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      August 22, 2023  
  Biden-Harris Administration Launches Most Affordable Repayment Plan Ever, Transforming Income-Driven Repayment by Cutting Undergraduate Payments in Half and Preventing Unpaid Interest Accumulation  
  The Biden-Harris Administration today announced that it has fully launched its updated income-driven repayment application tool on StudentAid.gov and that student loan borrowers can now officially enroll in the Saving on A Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, the most affordable repayment plan ever created.  The plan is part of President Biden and Vice President Harris' broader efforts to make college more affordable and support students and borrowers.  
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          August 21, 2023  
  U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Announces Resolution of Sexual Assault and Disability Discrimination Investigation of Pflugerville Independent School District in Texas  
  Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that the Pflugerville Independent School District in Texas entered into a resolution agreement to address the district's handling of a sexual assault case and to ensure compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.The resolution also covers additional issues raised under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990....  
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          August 17, 2023  
  Biden-Harris Administration Launches SchoolSafety.gov Awareness Campaign to Support Schools with Safety Resources  
  WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in partnership with the U.S.  
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          August 14, 2023  
  Biden-Harris Administration Begins Discharges for 804,000 Borrowers with $39 Billion in Automatic Loan Forgiveness as a Result of Fixes to Income-Driven Repayment Plans  
  The U.S.Department of Education today announced that  automatic discharges will begin for 804,000 borrowers who qualify for $39 billion in student loan relief as a result of fixes to income-driven repayment (IDR) plans implemented by the Biden-Harris Administration since April 2022. In  total, the Biden-Harris Administration has approved more than $116 billion in  student loan forgiveness for more than 3.4 million borrowers.  
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          August 14, 2023  
  Advance Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Education: Justice and Education Departments Release Resources to Advance Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Education  
  Today, following the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to advance diversity and opportunity in higher education, the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Office for Civil Rights and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division are jointly releasing two resources to help colleges and universities understand the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v.  
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          August 4, 2023  
  U.S. Department of Education Announces Key K-12 Cybersecurity Resilience Efforts  
  As students, educators, and families prepare for  back-to-school, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) today announced  key K-12 cybersecurity resilience efforts.  
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          August 1, 2023  
  Biden-Harris Administration Opens Nearly $100M in Grant Opportunities for HBCUs, TCCUs, and MSIs and Underserved Students  
  The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced today the launch of two grant programs to expand research infrastructure in our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribally  Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), and Minority-Serving Institutions  (MSIs), and to increase completion and retention rates among underserved  students.  
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          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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