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National Center for Systemic Improvement at WestEd, 2023
The State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR) is an important tool for states to assess local education agency (LEA) implementation of IDEA. However, reviewing LEA performance on the SPP/APR indicators must not be the only tool. This Fast Five introduces five factors (plus one!) other than the SPP/APR indicators that states should…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Alexandra Hegji; Sean M. Stiff – Congressional Research Service, 2024
Outstanding Higher Education Act (HEA) Title IV federal student loan debt exceeds $1.6 trillion and is owed by about 45 million borrowers. In August 2022, the Biden Administration announced it would invoke the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act) to cancel, on a one-time basis, up to $20,000 in qualifying…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Debt (Financial), Loan Repayment, Federal Aid
US Department of Education, 2025
Under section 1001 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA), the purpose of the Title I, Part A program (Title I, Part A) is to provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education as well as to close educational achievement gaps. The…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Guidance, Elementary Secondary Education
Amy Loyd – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2023
States have an opportunity in 2024 to establish a single, unifying vision for how funding for multiple federal education and workforce development programs can be brought together to promote economic mobility and strengthen their state's economy. State plans authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, as amended…
Descriptors: Career and Technical Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Labor Force Development
Amy Loyd – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2023
This guidance supersedes the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) Program Memorandum (PM) 20-2, published February 6, 2020, and developed jointly by the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education (the Departments). Through this updated guidance, the Departments: (1) Revise their approach to using the statistical adjustment model…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Negotiation Agreements, Sanctions, Guidance
Council for Exceptional Children, 2022
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) vigorously supports educational reforms within the public schools while promoting rigorous learning standards, strong educational outcomes, shared-decision making, diverse educational offerings, and the removal of unnecessary administrative requirements. At the same time, it is imperative that educators…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Nebraska Department of Education, 2021
The Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) seeks to improve all schools. To strategically target resources and champion equity in education, the NDE blends both federal and state supports in its classification and designation system. Nebraska statute requires the State Board of Education to create a system of accountability combining multiple…
Descriptors: Accountability, Academic Achievement, Classification, Educational Legislation
Aurora Institute, 2023
Next generation accountability systems can empower states, districts, communities, and schools with timely, relevant information and provide the capacity to analyze and continuously improve instruction and learning. After 21 years of the current accountability framework in federal and state policy in the United States, there is growing recognition…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Policy, Educational Improvement, Best Practices
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Steven J. McDowell – College and University, 2023
This article is the second of a three-part series based on the book "Basic Guide to Financial Aid." The contents within are adapted from the publication, with additional emphasis on the impact federal student aid administration has on non-financial aid professionals in higher education today. It should be noted that this information is…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Compliance (Legal), Federal Aid, Higher Education
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Jeannie Kleinhammer-Tramill; Zorka Karanxha; Alta Joy Broughton – Journal of Special Education, 2024
This article is part of a case study of U.S. federal leadership in special education from the perspective of those who served in the roles of Assistant Secretaries of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services and Directors of the Office of Special Education Programs or their equivalents in the former U.S. Office of Education and…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Employees, Leadership, Attitudes
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2024
America's regional comprehensive public institutions of higher education serve a unique role as the portal through which so many of the students and much of the nation's future workforce gain the skills needed to face the economic challenges of the 21st century. In support of the critical role that its members play in the development of their…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Student Financial Aid, Access to Education, Accountability
Rebecca R. Skinner; Isobel Sorenson – Congressional Research Service, 2024
The primary source of federal aid to elementary and secondary education is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The ESEA was initially adopted in 1965 (P.L. 89-10), and was most recently reauthorized and amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), which authorized appropriations for ESEA programs through FY2020.…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
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Fuhrman, Ryan – State Education Standard, 2022
Wyoming, like many other states, is wrestling with the legacy of high-stakes testing ushered in by NCLB, the resulting rigorous standards of Common Core, and now the opportunities offered by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Wyoming state board is grappling with the best approach to revising standards, including for math and science, in a…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Michelle Mott – College and University, 2023
Since taking office, the Biden administration has sought to advance a complex and ambitious higher education regulatory agenda. The U.S. Department of Education held two separate rounds of negotiated rulemaking in 2021-22 to rewrite rules governing student loan relief programs and institutional accountability. This fall, the agency announced plans…
Descriptors: Presidents, Higher Education, Student Loan Programs, Federal Aid
Minnesota Department of Education, 2023
The purpose of this document is to provide information and resources on special education for charter schools and charter school authorizers. The information in this report should not be relied upon as a comprehensive or definitive response to specific legal situations involving special education compliance. This report includes a: (1) Minnesota…
Descriptors: Special Education, Charter Schools, School Administration, Planning
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