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Higher Education Opportunity Act

News

• Report Critiques Net Price Calculators
  (March 23, 2011)

• ED Clarifies Status of Perkins Loan Program
  (February 23, 2011)

• ED: Program Integrity Final Rules
  (October 29, 2010)

• ED Letter Outlines HEOA Textbook Provisions
  (June 15, 2010)

• ED Reminds Institutions of Illegal File Sharing Requirements
  (June 7, 2010)

• Private Loan Self-Certification Form Released
  (February 15, 2010)

• TILA Compliance Checklist Available
  (December 21, 2009)

• ED Provides First Look at New Default Rates
  (December 18, 2009)

• HEOA Checklist for Business Officers Available
  (December 1, 2009)

• New Project Gathers Fire-Related Statistics
  (November 18, 2009)

• More...

Federal Resources

U.S. Department of Education

• Final regulations
  • ED: Final Rule on General and Non-Loan Programs
  • ED: Final Rules on Student Loan Programs—Institutional Issues
  • ED: Final Rule on Loan Programs for Lenders and Guaranty Agencies
  • ED: Final Rule on Institutional Eligibility and Accrediting Agencies
• Higher Education Opportunity Act Web Page
• Dear Colleague Letter (GEN-08-12), a 219-page summary of HEOA including a chart of effective dates (December 31, 2008)

Federal Reserve Board

• Federal Reserve: TILA Private Education Loan Final Rules
• Regulation Z; Private Education Loans Under Truth and Lending Act

Congress

• House Education and Labor Committee, a summary of key provisions of HR 4137.
• Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, the final version of the bill and the conference managers’ report

Association Resources

• NACUBO, HEOA Checklist for Business Officers
• NACUBO and IACLEA, Upcoming Changes to Campus Security Rules, on-demand webcast recorded on July 7, 2009, covering emergency notification, hate crimes, fire safety, and missing persons rule changes. (Note: the final rules made almost no changes to these sections of the regulations.)
• National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, HEA101 offers guidance on implementing key sections of HEOA, including a checklist for college presidents
• American Council on Education, Analysis of Higher Education Act Reauthorization (August 2008) A 10-page high-level overview of major provisions.
• National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs, blacklined version of HEA with HEOA provisions inserted

Contact

Anne Gross
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
202.861.2544
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