The largest training event for the financial aid community—the Federal Student Aid Training Conference—will be held virtually from Tuesday, Nov. 29 through Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. As we approach the event, more than 13,000 financial aid administrators, college access professionals, and other financial aid stakeholders have registered to attend. The virtual environment allows even more professionals to access the free annual event wit...

U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) Office in conjunction with Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Program Offices is hosting an online Industry Day for interested parties in the Migrant Student Information Exchange (MSIX) Solicitation on Wednesday, April 27,2022, from 1:00PM-4:00PM EDT. This event will provide potential offerors with information about OESE’s...

The largest training event for the financial aid community—the Federal Student Aid Training Conference (FSATC)—will be held virtually. As we approach the event, registration has reached a historic level with nearly 14,000 participants, and that number keeps growing. With more than 40 breakout sessions discussing the latest about tools and resources for students, parents, and borrowers; financial aid policy; COVID-related impacts; a...

The U.S. Department of Education, along with the departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services has released a new planning guide to help school districts develop and maintain emergency operations plans (EOPs). The guide, which comes amid a rise in school shootings in the United States, delivers on a recommendation from the Federal Commission on School Safety to provide schools with resources and assistance in develop...