2013-26492. Negotiated Rulemaking Committee, Notice of Change to Schedule of Committee Meetings-Title IV Federal Student Aid Programs, Gainful Employment in a Recognized Occupation

AGENCY:

Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION:

Notice of intent to establish negotiated rulemaking committee.

SUMMARY:

On June 12, 2013, we announced our intention to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare proposed regulations to establish standards for programs that prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation. We also announced the schedule for committee meetings. Because of the Federal Government shutdown due to a lapse in appropriations, we are rescheduling the second session of committee meetings to November 18-20, 2013. In addition, the last day of the second session will end at 5:00 p.m. instead of at noon.

DATES:

The dates, times, and locations of the committee meetings are set out in the Schedule for Negotiations section under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For information about the content of this notice, including information about the negotiated rulemaking process, contact: Wendy Macias, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 8017, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: [phone] or by email: [e-mail].

For general information about the negotiated rulemaking process, see The Negotiated Rulemaking Process for Title IV Regulations, Frequently Asked Questions at http://www2.ed.gov/​policy/​highered/​reg/​hearulemaking/​hea08/​neg-reg-faq.html.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On June 12, 2013, we published a notice in the Federal Register (78 FR 35179) announcing 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) (title IV Federal Student Aid programs) that would establish standards for programs that prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation. In that notice, we set a schedule for the committee meetings and requested nominations for individual negotiators who represent key stakeholder constituencies for the issue to be negotiated to serve on the committee.

Because of the shutdown of the Federal Government due to the recent lapse in appropriations for fiscal year 2014, we announce that we are rescheduling the second session of committee meetings from October 21-23, 2013 to November 18-20, 2013.

In addition, we announce that the meeting on the final day, November 20, 2013, will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., rather than from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The revised schedule for the second session follows.

Schedule for Negotiations: The committee will meet for its second and final session on November 18-20, 2013. The session will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day.

The meetings will be held at the U.S. Department of Education at: 1990 K Street NW., Eighth Floor Conference Center, Washington, DC 20006.

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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1098a.

Dated: October 30, 2013.

Brenda Dann-Messier,

Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, delegated the authority to perform the functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.