# ED News

- Biden-Harris Administration Releases State-by-State Breakdown of $1.2 Billion in SAVE Plan Forgiveness The Biden-Harris  Administration today is publishing a state-by-state breakdown of the nearly  153,000 borrowers who are receiving $1.2 billion in forgiveness under President  Biden’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan. Servicers started  processing this forgiveness today.
- Biden-Harris Administration Approves $1.2 Billion in Loan Forgiveness for Over 150,000 SAVE Plan Borrowers The Biden-Harris Administration today is announcing that it will automatically  discharge $1.2 billion in loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers who are eligible for the shortened time to forgiveness benefit under President Biden’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan. This action comes as 7.5 million borrowers are now enrolled in SAVE, 4.3 million of whom have a $0 monthly payment.
- U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Releases New Resources on Students with Disabilities The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released four new  resources today with information for students, parents and families, and schools addressing civil rights of students with disabilities, as well as a  data snapshot about education access for students with disabilities drawn from  OCR’s 2020-21 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC).
- Biden-Harris Administration Takes Next Steps on Rulemaking to Provide Debt Relief to Student Loan Borrowers Experiencing Hardship The Biden-Harris Administration today released new proposed regulatory text focused on providing debt relief for borrowers facing hardship on their student loans.  In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Administration's original  student debt relief plan last summer, President Biden announced a new path to  provide debt relief for as many borrowers as possible under the Department of  Education’s existing rulemaking authorities. The text will be discussed as part  of a negotiated rulemaking session on February 22 and 23.
- FACT SHEET: U.S. Department of Education Releases 2023 Update to Equity Action Plan, Outlines New Commitments to Advance Equity The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today released its 2023 Update to its Equity Action Plan, in coordination with the Biden-Harris Administration's whole-of-government equity agenda.
- Biden-Harris  Administration Holds First-Ever Interagency Youth Policy Summit: Cultivating  Possibilities The Biden-Harris Administration brought together nearly 90 young people from across the nation at the U.S. Department of Education today for the first-ever interagency Youth Policy Summit: Cultivating Possibilities.
- U.S. Department of Education Announces Latest Steps to Support Schools and Students with Better FAFSA U.S. Department of Education Announces Latest Steps to Support Schools and Students with Better FAFSA®
- Federal Student Aid Reaches Settlement Agreement with International Education Corporation for Student Aid Eligibility Violations The U.S. Department of Education today announced a settlement agreement with for-profit  school owner International Education Corporation (IEC) and its subsidiaries –  Florida Career College (FCC) and United Education Institute (UEI), which also  uses the brand name, UEI College (UEIC) – related to violations of the  ability-to-benefit (ATB) test regulations. These regulations  govern eligibility to receive federal student aid for students who do not have a high school diploma or GED equivalent.
- U.S. Department of Education Deploys Federal Personnel, Funding, and Resources to Support Colleges, Students, and Families with Better FAFSA® The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today released a FAFSA College  Support Strategy to provide additional personnel, funding, resources, and  technology to help schools and students complete the better FAFSA form and to  help colleges prepare to process student records as quickly and accurately as  possible. The Department’s top priority is to ensure students can access the  maximum financial aid possible to help them pursue their higher education goals  and bring college in reach for more Americans. Since the new 2024–25 FAFSA form  became available on Dec.
- The Transformative Influence of Academic Advisors As a college student in the early 2000s, I was fortunate to have an academic advisor to guide me as I pursued learning opportunities, faced challenges, and explored career goals. Now, as a researcher of academic advising and former post-secondary advisor, I’m sharing my experience to shed light on what advisors do, help students connectContinue Reading
- 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.
- 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. 
- 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.
- We Want to Hear From You: Supporting Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Needs in Higher Education By: Roberto Rodriguez, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development.  If you need suicide or mental health-related crisis support, or are worried about someone else, please call or text 988 or visit the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s chat to connect with a trained crisis counselor.   The need for mental
- 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. Department of Education (Department), is releasing a new resource that  schools can use to communicate with parents and families about the importance  of safe firearm storage, and encourage more people to take preventive action by  safely storing firearms.