[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15361-15362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6363]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Gainful Employment Reporting Deadline Date for the 2011-2012 
Award Year

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary announces the deadline date for the receipt of 
information from institutions for programs that prepare students for 
gainful employment in a recognized occupation and that are eligible to 
participate in the Federal student assistance programs authorized under 
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), for the 
2011-2012 award year. These are Student Assistance General Provisions, 
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Work-Study, 
Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Pell Grant, William D. Ford Federal 
Direct Loan, Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher 
Education Grant, and Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant programs.

DATES: Deadline Date: October 15, 2012.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations at 34 CFR 668.6 provide the 
reporting and disclosure requirements for programs that prepare 
students for gainful employment in recognized occupations. The 
regulations at 34 CFR 668.6(a)(1) identify the information that 
institutions are required to report.
    The regulations at 34 CFR 668.6(a)(2)(i)(C) provide that an 
institution must report gainful employment information from the most 
recently completed award year no earlier than September 30, but no 
later than the date established by the Secretary through a notice 
published in the Federal Register. Accordingly, through this notice, 
the Secretary announces that institutions must report the information 
required under 34 CFR 668.6(a)(1) for the 2011-2012 award year no later 
than October 15, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rene Tiongquico, U.S. Department of 
Education, Federal Student Aid, 830 First Street NE., Union Center 
Plaza, room 113H1, Washington, DC 20202-5345. Telephone: (202) 377-
4270.
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text

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    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1001(b), 1002(b), 1002(c),1070a, 
1070b-1070b-4, 1070g, 1087a-1087j, and 1087aa-1087ii; 42 U.S.C. 
2751-2756b.

    Dated: March 6, 2012.
James W. Runcie,
Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid.
[FR Doc. 2012-6363 Filed 3-14-12; 8:45 am]
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