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##       July 2023    

                                    -  July 31, 2023  Secretary Cardona Statement on New Chief of Staff for U.S. Department of Education  
Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona issued  the following statement on the new chief of staff for the U.S. Department of  Education:
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                                    -  July 27, 2023  Education, Labor Departments Announce New Efforts to Advance Teacher Preparation Programs and Expand Registered Apprenticeships for Educators   
The  U.S. Departments of Education and Labor today announced a series of new efforts  to expand Registered Apprenticeships for educators and invest in teacher  preparation programs.
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                                    -  July 26, 2023  U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Resolves Sexual Harassment Compliance Review of Garland Independent School District in Texas  
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  Biden-Harris Administration Approves $130 Million Group Discharge for 7,400 Borrowers from Colorado Locations of CollegeAmerica  
 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  Biden-Harris Administration Launches Investing in America Education and Workforce Development Summits to Help More Young People Access Good-Paying Jobs in Innovative Industries   
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  U.S. Department of Education Strengthens Guidance to Improve Equal Educational Opportunity for Children with Disabilities  
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  White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Names 2023 HBCU Scholars  
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, recognizing 102 undergradu
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                                    -  July 19, 2023  Secretary Cardona Congratulates 2023 President’s Education Awards Program Recipients  
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  Biden-Harris Administration Releases State-By-State Data on $39 Billion in Loan Forgiveness for 804,000 Borrowers as a Result of Fixes to Income-Driven Repayment Plans   
*Last  week, the Department of Education began notifying impacted borrowers they were  eligible for automatic loan relief*****
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                                    -  July 14, 2023  Biden-Harris Administration to Provide 804,000 Borrowers with $39 Billion in Automatic Loan Forgiveness as a Result of Fixes to Income Driven Repayment Plans   
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  U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Resolves Sex-Based Harassment Investigation in Rhinelander School District in Wisconsin  
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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