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 Department of Education 34 CFR Parts 600 and 668 RIN 1840-AD15
[Docket ID ED-2014-OPE-0039]
 AGENCY: Department of Education.
 ACTION: Final regulations; correction.
 SUMMARY: On October 31, 2014, we published in the 
                        **Federal Register**
                         final regulations for Program Integrity: Gainful Employment (Gainful Employment rule). This document corrects regulatory text, footnotes, and a chart in the Gainful Employment rule.
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                        *gainfulemploymentregulations@ed.gov*. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document corrects
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                     (1) Footnote text that was omitted from the Gainful Employment rule; (2) § 668.412 of the regulations to include the implementation date for the disclosure requirements; (3) the equations for calculating completion rates for full-time students in § 668.413(b)(1)(i) of the regulations; (4) § 668.413 to add mean earnings in addition to median earnings; and (5) the notification provisions in § 668.413(c)(2) of the regulations. In the Gainful Employment rule: The text of certain footnotes was omitted;
                We discussed that institutions must begin complying with the requirements in § 668.412 of the regulations beginning January 1, 2017. However, that language was inadvertently omitted from the regulatory text;
                Dividing lines were omitted from the chart on page 64954 that would enhance the data presentation;
                We revised § 668.412(a)(11) of the proposed regulations to add mean earnings, in addition to median earnings, as a possible disclosure item to be included on the disclosure template, but we did not revise § 668.413 of the regulations to reflect this addition; and
                Section 668.413(c)(2) referred incorrectly to the cohort period with respect to the calculation of median loan debt. Corrections In FR Doc. No. 2014-25594, in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     of October 31, 2014 (79 FR 64890), make the following corrections:
                    ( print page 71958) 1.On page 64905, in the left-hand column, add footnote 22 to read as follows: 22
                         IPEDS First-Look (July 2013), table 2. Average costs (in constant 2012-13 dollars) associated with attendance for full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates at Title IV institutions operating on an academic year calendar system, and percentage change, by level of institution, type of cost, and other selected characteristics: United States, academic years 2010-11 and 2012-13. 2.On page 64906, in the right-hand column, revise footnotes 46 and 47 to read as follows: 46
                         NCES, “Transferability of Postsecondary Credit Following Student Transfer or Coenrollment,” NCES 2014-163. Available at: 
                        *http://nces.ed.gov/​pubsearch/​pubsinfo.asp?​pubid=​2014163.* 47
                         NCES, “Transferability of Postsecondary Credit Following Student Transfer or Coenrollment,” NCES 2014-163, table 3. 3.On page 64907, in the middle column, revise footnote 54 to read as follows: 54
                         
                        *Id.* 4.On page 64954, the table is revised to read as follows: Date 
                             received  
                             from SSA
Number ED sent to SSA
Number SSA verified
Number SSA did not verify
Number with earnings
Number with zero 
                             earnings2011 GE informational rates—includes non-Title IV
3/5/12
811,718
797,070
14,708
699,024
98,046 [12.3% of verified].2012 GE informational rates for reg neg Title IV only
7/18/13
255,168
252,328
2,845
232,006
20,317  [7.96% of verified].2012 GE post reg neg—Title IV only
8/14/13
923,399
917,912
8,487
798,952
115,960 [12.6% of verified].For College Scorecard—Title IV only derived from ED data on borrowers in FY 2007 iCDR cohort for selected institutions of higher education
9/13/13
900,419 
                             901,719  
                             902,380  
                             921,749
892,796 
                             894,260  
                             892,840  
                             909,613
7,623 
                             7,459  
                             9,540  
                             12,136
809,204 
                             819,542  
                             787,223  
                             772,574
83,592. 
                             74,718.  
                             105,617.  
                             137,039.Totals

3,626,267
3,589,509
36,758
3,188,543
400,966 [11.1% of verified].For College Scorecard—Title IV only derived from ED data on borrowers in FY 2008 iCDR cohort for selected institutions of higher education
12/13/13
969,145 
                             985,742  
                             490,305
954,728 
                             970,742  
                             480,421
14,417 
                             15,000  
                             9,884
857,539 
                             865,060  
                             411,917
97,189. 
                             105,682.  
                             68,504.Totals

2,445,192
2,405,891
39,301
2,134,516
271,375 [11.3% of verified].Grand Totals

8,061,744
7,959,705
102,099
7,053,041
906,664 [11.4% of verified].
 § 668.412
 5.On page 65015, in the middle column, add paragraph (h) to § 668.412 to read as follows: (h) 
                    *Implementation date.*
                     Institutions must comply with the requirements of this section beginning January 1, 2017. § 668.413
 6.In the table of contents for subpart Q, on page 65007, in the second line in the middle column, we revise the phrase “median earnings” to read “mean and median earnings”. 7.Beginning in the middle column on page 65015 and ending on page 65018, in each place in which the phrase “median earnings” appears, including in the heading of § 668.413, revise the phrase to read “mean and median earnings”. 8.On page 65015, revise the two, three-column equations in § 668.413(b)(1)(i) to read as follows:  
 
  9.On page 65018, in the left-hand column, revise § 668.413(c)(2) by removing the phrase “, in each case during the cohort period”. 10.On page 65033, in the right-hand column, add footnotes 259 and 260 to read as follows: 259
                         NCES, “Transferability of Postsecondary Credit Following Student Transfer or Coenrollment,” NCES 2014-163. Available at: 
                        *http://nces.ed.gov/​pubsearch/​pubsinfo.asp?​pubid=​2014163.* 260
                         NCES, “Transferability of Postsecondary Credit Following Student Transfer or Coenrollment,” NCES 2014-163, table 3. Program Authority:
                    20 U.S.C. 1001, 1002, 1088. Dated: November 25, 2014. Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education.


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