{"description":"Documents matching 'guidelines used determining free reduced-price'","count":366,"total_pages":19,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=guidelines+used+determining+free+reduced-price&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced-price meals, free milk, and Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) benefits for the period from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and Summer Food Service Program, as well as for States and Indian Tribal Organizations that administer the Summer EBT for Children Program. The annual adjustments are required by section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. The guidelines are intended to direct benefits to those children most in need and are revised annually to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index.","document_number":"2026-06842","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/09/2026-06842/child-nutrition-programs-income-eligibility-guidelines","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-09/pdf/2026-06842.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06842.pdf?1775652313","publication_date":"2026-04-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Notice. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility <span class=\"match\">Guidelines</span> to be <span class=\"match\">used</span> in <span class=\"match\">determining</span> eligibility for <span class=\"match\">free</span> and <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> meals, <span class=\"match\">free</span> milk, and Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) benefits for the period from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. These <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> are <span class=\"match\">used</span> by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care"},{"title":"Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced-price meals and free milk and Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer benefits for the period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program as well as States and Indian Tribal Organizations that administer the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Program. The annual adjustments are required by section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. The guidelines are intended to direct benefits to those children most in need and are revised annually to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index.","document_number":"2025-03821","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/13/2025-03821/child-nutrition-programs-income-eligibility-guidelines","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-13/pdf/2025-03821.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03821.pdf?1741783506","publication_date":"2025-03-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Notice. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility <span class=\"match\">Guidelines</span> to be <span class=\"match\">used</span> in <span class=\"match\">determining</span> eligibility for <span class=\"match\">free</span> and <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> meals and <span class=\"match\">free</span> milk and Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer benefits for the period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. These <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> are <span class=\"match\">used</span> by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care"},{"title":"Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): 2026/2027 Income Eligibility Guidelines","type":"Notice","abstract":"The United States Department of Agriculture (\"Department\") announces adjusted income eligibility guidelines to be used by State agencies in determining the income eligibility of persons applying","document_number":"2026-08323","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/29/2026-08323/special-supplemental-nutrition-program-for-women-infants-and-children-wic-20262027-income","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-29/pdf/2026-08323.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08323.pdf?1777380319","publication_date":"2026-04-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"agencies may prescribe income <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> either equaling the income <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> established under Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act for <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> school meals, or identical to State or local <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">free</span> or <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> health care. However, in conforming WIC income <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> to State or local health care <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span>, the State cannot establish WIC <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> which exceed the <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> school meals, or which are less than 100 percent of the Federal poverty <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span>. \n \n Currently, the Department"},{"title":"Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): 2025/2026 Income Eligibility Guidelines","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (\"Department\") announces adjusted income eligibility guidelines to be used by State agencies in determining the income eligibility of persons applying to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). These income eligibility guidelines are to be used in conjunction with the WIC Regulations.","document_number":"2025-03576","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/10/2025-03576/special-supplemental-nutrition-program-for-women-infants-and-children-wic-20252026-income","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-10/pdf/2025-03576.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03576.pdf?1741355111","publication_date":"2025-03-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"meals, or identical to State or local <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">free</span> or <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> health care. However, in conforming WIC income <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> to State or local health care <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span>, the State cannot establish WIC <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> which exceed the <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> school meals, or which are less than 100 percent of the Federal poverty <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span>. Consistent with the method <span class=\"match\">used</span> to compute income eligibility <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> meals under the National School Lunch Program, the poverty <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> were multiplied by 1.85 and the results rounded"},{"title":"Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced price meals, free milk, and Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer benefits for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and Summer Food Service Program. Beginning in 2024, they will also be used by States and Indian Tribal Organizations that administer the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children Program. The annual adjustments are required by section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. The guidelines are intended to direct benefits to those children most in need and are revised annually to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index.","document_number":"2024-03355","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/20/2024-03355/child-nutrition-programs-income-eligibility-guidelines","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-20/pdf/2024-03355.