Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Location of Negotiations and Subcommittee Meetings-Accreditation and Innovation – Federal Register

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notification of revised schedule of negotiated rulemaking committee meetings.

SUMMARY: On October 15, 2018, we announced our intention to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare proposed regulations for the Federal Student Aid programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). We also announced the schedule for the committee and the three topic-based subcommittee meetings. In this notification, we announce changes to the meeting times for the third session of the Accreditation and Innovation Committee’s negotiated rulemaking and the addition of a fourth session of negotiations.

DATES: The dates, times, and location of the third and fourth sessions are set out in the Revised Schedule for Negotiation Sessions section under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Revised Schedule for Negotiation Sessions: The Accreditation and Innovation Committee’s third session will still occur March 25-28, 2019, but with extended meeting times; and the additional fourth session will occur April 1-3, 2019.

Session 3: The March 25-27, 2019 meetings will run from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and the March 28, 2019 meeting will run from 8:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.

Session 4: The April 1 and 2, 2019 meetings will run from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and the April 3, 2019 meeting will run from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

All meetings of both sessions will be held in Barnard Auditorium, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20202. The meetings are open to the public.
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