Publication Date: July 25, 2016
Posted Date: July 25, 2016
Subject: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Program Integrity and Improvement - State Authorization
FR Type: Notice
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 142 (Monday, July 25, 2016)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 48597-48617] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2016-17068] [[Page 48597]] Vol. 81 Monday, No. 142 July 25, 2016 Part IV Department of Education ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 CFR Parts 600 and 668 Program Integrity and Improvement; Proposed Rule Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 142 / Monday, July 25, 2016 / Proposed Rules [[Page 48598]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 34 CFR Parts 600 and 668 [Docket ID ED-2016-OPE-0050] RIN 1840-AD20 Program Integrity and Improvement AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. DATES: We must receive your comments on or before August 24, 2016. 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 . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sophia McArdle, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW., Room 6W256, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone (202) 453-6318 or by email at: sophia.mcardle@ed.gov. Scott Filter, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW., Room 6W253, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone (202) 453-7249 or by email at: scott.filter@ed.gov.