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# Press Releases 

                                    -  January 19, 2023  Department Awards Grants to Improve Opportunities and Outcomes for Nation's Postsecondary Students  
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today announced 38 awards totaling more than $30 million to colleges and universities from five competitive grant programs of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), which aims to improve higher education opportunities and outcomes for students from underrepresented communities. 
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                                    -  January 19, 2023  U.S. Department of Education Awards Over $35 Million for Grants to Support Cradle-to-Career Solutions in High-Needs Communities  
Today, the U.S.  Department of Education (Department) announced new awards totaling more than  $35 million for the Promise Neighborhoods and Project Prevent grant  programs.
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                                    -  January 18, 2023  U.S. Department of Education Announces $63 Million to Expand Community Schools and Increase Social, Emotional, Mental Health, and Academic Support for Students, Educators, and Families  
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department)  announced $63 million in new five-year Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS)  grants to support 42 local educational agencies, non-profits, or other public  or private organizations and institutions of higher education working to expand  existing community schools or establish new programs in eight new states and  territories, including Alabama, Alaska, Louisiana, Maryland, New Mexico,  Oklahoma, Tennessee and Puerto Rico.
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                                    -  January 13, 2023  U.S. Department of Education Awards Project SERV Grants to North Carolina Central University, Philander Smith College, and Hampton University   
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department)  announced Project School Emergency Response  to Violence (Project SERV) grants to three additional Historically  Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that experienced bomb threats last  year.
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                                    -  January 11, 2023  Statement by Secretary Cardona in Response to Filing of Student Debt Relief Amicus Briefs  
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today issued the following statement in response to the filing of more than a dozen amicus curiae briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the Biden Administration’s student debt relief...**Tags:**Press ReleasesJanuary 9, 2023
New Proposed Regulations Would Transform Income-Driven Repayment by Cutting Undergraduate Loan Payments in Half and Preventing Unpaid Interest Accumulation

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) proposed regulations to reduce the cost of federal student loan payments, especially for low and middle-income borrowers.

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January 5, 2023
Statement from Secretary Cardona on Legal Brief Filed with the Supreme Court on the Student Debt Relief Program 

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona issued the following statement after the Departments of Education and Justice filed a legal brief with the Supreme Court on the Biden-Harris  Administration’s Student Debt Relief Program:

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January 3, 2023
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Statement on Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations

Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona issued the following statement on Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations:

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December 16, 2022
U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Reaches Agreement to Resolve Restraint and Seclusion Compliance Review of Southeastern Cooperative Educational Programs in Virginia

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil  Rights (OCR) today announced that the Southeastern Cooperative Educational  Programs (SECEP) in Virginia entered into a resolution agreement regarding the  use of restraint and seclusion and the provision of a free appropriate public  education (FAPE) to students with disabilities. 

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December 9, 2022
Secretary Cardona Wraps-Up Meetings with Global Education Leaders in France

This week, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona traveled to France for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Ministerial summit on "Re-building an Inclusive and Equitable Society through Education." Discussions before and during the meeting with counterparts from member and non-member countries and U.S.

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