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The U.S. Department of Education said Monday it has terminated civil rights agreements with five school districts and a college that were aimed at protecting transgender students, marking a significant shift in federal policy under President Donald Trump. The decision removes requirements negotiated under prior administrations that obligated schools to …

The U.S. Department of Education is moving to dismantle a Biden-era student loan repayment program, warning millions of borrowers they must switch plans or risk being placed into a more expensive option. More than 7 million borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan, known as SAVE, will …

The U.S. Treasury Department will take over the Department of Education’s responsibility for collecting on defaulted federal student loan debt, President Donald Trump’s administration announced Thursday. It’s the first step in a multi-phase process that will end with Treasury taking on the entire federal student loan portfolio. It’s also the latest …

President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education has created a crisis that critics long feared: leaving marginalized students vulnerable to misconduct with little federal intervention. A new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a nonpartisan arm of Congress, paints a damning picture of how mass layoffs …

President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday. In an email, the department said it expects the first notices to be sent to roughly 1,000 borrowers in default the first full week of …

A new U.S. Department of Education regulation to narrow eligibility for a key student debt relief program for public service workers has drawn strong opposition from advocates who argue the regulation is an attempt to target organizations whose missions do not align with President Donald Trump’s agenda. Under a final …

A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of furloughed Education Department employees by inserting partisan political language into their government email auto-replies during the ongoing government shutdown. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said the out-of-office messages — which blamed “Democrat Senators” for …

The White House has asked nine of the nation’s most prestigious universities to sign a new agreement aligning their campus policies with President Donald Trump’s political priorities, promising more favorable access to federal funding in return. A document sent last week to the universities outlines the “Compact for Academic Excellence …

The Education Department, already drastically reduced under the Trump administration’s restructuring plan, will see most of its remaining operations come to a standstill as the federal government enters a shutdown this week. According to the department’s contingency plan, about 87% of its workforce — more than 2,000 employees — will …

The Trump administration has lifted its controversial freeze on more than $6 billion in federal education funding, the U.S. Department of Education confirmed Friday, ending a standoff that left educators nationwide scrambling to adjust their summer and fall programs. The funding — which supports a wide range of initiatives including …

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to resume dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, granting an emergency request to lift a lower court ruling that had blocked the termination of nearly 1,400 federal employees. In a 6–3 decision, the Court’s conservative majority sided with …

The Trump administration has put on hold $6.8 billion in federal funds for K-12 schools, according to an Education Department notice obtained by States Newsroom. The agency informed states on Monday that it would be withholding funding for several programs, including before- and after-school programs, migrant education and English-language learning, …

Ariana Figueroa, NC Newsline Following the Supreme Court’s summer ruling against 40 million federal student loan borrowers who would have qualified for debt relief, the Biden administration crafted a-year-long delay in repayments. The policy, known as an on-ramp, is set to begin next month. Additionally, hours after the Supreme Court’s …

The U.S. Department of Education has announced another round of student loan forgiveness for scholars who were tricked into debt to fund their education. Last week the agency announced $415 million in student loan debt from select borrowers would be canceled. Almost 16,000 people claimed to have been swayed into …

The Biden administration is overturning a policy that barred undocumented college students from receiving federal relief grants during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Education Department announced that it will distribute $36 billion in federal relief funding to higher education. Colleges and universities will have to decide how to distribute the funding …