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# Press Releases 

                                    -  September 18, 2023  Secretaries of Education, Agriculture Call on Governors to Equitably Fund Land-Grant HBCUs  
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and U.S.  Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack today sent letters to 16 governors  emphasizing the over $12 billion disparity in funding between land-grant  Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their non-HBCU  land-grant peers in their states.

The 16 governors receiving the letter are:
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                                    -  September 15, 2023  U.S. Department of Education Awards Nearly $199 Million to Improve Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities Through Partnerships  
The U.S.
  **Tags:**Students with DisabilitiesPress Releases
                                    -  September 14, 2023  Dr. Lisa Herring to Join U.S. Department of Education as Strategic Advisor to the Secretary  
The U.S. Department of Education today  announced that Dr. Lisa Herring, the former superintendent of Atlanta Public  Schools, will join as a consultant and strategic advisor to the Secretary. She  will help shape the department’s strategy to engage state and local officials,  and her start date is Sept. 18.
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                                    -  September 13, 2023  U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Reaches Agreement to Resolve Sex Discrimination and Harassment Investigation of Nash County Public Schools in North Carolina  
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil  Rights (OCR) today announced that Nash County Public Schools in North Carolina  entered into a resolution agreement to ensure compliance with Title IX of the  Education Amendments of 1972 with respect to responding to reports of sexual  harassment and when enforcing its dress code.
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                                    -  September 12, 2023  FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Build on Work to Accelerate Learning and Improve Student Achievement  
When President Biden took office, fewer than half of K-12 schools were fully open for in-person learning. Today, thanks to the President's swift actions and historic investments, every school in America is open safely for in-person instruction. Since Day One, President Biden has worked to help every school accelerate academic achievement, open safely for in-person instruction, and build communities where all students feel they belong.
  **Tags:**Academic AchievementEducational ImprovementPress Releases
                                    -  September 12, 2023  Biden-Harris Administration Celebrates Completion of Nationwide Unlocking Pathways Summit Series  
The Biden-Harris Administration completed its nationwide Unlocking Pathways Summit  series today in Biloxi, Mississippi. The four-part series was part of  the U.S.
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                                    -  September 12, 2023  100 Groups Join “SAVE on Student Debt” Outreach Campaign, Reaching More Than 18 Million Americans    
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today kicked off its “SAVE on Student Debt” Week of Action with events across the country from the Department and 100 participating  organizations who have a combined reach of more than 18 million Americans.
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                                    -  September 7, 2023  U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Resolves Restraint and Seclusion Compliance Review of Spectrum Academy in Utah  
Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolved a compliance review of Spectrum Academy in Utah to ensure that the Academy’s restraint and seclusion policies and practices do not deny students with disabilities their civil rights in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Title II), and their implementing regulations.
  **Tags:**Civil RightsSpecial EducationPress Releases
                                    -  September 7, 2023  U.S. Department of Education Announces Kindergarten Sturdy Bridge Learning Community    
The U.S Department of Education (Department) is  announcing the launch of the Kindergarten Sturdy Bridge Learning Community, a  multi-state effort to make kindergarten a transformational experience at the  start of each student’s formal education journey.
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                                    -  September 6, 2023  U.S. Department of Education Announces National HBCU Week Conference  
Today,  the Biden-Harris administration is announcing that it will host the 2023  National HBCU Week Conference in Arlington, Virginia on September 24-28th. The  annual National HBCU Week Conference is the nation's premier convening of key  influencers in the HBCU space.
  **Tags:**Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence)Raise the BarPress Releases

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