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-03355.pdf?1708091118","publication_date":"2024-02-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"Income Eligibility <span class=\"match\">Guidelines</span> to be <span class=\"match\">used</span> in <span class=\"match\">determining</span> eligibility for <span class=\"match\">free</span> and <span class=\"match\">reduced price</span> meals, <span class=\"match\">free</span> milk, and Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer benefits for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. These <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> are <span class=\"match\">used</span> by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and Summer Food Service Program. Beginning in 2024, they will also be <span class=\"match\">used</span> by States and Indian"},{"title":"Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): 2024/2025 Income Eligibility Guidelines","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (\"Department\") announces adjusted income eligibility guidelines to be used by State agencies in determining the income eligibility of persons applying to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). These income eligibility guidelines are to be used in conjunction with the WIC Regulations.","document_number":"2024-02922","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/13/2024-02922/special-supplemental-nutrition-program-for-women-infants-and-children-wic-20242025-income","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-13/pdf/2024-02922.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-02922.pdf?1707745531","publication_date":"2024-02-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"meals, or identical to State or local <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">free</span> or <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> health care. However, in conforming WIC income <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> to State or local \n \n health care <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span>, the State cannot establish WIC <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> which exceed the <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> school meals, or which are less than 100 percent of the Federal poverty <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span>. Consistent with the method <span class=\"match\">used</span> to compute income eligibility <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> meals under the National School Lunch Program, the poverty <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> were multiplied by 1.85 and the results rounded"},{"title":"Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rulemaking finalizes long-term school nutrition requirements based on the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, robust stakeholder input, and lessons learned from prior rulemakings. Notably, this rulemaking gradually phases in added sugars limits for the school lunch and breakfast programs and in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, updates total sugars limits for breakfast cereals and yogurt to added sugars limits. As a reflection of feedback from stakeholders, this final rule implements a single sodium reduction in the school lunch and breakfast programs and commits to studying the potential associations between sodium reduction and student participation in the school lunch and breakfast programs. This rulemaking addresses a variety of other school meal requirements, including establishing long-term milk and whole grain requirements. Finally, this rule includes provisions that strengthen Buy American requirements. While this rulemaking takes effect school year 2024-2025, the Department is gradually phasing in required changes over time. Program operators are not required to make any changes to their menus as a result of this rulemaking until school year 2025-2026 at the earliest.","document_number":"2024-08098","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/25/2024-08098/child-nutrition-programs-meal-patterns-consistent-with-the-2020-2025-dietary-guidelines-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-25/pdf/2024-08098.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08098.pdf?1713962726","publication_date":"2024-04-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"lactose-<span class=\"match\">free</span> or reduced-lactose milk. Low-fat or fat-<span class=\"match\">free</span> lactose-<span class=\"match\">free</span> and reduced-lactose milk are milk under the statute and program regulations (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)(A)(ii) and 7 CFR 210.10(d)(1)(i), 220.8(d), and 226.20(a)(1)). This means that schools, institutions, and facilities may offer lactose-<span class=\"match\">free</span> and reduced-lactose milk toward the milk requirements without obtaining a request from a parent or guardian or a medical authority. A few industry respondents encouraged USDA to provide incentives to schools that opt to offer lactose-<span class=\"match\">free</span> milk on"},{"title":"Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced price meals and free milk for the period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program. The annual adjustments are required by section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. The guidelines are intended to direct benefits to those children most in need and are revised annually to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index.","document_number":"2023-02739","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/09/2023-02739/child-nutrition-programs-income-eligibility-guidelines","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-02-09/pdf/2023-02739.