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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Office of Postsecondary Education</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Education</NAME>
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<p>The Department proposes to address Title IV eligibility issues to remove requirements that unnecessarily target faith-based or for-profit institutions and interfere with efficient and beneficial mergers, sales, and transfers of institutions of higher education. Such issues to be addressed in the context of institutional eligibility for participation of Federal student financial aid include rules governing change of ownership, cash management, administrative capability standards, and financial responsibility requirements.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Prerule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>Undetermined</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Deregulatory</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>34 CFR 600</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>20 U.S.C. 1001, 1002, 1003</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>20 U.S.C. 1088, 1091, 1094</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>20 U.S.C. 1099b, and 1099c</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>Yes</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice of Intent to Commence Negotiated Rulemaking</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/06/2023</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>88 FR 43069</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/24/2024</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>89 FR 60256</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/23/2024</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice of Intent to Commence Negotiated Rulemaking</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/00/2025</TTBL_DATE>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Second NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/00/2026</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Second NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/00/2026</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/00/2026</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>www.regulations.gov</PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Tamy</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Abernathy</LAST_NAME>
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                    <CODE>1840</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Postsecondary Education</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OPE</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 245-4595</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>negregnprmhelp@ed.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>400 Maryland Avenue SW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20202</ZIP>
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