The Department of Education (the Department) proposes to amend the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations issued under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to implement changes made to the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations â Subpart D â Institutional and Financial Assistance Information for §668.41 - Reporting and disclosure of information. These proposed regulations are a result of negotiated rulemaking and would add new requirements to the current regulations. These proposed regulations require that institutions that use pre-dispute arbitration agreements or class action waivers as a condition of enrollment disclose that information to students, prospective students, and the public in an easily accessible format.
This request is to revise the currently approved information collection. These changes are due to the final regulations offered through program change. The increase in burden to this information collection is 4,720 hours based on an additional 5 hours of burden for an estimated 944 institutions. These institutions will have to update information about pre-dispute arbitration or class action lawsuit waivers that may be in use by the institutions and to make that information available to the public.
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Beth Grebeldinger 202 708-8242
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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.