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United States Code U.S. Code: Title 20 - EDUCATION
Title 34 published on 06-Jun-2018 04:02
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 34 CFR Part 668 after this date.
2018-05-25; vol. 83 # 102 - Friday, May 25, 2018 83 FR 24250 - Program Integrity and Improvement
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Notice of proposed rulemaking. We must receive your comments on or before June 11, 2018. As previously indicated, we are establishing a 15-day public comment period for the proposed delay in effective date. We are doing so because the 2016 rule is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2018, and a final rule delaying the effective date must be published prior to that date. A longer comment period would not allow sufficient time for the Department to review and respond to comments, and publish a final rule. 34 CFR Parts 600 and 668 Summary The Secretary proposes to delay, until July 1, 2020, the effective date of the final regulations entitled Program Integrity and Improvement published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2016 (the final regulations). The current effective date of the final regulations is July 1, 2018. The Secretary proposes the delay based on concerns recently raised by regulated parties and to ensure that there is adequate time to conduct negotiated rulemaking to reconsider the final regulations, and as necessary, develop revised regulations. The provisions for which the effective date is being delayed are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
2018-02-14; vol. 83 # 31 - Wednesday, February 14, 2018 83 FR 6458 - Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final regulations. As of February 14, 2018, the effective date for the amendments to or additions of: §§ 668.14(b)(30), (31), and (32); 668.41(h) and (i); 668.71(c); 668.90(a)(3); 668.93(h), (i), (j); 668.171; 668.175 (c) and (d) and (f) and (h); Appendix C to Subpart L of Part 668; 674.33(g)(3) and (g)(8); 682.202(b)(1); 682.211(i)(7); 682.402(d)(3), (d)(6)(ii)(B)( 1 ) and ( 2 ), (d)(6)(ii)(F) introductory text, (d)(6)(ii)(F)( 5 ), (d)(6)(ii)(G), (d)(6)(ii)(H) through (K), (d)(7)(ii) and (iii), (d)(8), and (e)(6)(iii); 682.405(b)(4); 682.410(b)(4) and (b)(6)(viii); 685.200(f)(3)(v) and (f)(4)(iii); 685.205(b)(6); 685.206(c); 685.212(k); 685.214(c)(2), (f)(4) through (7); 685.215(a)(1), (c)(1) through (c)(8), and (d); 685.222; Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 685; and 685.308(a), published November 1, 2016, at 81 FR 75926, and delayed on June 16, 2017 (82 FR 27621) and October 24, 2017 (82 FR 49114), is further delayed until July 1, 2019. 34 CFR Parts 668, 674, 682, and 685 Summary The Secretary delays, until July 1, 2019, the effective date of selected provisions of the final regulations entitled Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program (the 2016 final regulations), published in the Federal Register on November 1, 2016. The Secretary is delaying the 2016 final regulations to ensure that there is adequate time to conduct negotiated rulemaking and develop revised regulations. The provisions for which the effective date is being delayed are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. The original effective date of the 2016 final regulations, published November 1, 2016, was July 1, 2017. The effective date was delayed by a document issued under section 705 of the Administrative Procedure Act (the 705 Document). The Department announced in an interim final rule (IFR) issued on October 24, 2017, that, under the Department's interpretation of the Higher Education Act, the effective date could be no earlier than July 1, 2018.
2018-01-16; vol. 83 # 10 - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 83 FR 2062 - Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Final regulations. These regulations are effective January 15, 2018. The adjusted CMPs established by these regulations are applicable only to civil penalties assessed after January 15, 2018, whose associated violations occurred after November 2, 2015. 34 CFR Parts 36 and 668 Summary The Department of Education (Department) issues these final regulations to adjust the Department's civil monetary penalties (CMPs) for inflation. An initial “catch-up” adjustment was required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act), which amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Inflation Adjustment Act). These final regulations provide the 2018 annual inflation adjustments being made to the penalty amounts in the Department's final regulations published in the Federal Register on April 20, 2017 (2017 final rule).
