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On November 1, 2010 the Department published in the Federal Register **final regulations** for Institutional Eligibility Under the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, the Student Assistance General Provisions, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program to implement provisions related to the eligibility of foreign institutions for participation in the Federal student aid programs that were added to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-315) (HEOA), as well as other provisions related to the eligibility of foreign institutions.

On July 20, 2010 the Department published in the Federal Register a **Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NRPM)**.  Through this NPRM, the Secretary proposes to implement provisions related to the eligibility of foreign institutions for participation in the Federal student aid programs that were added to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), as well as other provisions related to the eligibility of a foreign institution by amending the regulations for Institutional Eligibility Under the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Student Assistance General Provisions, and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program.

List of Negotiators: MS Word (38K) | PDF (19K)

**Session One: November 16-20, 2009**

Issue Summaries: PDF (338K)

**Session Two: January 11-15, 2010**

Issue Summaries: PDF (467K)

**Session Three: February 22-26, 2010**

Issue Summaries: PDF (227K)

Issue summaries for the third negotiating session include:- United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) financial statements
- Compliance audits
- Definition of a foreign school
- Non-profit status for foreign schools
- Public foreign schools and financial responsibility
- Consolidation of select Title IV requirements on a countrywide basis
- Deferments for eligible non-citizens
- Non-degree programs
- New eligibility criteria for foreign medical schools
- Clinical sites of foreign medical schools and foreign veterinary schools in other countries
- Basic science locations of foreign medical schools, foreign nursing schools, and foreign veterinary schools in other countries
- Eligibility requirements for foreign veterinary schools
- Eligibility requirements for foreign nursing schools
- Foreign medical, veterinary, and nursing schools certified separately from larger school

| Negotiated Rulemaking 2009-10 Page | HEOA Page | OPE Policy Page |

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