2013-2014 Negotiated Rulemaking

Program Integrity and Improvement

•  List of Negotiators
   

Session 1 Materials

Materials that the Department provided to the negotiating committee prior to Session 1:

•  Proposed agenda 
•  Proposed protocols 
•  Issue Paper #1 – Clock to Credit Hour Conversion
•  Issue Paper #2 – State Authorization Distance Education
•  Issue Paper #3 – State Authorization Foreign Locations
•  Issue Paper #4 – Cash Management
•  Issue Paper #5 – Retaking Coursework
•  Issue Paper #6 – Definition of Adverse Credit for Direct PLUS Loan Eligibility 

Materials provided by the Department to the negotiating committee at Session 1:

•  Department's opening remarks provided by Acting Under Secretary Jamienne S. Studley, 02/19/2014

Session 2 Materials

 Materials that the Department provided to the negotiating committee prior to Session 2:

•  Proposed Agenda
  
  Draft Language
  
•  Issue 1 – Clock to Credit Hour Conversion
•  Issue 2 – State Authorization Distance Education
•  Issue 3 – State Authorization Foreign Locations
•  Issue 4 – Cash Management
•  Subpart K Redline
•  Issue 5 – Retaking Coursework

Materials provided by the Department to the negotiating committee at Session 2 

•  Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) presentation, 3/26/2014
•  Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL)/Direct Loan (DL) Breakdown of Loan Disbursements 2006-2010, submitted 3/28/2014
  

Materials provided by non-Federal negotiators to the negotiating committee at Session 2

•  Memo from Leslie Parrish and Maura Dundon on Overdraft Fees, submitted by Chris Lindstrom, 3/26/2014 
•  Memo on Student Debit Cards from the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association, submitted by Bill Norwood, 3/26/2014
•  Credit Balance Disbursement Comments, submitted by Bill Norwood, 3/27/2014
•  Memo on Cash Management, submitted by Bill Norwood, 3/27/2014   Data

Session 3 Materials

Materials that the Department provided to the negotiating committee prior to Session 3:

•  Proposed Agenda
•  Issue 2 – State Authorization Distance Education
•  Issue 4 – Cash Management
•  Issue 6 – Definition of Adverse Credit for Direct PLUS Loan Eligibility 
•  Summary of State Authorization and Cash management Issues

Link to ED's Negotiated Rulemaking page:

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2012/programintegrity.html

Final Regulations Integrations, when completed,  can be found on the Regulations page of the NCHER e-Library.