2017-10-24; vol. 82 # 204 - Tuesday, October 24, 2017 82 FR 49114 - Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Interim final rule; delay of effective date; request for comments. Effective date: As of October 24, 2017, the effective date for the amendments to or additions of: §§ 668.14(b)(30), (31), and (32); 668.41(h) and (i); 668.71(c); 668.90(a)(3); 668.93(h), (i), (j); 668.171; 668.175 (c) and (d) and (f) and (h); Appendix C to Subpart L of Part 668; 674.33(g)(3) and (g)(8); 682.202(b)(1); 682.211(i)(7); 682.402(d)(3), (d)(6)(ii)(B)( 1 ) and ( 2 ), (d)(6)(ii)(F) introductory text, (d)(6)(ii)(F)( 5 ), (d)(6)(ii)(G), (d)(6)(ii)(H) through (K), (d)(7)(ii) and (iii), (d)(8), and (e)(6)(iii); 682.405(b)(4); 682.410(b)(4) and (b)(6)(viii); 685.200(f)(3)(v) and (f)(4)(iii); 685.205(b)(6); 685.206(c); 685.212(k); 685.214(c)(2), (f)(4) through (7); 685.215(a)(1), (c)(1) through (c)(8), and (d); 685.222; Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 685; and 685.308(a), published November 1, 2016, at 81 FR 75926, and delayed until further notice on June 16, 2017, in 82 FR 27621, is further delayed until July 1, 2018. Comment date: We must receive your comments on or before November 24, 2017. 34 CFR Parts 668, 674, 682, and 685 Summary Consistent with section 553(b)(3)(B) and (d)(3) of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), which allows Federal agencies to promulgate rules without advance notice and opportunity for comment for good cause, the Secretary issues this interim final rule with request for comment. This interim final rule delays until July 1, 2018, the effective date of selected provisions of the final regulations entitled Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program (the final regulations), published in the Federal Register on November 1, 2016. The provisions this interim final rule delays are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. The original effective date of the final regulations was July 1, 2017.
82 FR 49155 - Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Notice of proposed rulemaking. We must receive your comments on or before November 24, 2017. 34 CFR Parts 668, 674, 682, and 685 Summary The Secretary proposes to further delay, until July 1, 2019, the effective date of selected provisions of the final regulations entitled Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program (the final regulations), published in the Federal Register on November 1, 2016. The Secretary proposes this further delay to ensure that there is adequate time to conduct negotiated rulemaking and, as necessary, develop revised regulations. The provisions for which we propose to further delay the effective date are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. The current effective date of selected provisions of the final regulations is July 1, 2018, in accordance with the interim final rule (IFR) published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register .
2017-10-17; vol. 82 # 199 - Tuesday, October 17, 2017 82 FR 48195 - Federal Student Aid Programs (Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and the Federal Direct Loan Program)
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Updated waivers and modifications of statutory and regulatory requirements; republication. The waivers and modifications began on September 29, 2017. The waivers and modifications in this document expire on September 30, 2022. 34 CFR Parts 668, 674, 682, and 685 Summary On September 29, 2017, the Secretary published a document in the Federal Register announcing the updated waivers and modifications of statutory and regulatory requirements governing the Federal student financial aid programs under the authority of the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act). We are republishing this document to include the definitions of certain terms used in this document. We have made no changes to the waivers and modifications.
