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General Information
This page provides information regarding the Department's negotiated rulemaking in 2023-2024 to make regulatory changes for the programs authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. For more information about negotiated rulemaking in general, please see our question and answer page.
New Federal Register Notices and Fact Sheets
Federal Register Notices (official notices at www.federalregister.gov).
- Improving Institutional Quality and Accountability Public Hearing Notice Official Copy** – [published 4/4/2023]
*The Department of Education strives to make all content accessible to everyone. While this document does not currently meet the standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, OPE is working to create an accessible version. If you need access to this content before the accessible version is available, please contact the Information Technology Accessibility Program Help Desk at ITAPSupport@ed.gov to help facilitate.
**By selecting the following link, you will be leaving the Department of Education’s (ED’s) website and navigating to a third-party site. This site and its contents are managed by organizations that may or may not have a business relationship with ED. As such, the Department is not responsible for the product, service, or overall website contents nor can it guarantee that any of the above are accessible in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. If you need accessibility support, please reach out to the third-party vendor for assistance.
New Public Hearing Information
•April 11, 2023 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Transcript: PDF* (385K)
Recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtuXGP5-53A
•April 12, 2023 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Transcript: PDF* (323K)
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFmBUWxWtdY
•April 13, 2023 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (cancelled)
The Department did not convene the public hearing on April 13th. We accommodated all who requested to speak on April 11th or April 12th.
*The Department of Education strives to make all content accessible to everyone. While this document does not currently meet the standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, OPE is working to create an accessible version. If you need access to this content before the accessible version is available, please contact the Information Technology Accessibility Program Help Desk at ITAPSupport@ed.gov to help facilitate.
**By selecting the following link, you will be leaving the Department of Education’s (ED’s) website and navigating to a third-party site. This site and its contents are managed by organizations that may or may not have a business relationship with ED. As such, the Department is not responsible for the product, service, or overall website contents nor can it guarantee that any of the above are accessible in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. If you need accessibility support, please reach out to the third-party vendor for assistance.
