Part 668 - Student Assistance General Provisions  


Subpart A - General
§ 668.1 - Scope.
§ 668.2 - General definitions.
§ 668.3 - Academic year.
§ 668.4 - Payment period.
§ 668.5 - Written arrangements to provide educational programs.
§ 668.6 - Reporting and disclosure requirements for programs that prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation.
§ 668.7 - [Reserved]
§ 668.8 - Eligible program.
§ 668.9 - Relationship between clock hours and semester, trimester, or quarter hours in calculating Title IV, HEA program assistance.
§ 668.10 - Direct assessment programs.
§ 668.11 - Severability.
§§ 668.5--668.7 - [Reserved]
§§ 668.6--668.7 - [Reserved]
Subpart B - Standards for Participation in Title IV, HEA Programs
§ 668.12 - Scope.
§ 668.13 - Certification procedures.
§ 668.14 - Program participation agreement.
§ 668.15 - [Reserved]
§ 668.16 - Standards of administrative capability.
§ 668.17 - [Reserved]
§ 668.18 - Readmission requirements for servicemembers.
§ 668.19 - Financial aid history.
§ 668.20 - Limitations on remedial coursework that is eligible for Title IV, HEA program assistance.
§ 668.21 - Treatment of title IV grant and loan funds if the recipient does not begin attendance at the institution.
§ 668.22 - Treatment of title IV funds when a student withdraws.
§ 668.23 - Compliance audits and audited financial statements.
§ 668.24 - Record retention and examinations.
§ 668.25 - Contracts between an institution and a third-party servicer.
§ 668.26 - End of an institution's participation in the Title IV, HEA programs.
§ 668.27 - Waiver of annual audit submission requirement.
§ 668.28 - Non-Federal revenue (90/10).
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Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 668 - Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities, and Functions (GAO)
Appendix B to Subpart B of Part 668 - Appendix I, Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities, and Functions (GAO)
Appendix C to Subpart B of Part 668 - 90/10 Revenue Calculation
§§ 668.17--668.18 - [Reserved]
Subpart C - Student Eligibility
§ 668.31 - Scope.
§ 668.32 - Student eligibility.
§ 668.33 - Citizenship and residency requirements.
§ 668.34 - Satisfactory academic progress.
§ 668.35 - Student debts under the HEA and to the U.S.
§ 668.36 - Social security number.
§ 668.37 - Selective Service registration.
§ 668.38 - Enrollment in telecommunications and correspondence courses.
§ 668.39 - Study abroad programs.
§ 668.40 - Conviction for possession or sale of illegal drugs.
Subpart D - Institutional and Financial Assistance Information for Students
§ 668.41 - Reporting and disclosure of information.
§ 668.42 - Financial assistance information.
§ 668.43 - Institutional and programmatic information.
§ 668.44 - Availability of employees for information dissemination purposes.
§ 668.45 - Information on completion or graduation rates.
§ 668.46 - Institutional security policies and crime statistics.
§ 668.47 - Report on athletic program participation rates and financial support data.
§ 668.48 - Report on completion or graduation rates for student-athletes.
§ 668.49 - Institutional fire safety policies and fire statistics.
§ 668.50 - Severability.
Appendix A to Subpart D of Part 668 - Crime Definitions in Accordance With the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program
Subpart E - Verification and Updating of Student Aid Application Information
§ 668.51 - General.
§ 668.52 - Definitions.
§ 668.53 - Policies and procedures.
§ 668.54 - Selection of an applicant's FAFSA information for verification.
§ 668.55 - Updating information.
§ 668.56 - Information to be verified.
§ 668.57 - Acceptable documentation.
§ 668.58 - Interim disbursements.
§ 668.59 - Consequences of a change in an applicant's FAFSA information.
§ 668.60 - Deadlines for submitting documentation and the consequences of failing to provide documentation.
§ 668.61 - Recovery of funds from interim disbursements.
Subpart F - Misrepresentation
§ 668.71 - Scope and special definitions.
§ 668.72 - Nature of educational program or institution.
§ 668.73 - Nature of financial charges or financial assistance.
§ 668.74 - Employability of graduates.
§ 668.75 - Omission of fact.
§ 668.79 - Severability.
Subpart G - Fine, Limitation, Suspension and Termination Proceedings
§ 668.81 - Scope and special definitions.
§ 668.82 - Standard of conduct.
§ 668.83 - Emergency action.
§ 668.84 - Fine proceedings.
§ 668.85 - Suspension proceedings.
§ 668.86 - Limitation or termination proceedings.
§ 668.87 - [Reserved]
§ 668.88 - Prehearing conference and motion practice.
§ 668.89 - Hearing.
§ 668.90 - Authority and responsibilities of the hearing official.
§ 668.91 - Initial and final decisions.
§ 668.92 - Filing of requests for hearings and appeals; confirmation of mailing and receipt dates.
§ 668.93 - Fines.
§ 668.94 - Limitation.
§ 668.95 - Termination.