2017-09-29; vol. 82 # 188 - Friday, September 29, 2017 82 FR 45465 - Federal Student Aid Programs (Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and the Federal Direct Loan Program)
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Updated waivers and modifications of statutory and regulatory requirements. The waivers and modifications begin on September 29, 2017. The waivers and modifications in this document expire on September 30, 2022. 34 CFR Parts 668, 674, 682, and 685 Summary The Secretary is issuing updated waivers and modifications of statutory and regulatory requirements governing the Federal student financial aid programs under the authority of the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act). The HEROES Act requires the Secretary to publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the waivers or modifications of statutory or regulatory requirements applicable to the student financial assistance programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to assist individuals who are performing qualifying military service, and individuals who are affected by a disaster, war or other military operation, or national emergency, as described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
2017-08-18; vol. 82 # 159 - Friday, August 18, 2017 82 FR 39362 - Program Integrity: Gainful Employment
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Announcement of applicable dates; request for comments. We must receive comments on or before September 18, 2017. The deadline to submit a notice of intent to file an alternate earnings appeal is October 6, 2017. The deadline to file an alternate earnings appeal is February 1, 2018. 34 CFR Part 668 Summary The Department, in this document, establishes new deadlines for submitting notices of intent to file alternate earnings appeals and for submitting alternate earnings appeals. The Department also announces additional information that will be considered when evaluating alternate earnings appeals.
2017-07-18; vol. 82 # 136 - Tuesday, July 18, 2017 82 FR 32762 - Final Format and Summary of Responses to Request for Information Regarding Disclosures for Student Financial Accounts; Announcement of Applicable Dates
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Responses to request for information. The Department is allowing additional time—until January 1, 2018—for institutions to comply with the requirements in 34 CFR 668.164(d)(4)(i)(B)( 2 ). 34 CFR Part 668 Summary On May 9, 2017, the Department of Education (Department) published in the Federal Register a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit ideas and information related to the major features and types of commonly assessed fees that postsecondary institutions (institutions) must disclose under Department regulations with regard to each of the institution's Tier 1 (T1) or Tier 2 (T2) arrangements. The Department announces the final format for these disclosures. To allow institutions sufficient time to adopt the final format, if they elect to do so, the Department is allowing additional time—until January 1, 2018—for institutions to comply with the applicable disclosure requirements.
2017-07-11; vol. 82 # 131 - Tuesday, July 11, 2017 82 FR 31910 - Rosa's Law
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of the Secretary Final regulations. These regulations are effective August 10, 2017. 34 CFR Parts 104, 105, 222, 300, 361, 373, 385, 668, and 674 Summary Rosa's Law changes references to “mental retardation” in Federal law to “intellectual disability” or “intellectual disabilities.” These final regulations implement this statutory change in applicable Department of Education regulations.
2017-07-05; vol. 82 # 127 - Wednesday, July 5, 2017 82 FR 30975 - Program Integrity: Gainful Employment
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Announcement of applicable dates; request for comments. The Department is allowing additional time—until July 1, 2018—for institutions to comply with 34 CFR 668.412(d) and (e). We must receive your comments on or before August 4, 2017. 34 CFR Part 668 Summary On January 6 and January 19, 2017, the Department announced dates by which institutions subject to the Department's gainful employment (GE) regulations must comply with certain provisions of the GE regulations relating to the submission of alternate earnings appeals and disclosure requirements. On March 6, 2017, the Department announced that it was allowing additional time, until July 1, 2017, to comply with those provisions. On June 15, 2017, the Department announced its intention to negotiate issues related to gainful employment. This document announces that the Department allows additional time, until July 1, 2018, for institutions to comply with certain disclosure requirements in the GE regulations and invites comment on this action. The Department also extends the deadline for all programs to file alternate earnings appeals in light of the Court Order in American Association of Cosmetology Schools v. DeVos, Civil Action No. 17-0263, D.D.C. June 28, 2017 (Court Order). We will issue a Federal Register notice to specifically implement the Court Order, including establishing new deadlines, and anticipate doing so within 30 days from the publication date of this notice. We do not change the July 1, 2017, deadline for the requirement to provide a completed disclosure template, or a link thereto, on GE program Web pages.
