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##       January 2024    

                                    -  January 31, 2024  Biden-Harris Administration Continues Rulemaking Process to Provide Debt Relief for More Student Loan Borrowers   
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced that it will  hold an additional negotiated rulemaking session on February 22 and 23 focused  on the issue of providing relief for borrowers experiencing hardship. This  session is a continuation of the critical work that started last summer when  the Administration announced it would be pursuing a new regulatory process to  deliver student debt relief to as many borrowers as possible.
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                                    -  January 30, 2024  U.S. Department of Education Announces More Than 3.1 Million FAFSA Forms Successfully Submitted and an Update to Student Aid Index Calculation  
The  U.S. Department of Education (Department) today released new data that shows  more than 3.1 million *Free Application for Federal Student Aid*(FAFSA®)  forms have been successfully submitted since the 2024–25 redesigned application  went live on Dec. 30. The new data comes a little more than three weeks after  the Department announced more than one million FAFSA forms had been submitted  and the form’s 24/7 accessibility.  
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                                    -  January 29, 2024  U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Reaches Agreement to Resolve Antisemitic Harassment in Red Clay Consolidated School District  
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolved a complaint of antisemitic harassment of a student filed against the Red Clay Consolidated School District  in Delaware in June 2023. The district entered into an agreement to ensure it  complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when responding to discrimination  based on race, color, and national origin, including antisemitic  harassment of its students. 
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                                    -  January 25, 2024  U.S. Department of Education Issues New Resource for School Administrators on Importance of Safe Firearm Storage  
Safe storage  of firearms is an important prevention tool that can be used to help keep  schools, homes, and communities safe from gun violence. To build further  awareness of this important strategy, today the Readiness and Emergency  Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center, funded by the  U.S.
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                                    -  January 24, 2024  Biden-Harris Administration Announces $25M in Grant Awards to Advance  Career Connected High Schools  
The Biden-Harris Administration today is  announcing 19 new grant awards totaling $25 million through the first-ever Perkins Innovation and Modernization, Career Connected High Schools (CCHS) grant program.
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                                    -  January 22, 2024  U.S. Department of Education Releases 2024 National Educational Technology Plan  
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today released the 2024 National  Educational Technology Plan (NETP): A Call to  Action for Closing the Digital Access, Design and Use Divides. First released in fulfillment of the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994, NETP has been updated multiple times since its original release, most recently in 2016.
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                                    -  January 19, 2024  Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $4.9 Billion in Approved Student Debt Relief  
The  Biden-Harris Administration announced today the approval of $4.9 billion in  additional student loan debt relief for 73,600 borrowers. These discharges are  the result of fixes made by the Administration to income-driven repayment (IDR)  forgiveness and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

Today’s announcement  brings the total loan forgiveness approved by the Biden-Harris Administration  to $136.6 billion for more than 3.7 million Americans.
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                                    -  January 11, 2024  Biden-Harris Administration to Shorten Path to Debt Cancellation for Some SAVE Borrowers  
*New  data show 6.9 million borrowers are enrolled in the Administration’s most  affordable repayment plan*
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                                    -  January 11, 2024  Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $6 Million in New Grants to Address Community Violence and its Impacts on Student Mental Health  
Today,  Vice President Kamala Harris announced $6.4 million from the U.S. Department of  Education (Department) to address community violence. The funding is being  awarded to seven school districts across the country as part of the Project  Prevent grant program. The Vice President will make the announcement in  Charlotte, North Carolina, where she will be joined by U.S.
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                                    -  January 10, 2024  U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Announces Resolution of Sexual Harassment Investigation of San Francisco Conservatory of Music  
The U.S.  Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that  the San Francisco Conservatory of Music has entered into a resolution agreement  to ensure its compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,  when responding to allegations of student-to-student sexual harassment,  including sexual assault and stalking.
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                                    -  January 8, 2024  U.S. Department of Education Announces Over 1 Million 2024-2025 FAFSA Forms Successfully Submitted and Form Now Available 24/7 for Students and Families  
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today  announced that it has received over one million applications from students  using the redesigned 2024–25 *Free Application for Federal Student Aid*(FAFSA®) form and  that the form is now available for students and families to access 24 hours a  day, seven days a week. Students and their families can use the 2024–25 FAFSA  form to apply for federal financial aid to attend college between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.
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                                    -  January 5, 2024  Biden-Harris Administration Takes Additional Action to Hold Student Loan Servicers Accountable for Failing to Meet Contractual Obligations  
The  Biden-Harris Administration today announced it is withholding payments to three  student loan servicers as part of the U.S. Department of Education’s  (Department) continued efforts to strengthen protections for student loan  borrowers and hold servicers accountable.
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                                    -  January 4, 2024  Biden-Harris Administration Announces $47 Million in New Funding to Support School Infrastructure Investments  
The Biden-Harris Administration announced eight new grant awards today  totaling more than $37 million over five years under the Supporting America’s School Infrastructure (SASI) program  and one new grant for $10 million over five years under the 
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                                    -  January 2, 2024  Biden-Harris Administration Takes Next Steps on Rulemaking to Strengthen Institutional Quality and Program Integrity  
The Biden-Harris  Administration today moved forward in its efforts to help ensure students are  well served by the institutions of higher education they attend and that  Federal Student Aid programs work in their best interest. Today, the U.S.
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