Withdrawal of Notices Inviting Applications (NIA) and Cancellation of the Competitions for the Strengthening Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Part A (ANNH Part A), Strengthening Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Part A (AANAPISI Part A), Strengthening Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions Part A (NASNTI Part A) and Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions programs (DHSI)

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Education AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice; cancellation. SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) withdraws the NIAs for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for new awards under the ANNH Part A, AANAPISI Part A, NASNTI Part A, and DHSI programs. DATES: The Notices Inviting Applications published in the Federal Register on June 3, 2025 ( 90 FR 23520 ) and July 14, 2025 ( 90 FR 31190 , 90 FR 31181 , and 90 FR 31176 ) are withdrawn and the competitions cancelled as of September 18, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victor Shirley, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 987-1554. Email: OPEGrants@ed.gov . If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 3 and July 14, 2025, the Department published NIAs for each of the aforementioned programs in the Federal Register . The Department is withdrawing these NIAs following the U.S. Solicitor General's July 2025 determination that the Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) programs violate the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause. As a result, the Department of Justice has declined to defend the programs in ongoing litigation. The Department agrees that the racial quotas in the HSI programs are unconstitutional and, consequently, has decided to cancel the DHSI competiti…