process and removing the proposal from further consideration.

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Rule 26 Jun 2025 grant opportunities, disabilities, vocational rehabilitation, training programs, employment services

🎓Innovative Rehabilitation Training Program Grants for VR Services

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announces the final priority and requirements under the Innovative Rehabilitation Training program, Assistance Listing Number 84.263G. The Department may use the priority and requirements for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2025 and later years. We take this action to promote the development of innovative and improved methods of training on promising vocational rehabilitation (VR) counseling, engagement, and service delivery strategies and practices to State VR agency personnel or other public or non-profit rehabilitation professionals and paraprofessionals (including those enrolled in master's or bachelor's level rehabilitation programs) to provide quality VR and supported employment services that lead to quality employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities.

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Notice 25 Jun 2025 disabilities, federal funding, grant opportunity, department of education, assistive technology, educational technology

🎓Federal Grant Opportunity for Educational Technology in 2025

The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for Stepping-up Technology Implementation.

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Notice 25 Jun 2025 technology, education, grants, funding, disabilities, special education

🎓Educational Technology Grants Available for FY 2025

The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities--National Center to Improve Faculty Capacity to Use Educational Technology in Special Education Personnel and Leadership Preparation Programs.

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Notice 18 Jun 2025 education, grants, disabilities, federal funding, technical assistance, vocational rehabilitation

🎓Grant Opportunity for Technical Assistance in Disability Services

The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition for Students and Youth with Disabilities.

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Rule 10 Jun 2025 regulations, disabilities, department of transportation, air travel, airline compliance

✈️Delay in Enforcement of Wheelchair Accommodation Regulations

This document announces that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will not take enforcement action against regulated entities before August 1, 2025, for failing to comply with the new or revised requirements contained in the final rule on "Ensuring Safe Accommodations for Air Travelers With Disabilities Using Wheelchairs" (Wheelchair Rule). This enforcement discretion does not apply to violations of DOT's regulations regarding the treatment of air travelers with disabilities that would also have been violations prior to the issuance of the Wheelchair Rule.

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Notice 2 Jun 2025 compliance, education, grants, disabilities, personnel development

🎓Correction on Scholarship Eligibility for Special Education Personnel

The Department of Education published a document in the Federal Register of May 27, 2025, concerning applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities--Interdisciplinary Preparation of Early Intervention, Special Education, and Related Services Personnel Serving Children with Disabilities who have High-Intensity Needs. The document contained incorrect information in footnote 5.

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Notice 30 May 2025 compliance, regulations, employment, reasonable accommodations, disabilities, merit systems protection board

⚖️MSPB Proposes New Information Collection for Reasonable Accommodations

The U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, intends to request approval of a new information collection from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. MSPB is submitting this Information Collection Request (ICR), entitled Accommodation Request Form, OMB Control No. 3124-0NEW, for approval in accordance with Federal regulations, and is requesting public comments. This collection was developed as part of MSPB's effort to streamline the process for collecting information from employees and applicants to MSPB, as well as participants in MSPB functions (parties and/or participants in MSPB appeals, respondents to surveys, and all other individuals engaged in activity conducted by the MSPB), who seek a reasonable accommodation in order for MSPB to carry out its functions with respect to these individuals. The purpose of this notice is to allow 30 days for public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

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