2017-06-16; vol. 82 # 115 - Friday, June 16, 2017 82 FR 27621 - Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final rule; notification of partial delay of effective dates. As of June 16, 2017, the effective date for the amendments to or additions of: §§ 668.14; 668.41; 668.71; 668.90; 668.93; 668.171; 668.175 (c) and (d) and (f) and (h); Appendix C to Subpart L of Part 668; 674.33; 682.202; 682.211; 682.402(d)(3), (d)(6)(ii)(B)( 1 ) and ( 2 ), (d)(6)(ii)(F) introductory text, (d)(6)(ii)(F)( 5 ), (d)(6)(ii)(G), (d)(6)(ii)(H) through (K), (d)(7)(ii) and (iii), (d)(8), and (e)(6)(iii); 682.405(b)(4)(ii); 682.410; 685.200; 685.205; 685.206; 685,212(k); 685.214; 685.215; 685.222; Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 685; and 685.308, published November 1, 2016, at 81 FR 75926, is delayed until further notice. 34 CFR Parts 668, 674, 682, and 685 Summary On November 1, 2016, the Department of Education published final regulations entitled Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program (the final regulations) in the Federal Register . On May 24, 2017, the California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools (CAPPS) filed a Complaint and Prayer for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Court). In light of the existence and potential consequences of the pending litigation, the Department has concluded that justice requires it to postpone certain provisions of the final regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), pending judicial review. The provisions to be postponed are listed in detail in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
2017-03-10; vol. 82 # 46 - Friday, March 10, 2017 82 FR 13227 - Program Integrity: Gainful Employment
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Announcement of applicable dates. The Department is allowing additional time—until July 1, 2017—for institutions to comply with the specified provisions in the GE regulations, as discussed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. 34 CFR Part 668 Summary On January 6 and January 19, 2017, the Department announced dates by which institutions subject to the Department's gainful employment (GE) regulations must comply with certain provisions of the GE regulations. This document announces that the Department allows additional time, until July 1, 2017, for institutions to submit an alternate earnings appeal and to comply with the disclosure requirements in the GE regulations.
2017-01-19; vol. 82 # 12 - Thursday, January 19, 2017 82 FR 6253 - Student Assistance General Provisions
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final rule with request for comments. Effective date: These regulations are effective January 19, 2017. Comment due date: We will accept comments on or before March 20, 2017. We may consider the comments received and may conduct additional rulemaking based on the comments. 34 CFR Part 668 Summary The Secretary amends the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations governing participation in the student financial assistance programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (title IV, HEA programs). The amended regulations update the Department's hearing procedures for actions to establish liability against an institution of higher education, and establish procedural rules governing recovery proceedings under the Department's borrower defense regulations.
2016-12-19; vol. 81 # 243 - Monday, December 19, 2016 81 FR 92232 - Program Integrity and Improvement
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final regulations. These regulations are effective July 1, 2018. 34 CFR Parts 600 and 668 Summary The Secretary amends the State authorization sections of the Institutional Eligibility regulations issued under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). In addition, the Secretary amends the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations issued under the HEA, including the addition of a new section on required institutional disclosures for distance education and correspondence courses.
2016-11-01; vol. 81 # 211 - Tuesday, November 1, 2016 81 FR 75926 - Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final regulations. These regulations are effective July 1, 2017. Implementation date: For the implementation dates of the included regulatory provisions, see the Implementation Date of These Regulations section of this document. 34 CFR Parts 30, 668, 674, 682, 685, and 686 Summary The Secretary establishes new regulations governing the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program to establish a new Federal standard and a process for determining whether a borrower has a defense to repayment on a loan based on an act or omission of a school. We also amend the Direct Loan Program regulations to prohibit participating schools from using certain contractual provisions regarding dispute resolution processes, such as predispute arbitration agreements or class action waivers, and to require certain notifications and disclosures by schools regarding their use of arbitration. We amend the Direct Loan Program regulations to codify our current policy regarding the impact that discharges have on the 150 percent Direct Subsidized Loan Limit. We amend the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations to revise the financial responsibility standards and add disclosure requirements for schools. Finally, we amend the discharge provisions in the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan), Direct Loan, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL), and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant programs. The changes will provide transparency, clarity, and ease of administration to current and new regulations and protect students, the Federal government, and taxpayers against potential school liabilities resulting from borrower defenses.
