[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 20139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08211]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Chapter VI
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, Notice of Additional Committee
Meeting--Title IV Federal Student Aid Programs, Program Integrity and
Improvement
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of intent to establish negotiated rulemaking committee.
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SUMMARY: On November 20, 2013, we announced our intention to establish
a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare proposed regulations to
address program integrity and improvement issues for the Federal
Student Aid Programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education
Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), (Title IV Federal Student Aid Programs).
We also announced the schedule for three sessions of committee
meetings. We now announce the addition of a fourth session, consisting
of two days of committee meetings to focus on the development of
proposed regulations to define ``adverse credit'' for borrowers in the
Federal Direct PLUS Loan Program.
DATES: The dates, times, and locations of the fourth session are set
out in the Schedule for Negotiations section under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION, below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the content of
this notice, including information about the negotiated rulemaking
process, contact: Wendy Macias, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
Street NW., room 8017, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: (202) 502-7526
or by email: [email protected].
For general information about the negotiated rulemaking process,
see The Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Title IV Regulations,
Frequently Asked Questions at http://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/hea08/neg-reg-faq.html.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf or text
telephone, call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-877-
8339.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an
accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact
disc) on request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 20, 2013, we published a
document in the Federal Register (78 FR 69612) announcing our intention
to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare proposed
regulations to address program integrity and improvement issues for the
Title IV Federal Student Aid Programs. In that notice, we set a
schedule for three sessions of committee meetings and requested
nominations for individual negotiators who represent key stakeholder
constituencies for the issues to be negotiated to serve on the
committee.
At the committee meeting on March 26, 2013, the Department proposed
that a fourth committee meeting be scheduled to ensure that the
Committee had sufficient time to discuss the issues, in view of
additional time being devoted to the gathering and consideration of
data pertinent to defining ``adverse credit'' for borrowers in the
Federal Direct PLUS Loan Program. The Committee approved the proposal
by consensus.
We now announce the addition of a fourth session consisting of
committee meetings to take place May 19-20, 2014, to focus on the
development of proposed regulations to define ``adverse credit,'' but
also to discuss, subject to time available, any other issues remaining
open from the initial three meetings. The meetings will run from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. The schedule for the fourth session follows.
Schedule for Negotiations: The committee will meet for its fourth
and final session on May 19-20, 2014. The meetings will run from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
The meetings will be held at the U.S. Department of Education at:
1990 K Street NW., Eighth Floor Conference Center, Washington, DC
20006. The meetings are open to the public.
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document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1098a.
Dated: April 8, 2014.
Lynn B. Mahaffie,
Senior Director, Policy Coordination, Development, and Accreditation
Service, delegated the authority to perform the functions and duties of
the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2014-08211 Filed 4-10-14; 8:45 am]
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