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-02739.pdf?1675863925","publication_date":"2023-02-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"Eligibility <span class=\"match\">Guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">free</span> and <span class=\"match\">reduced price</span> meals for the National School Lunch Program (7 CFR part 210), the Commodity School Program (7 CFR part 210), School Breakfast Program (7 CFR part 220), Summer Food Service Program (7 CFR part 225) and Child and Adult Care Food Program (7 CFR part 226) and the <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">free</span> milk in the Special Milk Program for Children (7 CFR part 215). These eligibility <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> are based on the Federal income poverty <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> and are stated by household size. The <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> are <span class=\"match\">used</span> to <span class=\"match\">determine</span> eligibility"},{"title":"Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): 2023/2024 Income Eligibility Guidelines","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (\"Department\") announces adjusted income eligibility guidelines to be used by State agencies in determining the income eligibility of persons applying to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). These income eligibility guidelines are to be used in conjunction with the WIC Regulations.","document_number":"2023-03548","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/21/2023-03548/special-supplemental-nutrition-program-for-women-infants-and-children-wic-20232024-income","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-02-21/pdf/2023-03548.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-03548.pdf?1676641533","publication_date":"2023-02-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"meals, or identical to State or local <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">free</span> or <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> health care. However, in conforming WIC income <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> to State or local health care <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span>, the State cannot establish WIC <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> which exceed the <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> school meals, or which are less than 100 percent of the Federal poverty <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span>. Consistent with the method <span class=\"match\">used</span> to compute income eligibility <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> meals under the National School Lunch Program, the poverty <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> were multiplied by 1.85 and the results rounded"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Supporting Effective Educator Development Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) program.","document_number":"2025-01275","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-01275/applications-for-new-awards-supporting-effective-educator-development-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-01275.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01275.pdf?1737035141","publication_date":"2025-01-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"6 \n \n revealed that there is a correlation between the percentage of students who qualify for <span class=\"match\">free</span> or <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> lunch in a school and the likelihood that those students will have access to dual enrollment opportunities. The study showed that schools with a higher percentage of students who were approved for <span class=\"match\">free</span> or <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> lunch were less likely to offer dual enrollment than schools with a lower rate of participation in <span class=\"match\">free</span> or <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> lunch programs. Such examples of inadequate or inequitable access to educational resources can"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program Expansion Grants","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the EIR program Expansion Grants (Expansion Grants).","document_number":"2025-17671","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/12/2025-17671/applications-for-new-awards-education-innovation-and-research-eir-program-expansion-grants","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-12/pdf/2025-17671.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17671.pdf?1757594718","publication_date":"2025-09-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"for these teachers).\n \n \n Quality data \n encompasses utility, objectivity, and integrity of the information. “Utility” refers to how the data will be <span class=\"match\">used</span>, either for its intended <span class=\"match\">use</span> or other <span class=\"match\">uses</span>. “Objectivity” refers to data being accurate, complete, reliable, and unbiased. “Integrity” refers to the protection of data from being manipulated.\n \n \n Quasi-experimental design study \n means a study <span class=\"match\">using</span> a design that attempts to approximate an experimental study by identifying a comparison group that is similar to the treatment group in important respects"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Program Mid-Phase Grants","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for the EIR program Mid-phase Grants (Mid-phase Grants).","document_number":"2025-17670","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/12/2025-17670/applications-for-new-awards-education-innovation-and-research-eir-program-mid-phase-grants","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-12/pdf/2025-17670.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17670.pdf?1757594718","publication_date":"2025-09-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"for these teachers).\n \n \n Quality data \n encompasses utility, objectivity, and integrity of the information. “Utility” refers to how the data will be <span class=\"match\">used</span>, either for its intended <span class=\"match\">use</span> or other <span class=\"match\">uses</span>. “Objectivity” refers to data being accurate, complete, reliable, and unbiased. “Integrity” refers to the protection of data from being manipulated.\n \n \n Quasi-experimental design study \n means a study <span class=\"match\">using</span> a design that attempts to approximate an experimental study by identifying a comparison group that is similar to the treatment group in important respects"},{"title":"Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) stablishes the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program (Pilot or Pilot Program). The Pilot Program will enable the Commission to evaluate the impact that using Universal Service Fund (USF or Fund) support for eligible cybersecurity services and equipment will have on protecting school and library broadband networks and data. In so doing, the Commission seeks to address the apparent needs of schools and libraries for additional support for cybersecurity services and equipment, while evaluating the impact that providing that support would have on the USF.","document_number":"2024-15866","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/30/2024-15866/schools-and-libraries-cybersecurity-pilot-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-30/pdf/2024-15866.