2016-07-25; vol. 81 # 142 - Monday, July 25, 2016 81 FR 48598 - Program Integrity and Improvement
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Notice of proposed rulemaking. We must receive your comments on or before August 24, 2016. 34 CFR Parts 600 and 668 Summary The Secretary proposes to amend the State authorization sections of the Institutional Eligibility regulations issued under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). In addition, the Secretary proposes to amend the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations issued under the HEA, including the addition of a new section on required institutional disclosures for distance education and correspondence courses.
2016-06-16; vol. 81 # 116 - Thursday, June 16, 2016 81 FR 39330 - Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Notice of proposed rulemaking. We must receive your comments on or before August 1, 2016. 34 CFR Parts 30, 668, 674, 682, 685, and 686 Summary The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations governing the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program to establish a new Federal standard and a process for determining whether a borrower has a defense to repayment on a loan based on an act or omission of a school. We propose to also amend the Direct Loan Program regulations by prohibiting participating schools from using certain contractual provisions regarding dispute resolution processes, such as mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements or class action waivers, and to require certain notifications and disclosures by schools regarding their use of arbitration. We propose to also amend the Direct Loan Program regulations to codify our current policy regarding the impact that discharges have on the 150 percent Direct Subsidized Loan Limit. We also propose to amend the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations to revise the financial responsibility standards and add disclosure requirements for schools. Finally, we propose to amend the discharge provisions in the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan), Direct Loan, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL), and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant programs. The proposed changes would provide transparency, clarity, and ease of administration to current and new regulations and protect students, the Federal government, and taxpayers against potential school liabilities resulting from borrower defenses.
2016-04-07; vol. 81 # 67 - Thursday, April 7, 2016 81 FR 20250 - Program Integrity and Improvement; Corrections
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final rule; corrections. Effective July 1, 2016. 34 CFR Part 668 Summary The Department of Education published final regulations for Program Integrity and Improvement in the Federal Register on October 30, 2015 (80 FR 67125). This document corrects errors in the final regulations.
81 FR 20251 - Program Integrity and Improvement
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Announcement of early implementation date. The early implementation date for §§ 668.2(b) and 668.163(a)(1) and (c), published in the Federal Register of October 30, 2015 (80 FR 67126), is April 7, 2016. 34 CFR Part 668 Summary The U.S. Department of Education is establishing the date for early implementation of certain regulations for the Federal Student Aid programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).
2015-11-27; vol. 80 # 228 - Friday, November 27, 2015 80 FR 73991 - Program Integrity Issues
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final regulations; clarification and additional information. This clarification and additional information apply to the October 29, 2010, regulations (75 FR 66832), which were generally effective July 1, 2011. 34 CFR Parts 600, 602, 603, 668, 682, 685, 686, 690, and 691 Summary On October 29, 2010, the Department of Education published in the Federal Register final regulations for improving integrity in the programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) (October 29, 2010, final regulations). The preamble to those regulations was revised in a Federal Register notice of March 22, 2013. This document clarifies and provides additional information about the October 29, 2010, final regulations.
2015-10-30; vol. 80 # 210 - Friday, October 30, 2015 80 FR 67126 - Program Integrity and Improvement
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final regulations. Effective date: These regulations are effective July 1, 2016. Compliance dates: Compliance with the regulations in § 668.164(e)(2)(vi) and (f)(4)(iii) is required by September 1, 2016; § 668.164(d)(4)(i)(B)( 2 ) by July 1, 2017; and § 668.164(e)(2)(vii) and (f)(4)(iv) by September 1, 2017. 34 CFR Part 668 Summary The Secretary amends the cash management regulations and other sections of the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations issued under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). These final regulations are intended to ensure that students have convenient access to their title IV, HEA program funds, do not incur unreasonable and uncommon financial account fees on their title IV funds, and are not led to believe they must open a particular financial account to receive their Federal student aid. In addition, the final regulations update other provisions in the cash management regulations and otherwise amend the Student Assistance General Provisions. The final regulations also clarify how previously passed coursework is treated for title IV eligibility purposes and streamline the requirements for converting clock hours to credit hours.