§ 668.96 - Reimbursements, refunds, and offsets.
§ 668.97 - Reinstatement after termination.
§ 668.98 - Removal of limitation.
§ 668.99 - Interlocutory appeals to the Secretary from rulings of a hearing official.
§ 668.100 - Severability.
Subpart H - Appeal Procedures for Audit Determinations and Program Review Determinations
§ 668.111 - Scope and purpose.
§ 668.112 - Definitions.
§ 668.113 - Request for review.
§ 668.114 - Notification of hearing.
§ 668.115 - Prehearing conference.
§ 668.116 - Hearing.
§ 668.117 - Authority and responsibilities of the hearing official.
§ 668.118 - Decision of the hearing official.
§ 668.119 - Appeal to the Secretary.
§ 668.120 - Decision of the Secretary.
§ 668.121 - Final decision of the Department.
§ 668.122 - Determination of filing, receipt, and submission dates.
§ 668.123 - Collection.
§ 668.124 - Interlocutory appeals to the Secretary from rulings of a hearing official.
§ 668.125 - Proceedings to recover liabilities owed relating to approved borrower defense claims.
Subpart I - Immigration-Status Confirmation
§ 668.130 - General.
§ 668.131 - Definitions.
§ 668.132 - Institutional determinations of eligibility based on primary confirmation.
§ 668.133 - Conditions under which an institution shall require documentation and request secondary confirmation.
§ 668.134 - Institutional policies and procedures for requesting documentation and receiving secondary confirmation.
§ 668.135 - Institutional procedures for completing secondary confirmation.
§ 668.136 - Institutional determinations of eligibility based on INS responses to secondary confirmation requests.
§ 668.137 - Deadlines for submitting documentation and the consequences of failure to submit documentation.
§ 668.138 - Liability.
§ 668.139 - Recovery of payments and loan disbursements to ineligible students.
Subpart J - Approval of Independently Administered Tests; Specification of Passing Score; Approval of State Process
§ 668.141 - Scope.
§ 668.142 - Special definitions.
§ 668.143 - Approval of State tests or assessments.
§ 668.144 - Application for test approval.
§ 668.145 - Test approval procedures.
§ 668.146 - Criteria for approving tests.
§ 668.147 - Passing scores.
§ 668.148 - Additional criteria for the approval of certain tests.
§ 668.149 - Special provisions for the approval of assessment procedures for individuals with disabilities.
§ 668.150 - Agreement between the Secretary and a test publisher or a State.
§ 668.151 - Administration of tests.
§ 668.152 - Administration of tests by assessment centers.
§ 668.153 - Administration of tests for individuals whose native language is not English or for individuals with disabilities.
§ 668.154 - Institutional accountability.
§ 668.155 - [Reserved]
§ 668.156 - Approved State process.
§ 668.157 - Eligible career pathway program.
Subpart K - Cash Management
§ 668.161 - Scope and institutional responsibility.
§ 668.162 - Requesting funds.
§ 668.163 - Maintaining and accounting for funds.
§ 668.164 - Disbursing funds.
§ 668.165 - Notices and authorizations.
§ 668.166 - Excess cash.
§ 668.167 - Severability.
Subpart L - Financial Responsibility
§ 668.171 - General.
§ 668.172 - Financial ratios.
§ 668.173 - Refund reserve standards.
§ 668.174 - Past performance.
§ 668.175 - Alternative standards and requirements.
§ 668.176 - Change in ownership.
§ 668.177 - Severability.
Appendix A to Part 668 - Flow Charts for Procedures for Calculating Refunds Under § 668.22
Appendix B to Part 668 - Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities, and Functions (GAO)
Appendix C to Part 668 - Appendix I, Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities, and Functions (GAO)
Appendix D to Part 668 - Default Reduction Measures
Appendix E to Part 668 - Crime Definitions in Accordance With the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program
Appendix F to Part 668 - Ratio Methodology for Proprietary Institutions
Appendix G to Part 668 - Ratio Methodology for Private Non-Profit Institutions
Appendix H to Part 668 - Default Management Plans for Special Institutions
Appendix A to Subpart L of Part 668 - Ratio Methodology for Propriety Institutions
Appendix B to Subpart L of Part 668 - Ratio Methodology for Private Non-Profit Institutions
Appendix C to Subpart L of Part 668 - Balance Sheet and Income Statement Adjustments for Recalculating Composite Score
Subpart M - Two Year Cohort Default Rates
§ 668.181 - Purpose of this subpart.
§ 668.182 - Definitions of terms used in this subpart.
§ 668.183 - Calculating and applying cohort default rates.
§ 668.184 - Determining cohort default rates for institutions that have undergone a change in status.
§ 668.185 - Draft cohort default rates and your ability to challenge before official cohort default rates are issued.
§ 668.186 - Notice of your official cohort default rate.
§ 668.187 - Consequences of cohort default rates on your ability to participate in Title IV, HEA programs.
§ 668.188 - Preventing evasion of the consequences of cohort default rates.
