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 – Subpart D –
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.