Publication Date: May 18, 2015
Posted Date: May 18, 2015
Subject: Program Integrity and Improvement; Proposed Rule (NPRM)
FR Type: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
NPRM Comment Due Date: July 2, 2015
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 2015)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 28483-28536] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2015-11917] [[Page 28483]] Vol. 80 Monday, No. 95 May 18, 2015 Part III Department of Education ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 CFR Part 668 Program Integrity and Improvement; Proposed Rule Federal Register / Vol. 80 , No. 95 / Monday, May 18, 2015 / Proposed Rules [[Page 28484]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 34 CFR Part 668 [Docket ID ED-2015-OPE-0020] RIN 1840-AD14 Program Integrity and Improvement AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. DATES: We must receive your comments on or before July 2, 2015. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not accept comments submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after the comment period. To ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies, please submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the Docket ID at the top of your comments. If you are submitting comments electronically, we strongly encourage you to submit any comments or attachments in Microsoft Word format. If you must submit a comment in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), we strongly encourage you to convert the PDF to print-to-PDF format or to use some other commonly used searchable text format. Please do not submit the PDF in a scanned format. Using a print-to-PDF format allows the Department to electronically search and copy certain portions of your submissions.Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to submit your comments electronically. Information on using Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents, submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site under ``Are you new to the site?'' Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: The Department strongly encourages commenters to submit their comments electronically. However, if you mail or deliver your comments about the proposed regulations, address them to Jean-Didier Gaina, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 8055, Washington, DC 20006. Privacy Note: The Department's policy is to make all comments received from members of the public available for public viewing in their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly available. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For clock-to-credit-hour conversion: Amy Wilson, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 8027, Washington, DC 20006-8502. Telephone: (202) 502-7689 or by email at: amy.wilson@ed.gov.