80 FR 67204 - Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final regulations. The regulations are effective July 1, 2016. Implementation date: For the implementation dates of the included regulatory provisions, see the Implementation Date of These Regulations section of this document. 34 CFR Parts 668, 682, and 685 Summary The Secretary amends the regulations governing the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program to create a new income-contingent repayment plan in accordance with the President's initiative to allow more Direct Loan borrowers to cap their loan payments at 10 percent of their monthly incomes. The Secretary is also implementing changes to the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program and Direct Loan Program regulations to streamline and enhance existing processes and provide additional support to struggling borrowers. These regulations will also amend the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations by expanding the circumstances under which an institution may challenge or appeal a draft or final cohort default rate based on the institution's participation rate index.
2015-07-09; vol. 80 # 131 - Thursday, July 9, 2015 80 FR 39608 - Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Notice of proposed rulemaking. We must receive your comments on or before August 10, 2015. 34 CFR Parts 668, 682, and 685 Summary The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations governing the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program to create a new income-contingent repayment plan in accordance with the President's initiative to allow more Direct Loan borrowers to cap their loan payments at 10 percent of their monthly incomes. The Secretary is also proposing changes to the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program and Direct Loan Program regulations to streamline and enhance existing processes and provide additional support to struggling borrowers. These proposed regulations would also amend the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations by expanding the circumstances under which an institution may challenge or appeal a draft or final cohort default rate based on the institution's participation rate index.
2015-05-18; vol. 80 # 95 - Monday, May 18, 2015 80 FR 28484 - Program Integrity and Improvement
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Notice of proposed rulemaking. We must receive your comments on or before July 2, 2015. 34 CFR Part 668 Summary The Secretary proposes to amend the cash management regulations under subpart K and other sections of the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations issued under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). These proposed regulations are intended to ensure that students have convenient access to their title IV, HEA program funds, do not incur unreasonable and uncommon financial account fees on their title IV funds, and are not led to believe they must open a particular financial account to receive their Federal student aid. In addition, these proposed regulations update other provisions in the cash management regulations under subpart K and otherwise amend the Student Assistance General Provisions. We also propose to clarify how previously passed coursework is treated for title IV eligibility purposes and streamline the requirements for converting clock hours to credit hours.
2014-12-04; vol. 79 # 233 - Thursday, December 4, 2014 79 FR 71957 - Program Integrity: Gainful Employment; Correction
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, 34 CFR Parts 600 and 668 Final regulations; correction. Effective July 1, 2015. Summary On October 31, 2014, we published in the Federal Register final regulations for Program Integrity: Gainful Employment (Gainful Employment rule). This document corrects regulatory text, footnotes, and a chart in the Gainful Employment rule.
2014-10-31; vol. 79 # 211 - Friday, October 31, 2014 79 FR 64890 - Program Integrity: Gainful Employment
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final regulations. These regulations are effective July 1, 2015. 34 CFR Parts 600 and 668 Summary The Secretary amends regulations on institutional eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and the Student Assistance General Provisions to establish measures for determining whether certain postsecondary educational programs prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation, and the conditions under which these educational programs remain eligible under the Federal Student Aid programs authorized under title IV of the HEA (title IV, HEA programs).
2014-10-20; vol. 79 # 202 - Monday, October 20, 2014 79 FR 62752 - Violence Against Women Act
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final regulations. These regulations are effective July 1, 2015. 34 CFR Part 668 Summary The Secretary amends the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations issued under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to implement the changes made to the Clery Act by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA). These regulations are intended to update, clarify, and improve the current regulations.
