Federal-State Relationship Agreements, Federal Pell Grant Program, Academic Competitiveness Grant, and National Science and Mathematics Access To Retain Talent Grant

Document 2021-23423 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Education in the Federal Register on October 28, 2021, with an effective date of October 28, 2021. 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 obsolete regulations for Federal-State Relationship Agreements and the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant) programs. These regulations also make technical corrections and delete references to programs that are no longer authorized or funded. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/10/28/2021-23423/federal-state-relationship-agreements-federal-pell-grant-program-academic-competitiveness-grant-and.

No. Document 2021-23423 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.