Publication Date: July 18, 2017
Posted Date: July 18, 2017
Subject: Final Format and Applicable Dates for Disclosures for Student Financial Accounts
FR Type: Notice
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 18, 2017)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 32762-32766] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2017-15077] ================================================ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 34 CFR Part 668 RIN 1840-AD14 [Docket ID ED-2015-OPE-0020] Final Format and Summary of Responses to Request for Information Regarding Disclosures for Student Financial Accounts; Announcement of Applicable Dates AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. [[Page 32763]] ACTION: Responses to request for information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. DATES: 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). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashley Higgins, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 6W234, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 453-6097 or by email: Ashley.Higgins@ed.gov. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.