2014-06-20; vol. 79 # 119 - Friday, June 20, 2014 79 FR 35418 - Violence Against Women Act
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Notice of proposed rulemaking. We must receive your comments on or before July 21, 2014. 34 CFR Part 668 Summary The Secretary proposes to amend the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations issued under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to implement the changes made to the Clery Act by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA). These proposed regulations would update, clarify, and improve the current regulations.
2014-03-25; vol. 79 # 57 - Tuesday, March 25, 2014 79 FR 16426 - Program Integrity: Gainful Employment
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Notice of proposed rulemaking. We must receive your comments on or before May 27, 2014. 34 CFR Parts 600 and 668 Summary The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations on institutional eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and the Student Assistance General Provisions to establish measures for determining whether certain postsecondary educational programs prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation, and the conditions under which these educational programs remain eligible under the Federal Student Aid programs authorized under title IV of the HEA (title IV, HEA programs).
2013-11-01; vol. 78 # 212 - Friday, November 1, 2013 78 FR 65768 - Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final regulations. Effective date: These regulations are effective July 1, 2014. Implementation dates: For implementation dates, see the Implementation Date of These Regulations section of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 34 CFR Parts 668, 674, 682, and 685 Summary The Secretary amends the Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program regulations. These final regulations will: Amend the FFEL and Direct Loan program regulations to reflect changes made to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), by the SAFRA Act included in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; incorporate statutory changes to interest rates and other recent statutory changes in the Direct Loan Program regulations; update, strengthen, and clarify various areas of the Student Assistance General Provisions, Perkins Loan, FFEL, and Direct Loan program regulations; and provide for greater consistency in the regulations governing the title IV, HEA student loan programs. These final regulations will ensure that the title IV, HEA Federal student aid programs operate as efficiently as possible.
2013-09-20; vol. 78 # 183 - Friday, September 20, 2013 78 FR 57798 - Program Integrity Issues
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final regulations; Technical amendments. These regulations are effective September 20, 2013. 34 CFR Part 668 Summary On October 29, 2010, the Department of Education published in the Federal Register final regulations for improving integrity in the programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) (October 29, 2010, final regulations). This document makes technical amendments to those regulations in accordance with a court order.
2013-08-07; vol. 78 # 152 - Wednesday, August 7, 2013 78 FR 48048 - Student Assistance General Provisions
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Management, Office of Hearings & Appeals Final regulations. These regulations are effective August 7, 2013. 34 CFR Part 668 Summary The Secretary amends the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations governing participation in the student financial assistance programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (Title IV, HEA programs). The amended regulations implement the Office of Hearings & Appeals (OHA) Electronic Filing System, which provides a Web-based interface for the submission of documents in administrative litigation involving enforcement and compliance with requirements of Title IV, HEA programs. The OHA Electronic Filing System (OES) permits documents to be submitted electronically in an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) directly to OHA through standard Web-based screens and prompts.
2013-07-29; vol. 78 # 145 - Monday, July 29, 2013 78 FR 45618 - Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Notice of proposed rulemaking. We must receive your comments on or before August 28, 2013. 34 CFR Parts 668, 674, 682, and 685 Summary The Secretary proposes to amend the Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program regulations. The proposed regulations would: amend the FFEL and Direct Loan program regulations to reflect changes made to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), by the SAFRA Act included in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; incorporate other recent statutory changes in the Direct Loan Program regulations; update, strengthen, and clarify various areas of the Student Assistance General Provisions, Perkins Loan, FFEL, and Direct Loan program regulations; and provide for greater consistency in the regulations governing the title IV, HEA student loan programs. These proposed regulations would ensure that the title IV, HEA Federal student aid programs operate as efficiently as possible.
