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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnasfaa.informz.net%2Fz%2FcjUucD9taT0xMDAxNjMyMiZwPTEmdT0xMDA3MDA3NjE0JmxpPTg2NTU2OTYx%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Clori.boyd%40okstate.edu%7C5a3b1944ecec4b42ac5608d9153dcffe%7C2a69c91de8494e34a230cdf8b27e1964%7C0%7C1%7C637564177499817399%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=KHNBOsiHOH2MG1YJSKVxK9my%2BO4a633TDMmmIFEepDY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Policy
Deep Dive: What's Included in HEERF III FAQs</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:black">On Tuesday, the Department of Education (ED) released new guidance on the third round of Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) grants authorized by the American Rescue
Plan. The department also released institutional allocations for HEERF III grants to public and nonprofit institutions, as well as proprietary institutions. While most of the FAQs are consistent with previous guidance provided for HEERF I and HEERF II, there
are some notable additions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FE5C00">LORI BOYD</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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