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Institutions and Lender Requirements Relating to Education Loans, Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal

Wed, Oct 28 2009 11:00:00 GMT

The Secretary establishes new regulations regarding Institutions and Lender Requirements Relating to Education Loans, to implement requirements relating to education loans that were added to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA). The Secretary also amends the regulations for Student Assistance General Provisions, the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program to implement certain provisions of the HEA that involve schoolbased loan issues and that were affected by the statutory changes made to the HEA by the HEOA.

Federal Student Financial Assistance Programs Under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as Amended

Wed, Oct 28 2009 11:00:00 GMT

The Secretary of Education invites institutions of higher education that participate in the student assistance programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (the HEA), or consortiums of such institutions, to propose ideas for institutionally based experiments designed to test new ways of administering the student financial assistance programs authorized by title IV of the HEA (the Title IV, HEA programs). This effort is called the Experimental Sites Initiative (ESI). This notice is the first of two notices that the Secretary will publish regarding the ESI.

Under section 487A(b) of the HEA, the Secretary has the authority to grant waivers from specific Title IV, HEA statutory or regulatory requirements to allow institutions to test alternative methods for administering the Title IV, HEA programs. Such institutions are referred to in the HEA as ``experimental sites''. The Secretary seeks suggestions on how best to use this authority to reduce burden in the

Student Support Services (SSS) Program

Wed, Oct 28 2009 11:00:00 GMT

We extend the Deadline for Transmittal of Applications and the Deadline for Intergovernmental Review dates in the notice published on October 22, 2009 (74 FR 5455454558).