Title 34, Part 668 — Student Assistance General Provisions

Scope.

General definitions.

Academic year.

Payment period.

Written arrangements to provide educational programs.

§§ 668.6-668.7 [Reserved]

Eligible program.

Relationship between clock hours and semester, trimester, or quarter hours in calculating Title IV, HEA program assistance.

Direct assessment programs.

Severability.

Scope.

Certification procedures.

Program participation agreement.

[Reserved]

Standards of administrative capability.

[Reserved]

Readmission requirements for servicemembers.

Financial aid history.

Limitations on remedial coursework that is eligible for Title IV, HEA program assistance.

Treatment of title IV grant and loan funds if the recipient does not begin attendance at the institution.

Treatment of title IV funds when a student withdraws.

Compliance audits and audited financial statements.

Record retention and examinations.

Contracts between an institution and a third-party servicer.

End of an institution's participation in the Title IV, HEA programs.

Waiver of annual audit submission requirement.

Non-Federal revenue (90/10).

Severability.

Scope.

Student eligibility.

Citizenship and residency requirements.

Satisfactory academic progress.

Student debts under the HEA and to the U.S.

Social security number.

Selective Service registration.

Enrollment in telecommunications and correspondence courses.

Study abroad programs.

Conviction for possession or sale of illegal drugs.

Reporting and disclosure of information.

Financial assistance information.

Institutional and programmatic information.

Availability of employees for information dissemination purposes.

Information on completion or graduation rates.

Institutional security policies and crime statistics.

Report on athletic program participation rates and financial support data.

Report on completion or graduation rates for student-athletes.

Institutional fire safety policies and fire statistics.

Severability.

General.

Definitions.

Policies and procedures.

Selection of an applicant's FAFSA information for verification.

Updating information.

Information to be verified.

Acceptable documentation.

Interim disbursements.

Consequences of a change in an applicant's FAFSA information.

Deadlines for submitting documentation and the consequences of failing to provide documentation.

Recovery of funds from interim disbursements.

Scope and special definitions.

Nature of educational program or institution.

Nature of financial charges or financial assistance.

Employability of graduates.

Omission of fact.

Severability.

Scope and special definitions.

Standard of conduct.

Emergency action.

Fine proceedings.

Suspension proceedings.

Limitation or termination proceedings.

[Reserved]

Prehearing conference and motion practice.

Hearing.

Authority and responsibilities of the hearing official.

Initial and final decisions.

Filing of requests for hearings and appeals; confirmation of mailing and receipt dates.

Fines.

Limitation.

Termination.

Reimbursements, refunds, and offsets.

Reinstatement after termination.

Removal of limitation.

Interlocutory appeals to the Secretary from rulings of a hearing official.

Severability.

Scope and purpose.

Definitions.

Request for review.

Notification of hearing.

Prehearing conference.

Hearing.

Authority and responsibilities of the hearing official.

Decision of the hearing official.

Appeal to the Secretary.

Decision of the Secretary.

Final decision of the Department.

Determination of filing, receipt, and submission dates.

Collection.

Interlocutory appeals to the Secretary from rulings of a hearing official.

Proceedings to recover liabilities owed relating to approved borrower defense claims.

General.

Definitions.

Institutional determinations of eligibility based on primary confirmation.

Conditions under which an institution shall require documentation and request secondary confirmation.

Institutional policies and procedures for requesting documentation and receiving secondary confirmation.

Institutional procedures for completing secondary confirmation.

Institutional determinations of eligibility based on INS responses to secondary confirmation requests.

Deadlines for submitting documentation and the consequences of failure to submit documentation.

Liability.

Recovery of payments and loan disbursements to ineligible students.

Scope.

Special definitions.

[Reserved]

Application for test approval.

Test approval procedures.

Criteria for approving tests.

Passing scores.

Additional criteria for the approval of certain tests.

Special provisions for the approval of assessment procedures for individuals with disabilities.

Agreement between the Secretary and a test publisher or a State.

Administration of tests.

Administration of tests by assessment centers.

Administration of tests for individuals whose native language is not English or for individuals with disabilities.

Institutional accountability.

[Reserved]

Approved State process.

Eligible career pathway program.

Scope and institutional responsibility.

Requesting funds.

Maintaining and accounting for funds.

Disbursing funds.

Notices and authorizations.

Excess cash.

Severability.

General.

Financial ratios.

Refund reserve standards.

Past performance.

Alternative standards and requirements.

Change in ownership.

Severability.

Purpose of this subpart.

Definitions of terms used in this subpart.

Calculating and applying cohort default rates.

Determining cohort default rates for institutions that have undergone a change in status.

Draft cohort default rates and your ability to challenge before official cohort default rates are issued.

Notice of your official cohort default rate.

Consequences of cohort default rates on your ability to participate in Title IV, HEA programs.

Preventing evasion of the consequences of cohort default rates.

General requirements for adjusting official cohort default rates and for appealing their consequences.

Uncorrected data adjustments.

New data adjustments.

Erroneous data appeals.

Loan servicing appeals.

Economically disadvantaged appeals.

Participation rate index appeals.

Average rates appeals.

Thirty-or-fewer borrowers appeals.

Severability.

Purpose of this subpart.

Definitions of terms used in this subpart.

Calculating and applying cohort default rates.

Determining cohort default rates for institutions that have undergone a change in status.

Draft cohort default rates and your ability to challenge before official cohort default rates are issued.

Notice of your official cohort default rate.

Consequences of cohort default rates on your ability to participate in Title IV, HEA programs.

Preventing evasion of the consequences of cohort default rates.

General requirements for adjusting official cohort default rates and for appealing their consequences.

Uncorrected data adjustments.

New data adjustments.

Erroneous data appeals.

Loan servicing appeals.

Economically disadvantaged appeals.

Participation rate index appeals.

Average rates appeals.

Thirty-or-fewer borrowers appeals.

Default prevention plans.

Scope and purpose.

Definitions.

Program eligibility.

Student eligibility.

Scope and purpose.

Definitions.

Eligible prison education program.

Accreditation requirements.

Application requirements.

Reporting requirements.

Limitation or termination of approval.

Best interest determination.

Transition to a prison education program.

Financial value transparency scope and purpose.

Financial value transparency framework.

Calculating D/E rates.

Calculating earnings premium measure.

Process for obtaining data and calculating D/E rates and earnings premium measure.

Determination of the D/E rates and earnings premium measure.

Student acknowledgments.

Reporting requirements.

Severability.

Scope and purpose.

Aggressive and deceptive recruitment tactics or conduct.

Severability.

Gainful employment (GE) scope and purpose.

Gainful employment criteria.

Ineligible GE programs.

Certification requirements for GE programs.

Student warnings.

Severability.