1840-AD38 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1840 Office of Postsecondary Education OPE 1800 Department of Education ED Ensuring Student Access to High Quality and Innovative Postsecondary Educational Programs

The Department proposes to create and amend, through negotiated rulemaking, regulations relating to institutional eligibility and operations for participation in Federal student financial aid under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, including those relating to credit hour, competency-based education, direct assessment programs, and regular and substantive interaction between faculty and students in the delivery of distance education programs, in order to promote greater access for students to high-quality, innovative programs of postsecondary education.

]]> Economically Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Prerule Stage Yes Undetermined Other Not Yet Determined 20 U.S.C. 3474 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq. No Notice of Intention to Commence Negotiated Rulemaking 06/00/2018 Undetermined Undetermined Undetermined No No No Lynn Mahaffie 1840 Office of Postsecondary Education OPE 202 453-7862 Room 4060, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington DC 20202 Gail McLarnon 1840 Office of Postsecondary Education OPE 202 453-6914 Room 8026, 1990 K Street NW, Washington DC 20006-8502