2013-03-22; vol. 78 # 56 - Friday, March 22, 2013 78 FR 17598 - Program Integrity Issues
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Final regulations; revisions to preamble. These revisions apply to the preamble for the October 29, 2010, regulations (75 FR 66832), which were generally effective July 1, 2011. 34 CFR Parts 600, 602, 603, 668, 682, 685, 686, 690, and 691 Summary On October 29, 2010, the Department of Education published in the Federal Register final regulations for improving integrity in the programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) (October 29, 2010, final regulations). This document revises the preamble discussion to the October 29, 2010, final regulations in accordance with the remand in Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities v. Duncan (D.C. Cir. 2012).
2012-09-27; vol. 77 # 188 - Thursday, September 27, 2012 77 FR 59311 - Federal Student Aid Programs (Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and the Federal Direct Loan Program)
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Office of Postsecondary Education Updated waivers and modifications of statutory and regulatory provisions. Effective September 27, 2012. The waivers and modifications in this document expire on September 30, 2017. 34 CFR Parts 668, 674, 682, and 685 Summary The Secretary is issuing updated waivers and modifications of statutory and regulatory provisions governing the Federal student financial aid programs under the authority of the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act). The HEROES Act requires the Secretary to publish, in a notice in the Federal Register , the waivers or modifications of statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to the student financial assistance programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to assist individuals who are performing qualifying military service, and individuals who are affected by a disaster, war or other military operation or national emergency, as described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
2012-03-28; vol. 77 # 60 - Wednesday, March 28, 2012 77 FR 18671 - Implementation of OMB Guidance on Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Final regulations and request for technical comments. These final regulations are effective April 27, 2012. In order for us to consider your comments, we must receive them on or before April 27, 2012. 2 CFR Part 3485 Summary The Secretary of the Department of Education (Department) establishes a new part in 2 CFR that adopts the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) guidance, as supplemented by this new part, as the Department's regulations for nonprocurement debarment and suspension. The Secretary removes regulations that contain the Department's current implementation of the Governmentwide common rule on nonprocurement debarment and suspension. The Secretary also amends regulations to correct citations as appropriate. The new part will serve the same purposes as, and is substantively identical to, the nonprocurement suspension and debarment common rule published in the Federal Register on November 26, 2003. On August 31, 2005, OMB established interim final guidance that was substantively identical to the common rule and directed Federal agencies to adopt those guidelines as regulations. On November 15, 2006, OMB published final guidance. These final regulations adopt the OMB guidance as regulations of the Department. In addition, the Department adds those requirements that describe how the Department implements suspension and debarment requirements in the context of Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). This regulatory action is an administrative simplification that makes no substantive change in the Department's policy or procedures for nonprocurement debarment and suspension. We do not intend any substantive changes to the Department's debarment and suspension regulations. To be sure we achieved that objective, we ask for technical comments about whether the new regulations are substantively different than the existing regulations.
2012-01-23; vol. 77 # 14 - Monday, January 23, 2012 77 FR 3121 - Program Integrity: Gainful Employment—Debt Measures; Correction
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Final regulations; correction. These regulations are effective July 1, 2012. 34 CFR Part 668 Summary On June 13, 2011, the Secretary of Education (Secretary) published a notice of final regulations in the Federal Register for Program Integrity: Gainful Employment—Debt Measures (Gainful Employment—Debt Measures) (76 FR 34386). In the preamble of the final regulations, we used the wrong data to calculate the percent of total variance in institutions' repayment rates that may be explained by race/ethnicity. Our intent was to use the data that included all minority students per institution. However, we mistakenly used the data for a subset of minority students per institution. We have now recalculated the total variance using the data that includes all minority students. Through this document, we correct, in the preamble of the Gainful Employment—Debt Measures final regulations, the errors resulting from this misapplication. We do not change the regression analysis model itself; we are using the same model with the appropriate data. Through this notice we also correct, in the preamble of the Gainful Employment—Debt Measures final regulations, our description of one component of the regression analysis. The preamble referred to use of an institutional variable measuring acceptance rates. This description was incorrect; in fact we used an institutional variable measuring retention rates. Correcting this language does not change the regression analysis model itself or the variance explained by the model. The text of the final regulations remains unchanged.
