Distance Education and Innovation

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Education 34 CFR Parts 600, 602 and 668 [Docket ID ED-2018-OPE-0076] RIN 1840-AD38 AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. ACTION: Final regulations. SUMMARY: The Secretary amends the general, establishing eligibility, maintaining eligibility, and losing eligibility sections of the Institutional Eligibility regulations issued under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), related to distance education and innovation. In addition, the Secretary amends the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations issued under the HEA. DATES: Effective date: These regulations are effective July 1, 2021. Implementation date: For the implementation dates of the included regulatory provisions, see the Implementation Date of These Regulations section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on these Distance Education and Innovation regulations, please contact Greg Martin at (202) 453-7535 or by email at gregory.martin@ed.gov . If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at (800) 877-8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Summary Purpose of This Regulatory Action: Through this regulatory action, the Department of Education (Department or we) amends the general, establishing eligibility, maintaining eligibility, and losing eligibility sections of the Institutional Eligibility regulations issued under the Higher Education …