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-15866.pdf?1722257112","publication_date":"2024-07-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"state agencies that provides <span class=\"match\">free</span> or <span class=\"match\">reduced price</span> lunches to economically disadvantaged children. A child whose family income is between 130 percent and 185 percent of applicable family size income levels contained in the nonfarm poverty <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is eligible for a <span class=\"match\">reduced price</span> lunch. A child whose family income is 130 percent or less of applicable family size income levels contained in the nonfarm income poverty <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> prescribed by OMB is eligible for a <span class=\"match\">free</span> lunch.\n \n \n Pilot participant"},{"title":"Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This rulemaking proposes long-term school nutrition standards based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, and feedback the U.S. Department of Agriculture received from child nutrition program stakeholders during a robust stakeholder engagement campaign. Notably, this rulemaking proposes new added sugars standards for the school lunch and breakfast programs. It also proposes gradually reducing school meal sodium limits, consistent with research recommending lower sodium intake beginning early in life to reduce children's risk of chronic disease. In addition to addressing nutrition standards, this proposes measures to strengthen the Buy American provision in the school meal programs. As described below, this document also addresses long-term milk and whole grain standards; proposes a variety of changes to school meal requirements; addresses proposals from a prior rulemaking; and makes several technical corrections to child nutrition program regulations. The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects to issue a final rule in time for schools to plan for school year 2024-2025.","document_number":"2023-02102","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/07/2023-02102/child-nutrition-programs-revisions-to-meal-patterns-consistent-with-the-2020-dietary-guidelines-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-02-07/pdf/2023-02102.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-02102.pdf?1675691116","publication_date":"2023-02-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"programs still <span class=\"match\">uses</span> the term “meat/meat alternate.” USDA is <span class=\"match\">using</span> both the current and proposed component name in this section.\n \n USDA expects that nuts and seeds will most often continue to be offered in snacks, or in small amounts at breakfast, lunch, or supper alongside other meat/meat alternates (or protein sources). However, USDA is aware that nuts and seeds may also be <span class=\"match\">used</span> in larger quantities in plant-based meals. For example, walnuts may be <span class=\"match\">used</span> as a substitute for ground beef in tacos, and a variety of nuts may be <span class=\"match\">used</span> as a meat replacement"},{"title":"Establishing the Summer EBT Program and Rural Non-Congregate Option in the Summer Meal Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 requires the Secretary of Agriculture to make available an option to States to provide summer meals for non-congregate meal service in rural areas with no congregate meal service and to establish a permanent summer electronic benefits transfer for children program (Summer EBT) for the purpose of ensuring continued access to food when school is not in session for the summer. This interim final rule amends the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the National School Lunch Program's Seamless Summer Option (SSO) regulations to codify the flexibility for rural program operators to provide non-congregate meal service in the SFSP and SSO, collectively referred to as the summer meal programs. This rule also establishes regulations and codifies the Summer EBT Program in the Code of Federal Regulations.","document_number":"2023-28488","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/29/2023-28488/establishing-the-summer-ebt-program-and-rural-non-congregate-option-in-the-summer-meal-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-29/pdf/2023-28488.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-28488.pdf?1703771114","publication_date":"2023-12-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"eligibility <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">free</span> or <span class=\"match\">reduced price</span> meals. Local education agency (LEAs) that operate the NSLP/SBP can begin the process of certifying student eligibility for <span class=\"match\">free</span> or <span class=\"match\">reduced price</span> school meals on or after July 1 of each school year. Therefore, Summer EBT eligibility can also be established from July 1 of the prior instructional year through the last day of the summer operational period. The income eligibility <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> are updated annually on July 1 and income <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> applicable at the time the application is submitted will be <span class=\"match\">used</span> to determine"},{"title":"Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Single Family Sale Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule amends the requirements for the sale of eligible single family mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that have been assigned to the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in exchange for claim payments. The mortgage notes are sold, without FHA insurance, to qualified purchasers in a manner that seeks to maximize recoveries and strengthen HUD's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMIF) and to achieve HUD's operational goals for the MMIF. This rule transitions the pilot Single Family Sale Program from a demonstration to a permanent program and removes existing Disposition of HUD-Acquired and -Owned Single Family Property regulations, which provided for a retired program that handled the sale of HUD-held single family mortgage loans.","document_number":"2024-28706","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/11/2024-28706/federal-housing-administration-fha-single-family-sale-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-11/pdf/2024-28706.