§ 668.189 - General requirements for adjusting official cohort default rates and for appealing their consequences.
§ 668.190 - Uncorrected data adjustments.
§ 668.191 - New data adjustments.
§ 668.192 - Erroneous data appeals.
§ 668.193 - Loan servicing appeals.
§ 668.194 - Economically disadvantaged appeals.
§ 668.195 - Participation rate index appeals.
§ 668.196 - Average rates appeals.
§ 668.197 - Thirty-or-fewer borrowers appeals.
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Appendix A to Subpart M of Part 668 - Summaries of Eligibility and Submission Requirements for Challenges, Adjustments, and Appeals
Appendix B to Subpart M of Part 668 - Sample Default Management Plan for Special Institutions to Use When Complying With § 668.198
Subpart N - Cohort Default Rates
§ 668.200 - Purpose of this subpart.
§ 668.201 - Definitions of terms used in this subpart.
§ 668.202 - Calculating and applying cohort default rates.
§ 668.203 - Determining cohort default rates for institutions that have undergone a change in status.
§ 668.204 - Draft cohort default rates and your ability to challenge before official cohort default rates are issued.
§ 668.205 - Notice of your official cohort default rate.
§ 668.206 - Consequences of cohort default rates on your ability to participate in Title IV, HEA programs.
§ 668.207 - Preventing evasion of the consequences of cohort default rates.
§ 668.208 - General requirements for adjusting official cohort default rates and for appealing their consequences.
§ 668.209 - Uncorrected data adjustments.
§ 668.210 - New data adjustments.
§ 668.211 - Erroneous data appeals.
§ 668.212 - Loan servicing appeals.
§ 668.213 - Economically disadvantaged appeals.
§ 668.214 - Participation rate index appeals.
§ 668.215 - Average rates appeals.
§ 668.216 - Thirty-or-fewer borrowers appeals.
§ 668.217 - Default prevention plans.
Appendix A to Subpart N of Part 668 - Sample Default Prevention Plan
Subpart O - Financial Assistance for Students With Intellectual Disabilities
§ 668.230 - Scope and purpose.
§ 668.231 - Definitions.
§ 668.232 - Program eligibility.
§ 668.233 - Student eligibility.
Subpart P - Prison Education Programs
§ 668.234 - Scope and purpose.
§ 668.235 - Definitions.
§ 668.236 - Eligible prison education program.
§ 668.237 - Accreditation requirements.
§ 668.238 - Application requirements.
§ 668.239 - Reporting requirements.
§ 668.240 - Limitation or termination of approval.
§ 668.241 - Best interest determination.
§ 668.242 - Transition to a prison education program.
Subparts P--R - XXX
Subpart Q - Financial Value Transparency
§ 668.401 - Financial value transparency scope and purpose.
§ 668.402 - Financial value transparency framework.
§ 668.403 - Calculating D/E rates.
§ 668.404 - Calculating earnings premium measure.
§ 668.405 - Process for obtaining data and calculating D/E rates and earnings premium measure.
§ 668.406 - Determination of the D/E rates and earnings premium measure.
§ 668.407 - Student acknowledgments.
§ 668.408 - Reporting requirements.
§ 668.409 - Severability.
§ 668.410 - Consequences of the D/E rates measure.
§ 668.411 - Reporting requirements for GE programs.
§ 668.412 - Disclosure requirements for GE programs.
§ 668.413 - Calculating, issuing, and challenging completion rates, withdrawal rates, repayment rates, median loan debt, mean and median earnings, and program cohort default rate.
§ 668.414 - Certification requirements for GE programs.
§ 668.415 - Severability.
§§ 668.407--668.408 - [Reserved]
Subpart R - Aggressive and Deceptive Recruitment Tactics or Conduct
§ 668.500 - Scope and purpose.
§ 668.501 - Aggressive and deceptive recruitment tactics or conduct.
§ 668.502 - Calculating program cohort default rates.
§ 668.503 - Determining program cohort default rates for GE programs at institutions that have undergone a change in status.
§ 668.504 - Draft program cohort default rates and your ability to challenge before official program cohort default rates are issued.
§ 668.505 - Notice of the official program cohort default rate of a GE program.
§ 668.506 - [Reserved]
§ 668.507 - Preventing evasion of program cohort default rates.
§ 668.508 - General requirements for adjusting and appealing official program cohort default rates.
§ 668.509 - Severability.
§ 668.510 - New data adjustments.
§ 668.511 - Erroneous data appeals.
§ 668.512 - Loan servicing appeals.
§ 668.516 - Fewer-than-ten-borrowers determinations.
§§ 668.513--668.515 - [Reserved]
Subpart S - Gainful Employment (GE)
§ 668.601 - Gainful employment (GE) scope and purpose.
§ 668.602 - Gainful employment criteria.
§ 668.603 - Ineligible GE programs.
§ 668.604 - Certification requirements for GE programs.
§ 668.605 - Student warnings.
§ 668.606 - Severability.
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