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# Press Releases 

                                    -  September 28, 2023  Biden-Harris Administration Outlines Strategies to Increase Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Education  
As  part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s ongoing commitment to advance  diversity and opportunity in higher education, the U.S.
  **Tags:**Postsecondary EducationDiversityPress Releases
                                    -  September 27, 2023  Biden-Harris Administration Announces Landmark Final Rules to Protect Consumers from Unaffordable Student Debt and Increase Transparency  
The Biden-Harris Administration today released final  regulations that establish the most effective set of safeguards ever against  unaffordable debt or insufficient earnings for postsecondary students. The  final rule has two key parts:
  **Tags:**Press Releases
                                    -  September 26, 2023  U.S. Department of Education Awards More Than $35 Million to Develop Personnel in Support of Children with Disabilities  
The U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) Office of  Special Education Programs (OSEP) has awarded more than $35 million in funding  for 138 new awards supporting personnel preparation, ongoing professional  learning, and leadership development to increase the number of well-prepared,  diverse and effective personnel serving children with disabilities.
  **Tags:**Personnel Preparation to Improve Services and Results for Children with DisabilitiesPress Releases
                                    -  September 22, 2023  Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Supports to Increase Reach of Mental Health Services and Professionals in Schools  
The Biden-Harris Administration today is announcing a $2.6 million award to support mental health services and professionals in schools, further delivering on a key priority of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA).
  **Tags:**Mental HealthPress Releases
                                    -  September 21, 2023  U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Announces Resolution of Disability Harassment Investigation of Allegheny Valley School District in Pennsylvania  
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil  Rights (OCR) resolved today a disability harassment investigation of the  Allegheny Valley School District in Pennsylvania.
  **Tags:**DisabilitiesDiscriminationPress Releases
                                    -  September 21, 2023  U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Resolves Sexual Harassment Compliance Review of Alpine School District in Utah   
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil  Rights (OCR) announced today that the Alpine School District in Utah has entered into a resolution agreement to ensure the district’s compliance with  Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 when responding to notice of  sexual harassment of its students by other students and employees.
  **Tags:**Press Releases
                                    -  September 21, 2023  Biden-Harris Administration Awards More Than $40 Million to Support Hispanic-Serving Institutions  
The Biden-Harris Administration announced  today that it will award more than $40 million to Hispanic Serving Institutions  (HSIs) to support Hispanic and Latino students and the institutions preparing  them for the future.
  **Tags:**Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs)Press Releases
                                    -  September 20, 2023  Biden-Harris Administration Approves $37 Million in Borrower Defense Discharges for Over 1,200 Students Who Attended the University of Phoenix  
The Biden-Harris Administration today announced the approval of nearly $37 million in borrower defense to repayment discharges for more than 1,200 students who enrolled at the University of Phoenix (Phoenix)  between Sept. 21, 2012, and Dec. 31, 2014, and applied for relief. The U.S.
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                                    -  September 20, 2023  U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Reaches Agreement to Resolve Title VI Discipline Compliance Review of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools in North Carolina  
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil  Rights (OCR) today resolved a compliance review of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS or district) in North Carolina that examined whether the school  district discriminates against African American students by disciplining them  more frequently and more harshly than similarly situated white students.
  **Tags:**Press Releases
                                    -  September 19, 2023  U.S. Department of Education Announces 2023 Blue Ribbon Schools  
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