Education Department to Release Grants for Charter Schools, Remove Regulations

The agency plans to release $33 million in grants that it says were stalled by the previous administration.

Two girls read a book together during a lesson at Carter Traditional Elementary School in Louisville, Ky., on Jan. 24, 2022. Jon Cherry/Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Education announced that it is easing regulatory measures pertaining to grant applications for charter schools as part of a school choice expansion.

The department is withdrawing two “burdensome and misaligned” notices for two grant programs aimed at charter schools, it said in a Jan. 31 statement. These notices were published during the last days of the Biden administration and, according to the agency, imposed “excessive regulatory burdens and promoted discriminatory practices.”