On October 28, 2011, the Department published a notice in the Federal Register announcing our intention to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare proposed regulations governing the student loan programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). The committee will include representatives of organizations or groups with interests that are significantly affected by the topics proposed for negotiation. Through this notice, we request nominations for individual negotiators who represent key stakeholder constituencies for the issues to be negotiated to serve on the committee and we set a schedule for committee meetings. | PDF

Electronic Announcement regarding Special Direct Consolidation Loans.

List of Negotiators: MS Word (48K) | PDF (202K)

Session One: January 9-13, 2012

• Organizational Protocols: MS Word (56K) | PDF (215K)
• Agenda: MS Word (38K) | PDF (88K)
• Negotiated Rulemaking Approved Issue Agenda: MS Word (26K) | PDF (53K)
• Approved Final Student Loan Issue Papers: MS Word (107K) | PDF (250K)

Session Two: February 13-17, 2012

• Agenda: MS Word (29K) | PDF (271K)
• Meeting Summary: MS Word (58K) | PDF (215K)
• Issue Papers 2-10: PDF (584K)
• Issue Paper 11: PDF (2MB)
• Issue Paper 12: PDF (1.09MB)
• Issue Papers 13-25: PDF (889K)

Session Three: March 26-30, 2012

• Agenda: MS Word (29K) | PDF (271K)
• Meeting Summary: MS Word (56K) | PDF (214K)
• Issue Papers 1-25 in contextual format: Zip (697K)

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