Education of the Disadvantaged

The Secretary amends the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations governing participation in the student financial assistance programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to promote program integr...

This final rule describes how the Office of Head Start officially delays the date for programs to meet the new competitive threshold for the Instructional Support domain of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS[supreg]) used to determine whe...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adopts with this rule OMB's Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, to include 12 existing HHS- specific modifications. This rule also repeals...

The Secretary is proposing to amend the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations governing participation in the student financial assistance programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to promote...

This final rule amends the regulations of the agencies listed above (the "Agencies") to clarify protections for beneficiaries and prospective beneficiaries of federally funded social services and the rights and obligations of organizations providing...

This final rule removes the vaccine and testing requirements included in the Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (IFC) titled, "Vaccine and Mask Requirements To Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Head Start Programs," which the Administration for...

The Office of the Secretary of Transportation is updating the DOT regulation that adopts the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. This amendment respond...

The agencies listed above (the "Agencies") propose to amend their regulations to clarify protections for beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries receiving federally funded social services and the rights and obligations of organizations providing su...

This final rule removes the requirement for universal masking for all individuals ages 2 and older. This final rule requires that Head Start programs have an evidence-based COVID-19 mitigation policy, developed in consultation with their Health Servi...

The Secretary amends regulations for the Federal Pell Grant program (Pell Grants or Pell), institutional eligibility, and student assistance general provisions. First, we amend the regulations for Federal Pell Grants for prison education programs (PE...

The Secretary proposes to amend regulations for the Federal Pell Grant program, institutional eligibility, and student assistance general provisions. First, the Secretary proposes to establish regulations for Federal Pell Grants (Pell Grants or Pell)...

This interim final rule with comment (IFC) adds new provisions to the Head Start Program Performance Standards to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Head Start programs. This IFC requires effective upon publication, uni...

The Secretary amends the regulations implementing the Federal Pell Grant Program to conform with changes made by the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2012 and the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2017. The Secretary also removes...

The Department of the Interior (DOI) is publishing this final rule to align its regulations with new regulatory citations and requirements adopted by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On August 13, 2020, the OMB published a revision to their...

This rule adopts as final the provision to the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) to establish parameters by which ACF may make designation renewal determinations during a federally declared major disaster, emergency, or public health e...

This rule amends the regulations of the agencies listed above ("the Agencies") to implement Executive Order 13831 of May 3, 2018 (Establishment of a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative). This rule provides clarity about the rights and obliga...

This interim final rule adds a new provision to the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) to establish parameters by which ACF may make designation renewal determinations during a federally declared major disaster, emergency, or public hea...

The U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is amending its regulations to make miscellaneous corrections, including correcting references to other regulations, misspellings and other typographical errors. This document is necessary to info...

This final rule refines how the Office of Head Start uses deficiencies, Classroom Assessment Scoring System: Pre-K (CLASS[supreg]) scores, and audit findings for designation renewal. It also streamlines and updates the regulatory provisions on design...

In response to the United States Supreme Court decision in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer (Trinity Lutheran), and the United States Attorney General's October 7, 2017 Memorandum on Federal Law Protections for Religious Liberty pur...