U.S. Department of Education

Negotiated Rulemaking

Program Integrity and Institutional Quality and TRIO

January 8 - 12, 2024

Links shared in the Zoom Chat during session 1

January 8, 2024, Day 1

Description Link Provided by 

Notice regarding the 

Approval of Nursing 

Education

Federal Register Volume 

34 Number 11, FR-1969-

01-16 **

govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1969-01-16/pdf/FR-1969-01-

16.pdf

Department of 

Education 

Negotiated Rulemaking 

for Higher Education 

2023-2024

https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking

/2023/index.html

Krystil Smith, 

FMCS Facilitator 

American Progress, 

People, Stephanie Hall

Biography **

https://www.americanprogress.org/people/stephaniehall/Robyn Smith, 

Legal Aid Orgs

Vera, People, Allan 

Wachendorfer

Biography **

https://www.vera.org/people/allan-wachendorfer Rob Anderson, 

State Officials

WCET, People, Cheryl 

Dowd Biography **

https://wcet.wiche.edu/people/cheryl-dowd/ Rob Anderson, 

State Officials

Federal Student Aid, 

Cash Management Dear 

Colleague Letter**

https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledgecenter/library/dear-colleague-letters/2022-10-13/cashmanagement-tier-one-and-tier-two-arrangementsDave Musser, ED 

January 9, 2024, Day 2

Description Link Provided by 

NC-SARA, Complaint

Dashboard Reports by 

State ** 

https://nc-sara.org/complaint-reports-dashboard JoEllen Price, 

Financial Aid 

Administrators 

Cornell Law School, 

General definition of 

institution of higher 

education **

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/1001 Denise Morelli, 

ED OGC 

January 10, 2024, Day 3

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January 11, 2024, Day 4

Description Link Provided by 

New America Brief: 

Higher Education 

Accreditors Don’t Want 

to Hear Your Complaints

**

https://www.newamerica.org/educationpolicy/briefs/higher-education-accreditors-dont-want-tohear-your-complaints/Jessi Morales, 

Student/Borrower 

SHEEO, College Closures 

Research and Policy 

Implications **

https://sheeo.org/project/college-closures/ Emmett Blaney, 

Student Borrower

New America, 

Anticipating and 

Managing Precipitous 

College Closures **

https://www.newamerica.org/educationpolicy/reports/anticipating-and-managing-precipitouscollege-closures/Robyn Smith, 

Legal Aid Orgs 

NACIQI Comment Letter

*

Beth-Stein_Written-Comment_NACIQI-Comment-Letter3.pdf (ed.gov)Jessica Morales, 

Student/Borrower 

Lessons from a RiskBased Oversight Model 

Designed to Protect 

Students and Taxpayers

**

https://www.legion.org/publications/254776/lessons-riskbased-oversight-model-designed-protect-students-andtaxpayersJessica Morales, 

Student/Borrower 

January 12, 2024, Day 5

None

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