Negotiated Rulemaking for Higher Education 2023-2024

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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.

Federal Register Notices (official notices at www.federalregister.gov).

  • Improving Institutional Quality and Accountability Public Hearing Notice – Official Copy** [published 4/4/2023]
  • Intent to Establish Negotiated Rulemaking Committees – Official Copy** [published 7/06/2023]
  • Negotiator Nominations and Schedule of Committee Meeting – Student Loan Debt Relief – Official Copy** [published 8/31/2023]
  • New Negotiator Nominations and Schedule of Committee Meeting – Program Integrity and Institutional Quality – Official Copy** [published 11/29/2023]

  • 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.
  • July 18, 2023 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    Transcript: PDF* (446K)
    Recording: https://youtu.be/adwvIQfkHIE

All hearings are held in the Eastern Time Zone.

Student Loan Debt Relief

Committee Members List:  PDF* (206K) | Revised PDF* (206K) | Revised PDF* (207K)| Revised PDF* (206K)
Committee Protocols: PDF* (246K) | Revised PDF* (248K)

Materials distributed by the Department prior to session 1:

  • Session 1 Issue Paper Student Loan Relief Committee PDF* (219K)
  • Student Loan Debt Relief Negotiated Rulemaking Agenda Session 1 PDF (169K)

Materials distributed by Negotiators during session 1:

  • Ed Boltz Biography PDF* (95K)
  • Jessica Ranucci Biography PDF* (90K)
  • John Whitelaw Biography PDF* (56K)
  • Waukecha Wilkerson Biography PDF (291K)
  • Links shared via Zoom Chat PDF (137K)

Meeting Summary: (prepared by the facilitators) PDF (149K)

Materials distributed by the Department prior to session 2:

  • Student Loan Debt Relief Negotiated Rulemaking Agenda Session 2 PDF (184K)
  • Student Loan Debt Relief Proposed Regulatory Text V1 PDF* (222K) | Revised PDF* (284K)
  • Session 2 Borrower Hardship Issue Paper PDF (233K) | Revised PDF* (239K)
  • Student Loan Debt Relief Negotiated Rulemaking Unfilled Data Requests from Session 1 PDF (228K)

Materials distributed by the Department during session 2:

  • Data on Older Borrowers and Parents for Session 2 PDF* (223K)
  • Data on Borrowers in Default for Session 2 PDF* (139K)

Materials distributed by Negotiators during session 2:

  • Negotiated Rulemaking 2023 Incarcerated Student Loan Borrowers Memo (submitted by Wisdom Cole) PDF (257K)
  • Link shared via Zoom Chat PDF (146K)

Materials distributed by the Department after session 2:

  • Data on Borrowers in Default for Session 2 PDF* (139K)
  • Data on Direct Loan Subsidy Estimates PDF* (48K)

Materials distributed by Negotiators after session 2:

  • Loans for Victims of False Certification of Student Eligibility and Unauthorized Payment (Submitted by Angelika Williams) PDF* (145K)
  • Memo on Distressed Borrowers (Submitted by Jalil Bishop) PDF* (248K)
  • Hardship Proposal Debt-to-Income Ratio (Submitted by Jalil Bishop) PDF* (141K)
  • Spousal Loans Proposal- for Cancellation Neg Reg (Submitted by Richard Hasse) PDF* (1791K)
  • Policy Proposal-Public Service Workers (Submitted by Sarah Butts) PDF* (141K)
  • Supplemental Servicer Error Proposal 11.14 (Submitted by Yael Shavit) PDF* (157K)
  • Relief for Missing Borrowers and their Families FINAL (Submitted by Scott Buchanan and Benjamin Lee) PDF* (111K)
  • Relief for Distressed Borrowers Using Existing Authority 11.14 (Submitted by Kyra Taylor) PDF* (111K)
  • REDLINE Max Loan Term Student Debt Relief Reg Text (Submitted by Jalil Bishop) PDF* (72K)
  • Proposed 30.70 Redlines (in blue) Over ED's Redlines 11.14 (Submitted by Kyra Taylor) PDF* (215K)
  • Proposal for Amendments to 30.70 11.14 (Submitted by Kyra Taylor) PDF* (101K)
  • Negotiated Rulemaking 2023 Currently Enrolled Student Loan Borrowers Memo (Submitted by Jada Sanford) PDF* (166K)
  • Loan Proposal, Taxpayers and Persons Who do not Have Debt (Submitted by Josh Divine) PDF* (90K)
  • Interest Accrual Proposal 11.14.23 (Submitted by Lane Thompson) PDF* (128K)
  • 2023 11.14 Revised 30.80(f-g) for loss of TIV (Submitted by Jessica Ranucci) PDF* (141K)
  • 2023 11.14 2023.11.14 Revised 30.80 Technical Corrections (Submitted by Jessica Ranucci) PDF* (256K)

Meeting Summary: (Prepared by the facilitators) PDF (212K)

New Registration: https://cvent.me/YeB5aD

New Public Comment: At the end of the first day, the committee will reserve one hour for public comment. To request time to comment, please send the name of the speaker, as well as the name of the organization, if applicable, to negreghearing@ed.gov no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on the day of the meeting. We will provide information to commenters on how and when to log in to the meeting as a speaker. We will accommodate as many requests as possible. No public comments will be made on the final day.

Materials distributed by the Department prior to session 3:

  • New Student Loan Debt Relief Negotiated Rulemaking Agenda Session 3 PDF* (130K)
  • New Student Loan Debt Relief Proposed Regulatory Text Session 3 V1 PDF* (263K)

Program Integrity and Institutional Quality

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TRIO Subcommittee

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