HOW USDE ISSUES DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES, HIGHER ED GRANT COMPETITION, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, (4253 hits)
For Immediate Release From USDE!
OSEP COVID-19 Questions & Answers: Implementation of IDEA Parts B and C Dispute Resolution Procedures
Colleagues:
On June 22, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services’ Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) issued Questions and Answers (Q&A) documents in response to inquiries concerning implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B and Part C dispute resolution procedures in the current COVID-19 environment.
The U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos issued a rule that would help to ensure all students whose learning was impacted by COVID-19 are served equitably by emergency funding authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, no matter where they attend school. The Interim Final Rule (IFR), which becomes effective immediately, outlines how local education agencies (LEAs) must calculate the emergency funds available for providing equitable services to students and teachers in private schools.
OSERS/OSEP will continue to work with state and local leaders to identify any additional areas where it can provide information to support stakeholders in their important work.
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The U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today a new higher education discretionary grant program designed to provide students the opportunity to develop new skills, provide innovators and inventors the resources to expand existing businesses or build new ones, and encourage institutions of higher education to foster business development and our economy.
The U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today the Department of Education has approved six additional career and technical education (CTE) plans. Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, New York, South Carolina and Utah are the latest states to have their CTE plans approved under the new, bipartisan Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V), which was signed into law.
School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.184H) Application deadline: July 13, 2020.
Description: The School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program provides competitive grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to increase the number of qualified mental health service providers providing school-based mental health services to students in local education agencies (LEAs) with demonstrated need. Additional information on this funding opportunity.