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28706.pdf?1733838316","publication_date":"2024-12-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"that the Participating Servicer misrepresented its compliance with FHA loss mitigation <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span>, the purchaser should not be permitted to foreclose. Instead, the commenter stated that HUD should require the noncomplying Participating Servicer to repurchase the loan, comply with FHA loss mitigation <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> and provide other remedies available under FHA guidance. The commenter stated this would deter routine misrepresentations of compliance with FHA <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span>. \n \n HUD Response: \n HUD appreciates the stakeholder feedback. The Department acknowledges"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)-State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grant (SFIG) Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2024 for the SFIG Program, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) number 84.282D. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1855-0012.","document_number":"2024-08731","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/24/2024-08731/applications-for-new-awards-expanding-opportunity-through-quality-charter-schools-program-csp-state","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-24/pdf/2024-08731.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08731.pdf?1713876324","publication_date":"2024-04-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"grant period. For instance, if an applicant is <span class=\"match\">using</span> eligibility for <span class=\"match\">free</span> and <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> lunch to measure the number of low-income families served by the project, the applicant could provide a percentage for students qualifying for <span class=\"match\">free</span> and <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> lunch. The measures should be sufficient to gauge the progress throughout the grant period and show results by the end of the grant period.\n \n \n (3) \n Data Collection and Reporting. \n (i) The data collection and reporting methods the applicant would <span class=\"match\">use</span> and why those methods are likely to yield reliable"},{"title":"Negative Option Rule","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Trade Commission (\"FTC\" or \"Commission\") issues final amendments to the Commission's trade regulation \"Rule Concerning Use of Prenotification Negative Option Plans,\" retitled the \"Rule Concerning Recurring Subscriptions and Other Negative Option Programs\" (\"Rule,\" \"final Rule\" or \"Negative Option Rule\"). The final Rule now applies to all negative option programs in any media. This document also contains the text of the final Rule, the Rule's Statement of Basis and Purpose (\"SBP\"), and a final regulatory analysis.","document_number":"2024-25534","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/15/2024-25534/negative-option-rule","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-15/pdf/2024-25534.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25534.pdf?1731591921","publication_date":"2024-11-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"final Rule. To <span class=\"match\">determine</span> the number of cancellations for which the four categories of per-cancellation benefits estimates would apply, the Commission <span class=\"match\">uses</span> data on its enforcement experience to <span class=\"match\">determine</span> the share of cancellations likely to occur through online and telephone methods. For cancellations of subscriptions that are enrolled in person, the Commission <span class=\"match\">uses</span> data on gym membership cancellations as a proxy. \n (i) In-Person Subscriptions \n \n As a proxy for the number of subscriptions entered into in person, the Commission <span class=\"match\">uses</span> a report from"},{"title":"Applications for New Awards; Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2024 for the Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) Demonstration Grant Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.184X. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1810-0772.","document_number":"2024-04356","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/01/2024-04356/applications-for-new-awards-mental-health-service-professional-demonstration-grant-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-01/pdf/2024-04356.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-04356.pdf?1709214327","publication_date":"2024-03-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"(b) In the case of— \n (1) An elementary school, the school serves students not less than 60 percent of whom are eligible for a <span class=\"match\">free</span> or <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> school lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act based on the most recently available data; or \n (2) Any other school that is not an elementary school, the other school serves students not less than 45 percent of whom are eligible for a <span class=\"match\">free</span> or <span class=\"match\">reduced-price</span> school lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act based on the most recently available data. \n \n Institution"},{"title":"Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced price meals and free milk for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program. The annual adjustments are required by section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. The guidelines are intended to direct benefits to those children most in need and are revised annually to account for changes in the Consumer Price Index.","document_number":"2022-03261","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/02/16/2022-03261/child-nutrition-programs-income-eligibility-guidelines","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-02-16/pdf/2022-03261.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-03261.pdf?1644932721","publication_date":"2022-02-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"Eligibility <span class=\"match\">Guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">free</span> and <span class=\"match\">reduced price</span> meals for the National School Lunch Program (7 CFR part 210), the Commodity School Program (7 CFR part 210), School Breakfast Program (7 CFR part 220), Summer Food Service Program (7 CFR part 225) and Child and Adult Care Food Program (7 CFR part 226) and the <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> for <span class=\"match\">free</span> milk in the Special Milk Program for Children (7 CFR part 215). These eligibility <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> are based on the Federal income poverty <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> and are stated by household size. The <span class=\"match\">guidelines</span> are <span class=\"match\">used</span> to <span class=\"match\">determine</span> eligibility"}]}