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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

34 CFR Chapter VI

 

Direct Student Loan Regulations Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory 
Committee: Meeting

AGENCY: Direct Student Loan Regulations Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory 
Committee, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the date and location of the 
forthcoming meeting of the Direct Student Loan Regulations Negotiated 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee. This notice also describes the functions 
of the committee. Notice of this meeting is required under Section 
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. This document is 
intended to notify the general public of their opportunity to attend.

DATES: June 20-22, 1994 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Dupont Plaza Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC, (202) 483-6000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Peck, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 
Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., (room 
4082, ROB-3), Washington, DC 20202-5100, Telephone: (202) 708-5547. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Direct Student Loan Regulations 
Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee is established by Sections 422 
and 457 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Student 
Loan Reform Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103-66; 20 U.S.C. 1087g). The 
Committee is also established in accordance with the provisions of the 
Negotiated Rulemaking Act (Pub. L. 101-648, as amended; 5 U.S.C. 561). 
The Advisory Committee is established to provide advice to the 
Secretary on the standards, criteria, procedures, and regulations 
governing the Direct Student Loan Program beginning with academic year 
1995-1996. The Direct Student Loan Program is authorized by the Student 
Loan Reform Act of 1993. The Act authorizes the Secretary of Education 
to enter into agreements with selected institutions of higher 
education. These agreements will enable the institutions to originate 
loans to eligible students and eligible parents of such students.
    The meeting is open to the public. The agenda will include the 
following:

--Borrower defenses
--Participation and selection criteria and procedures
--Origination criteria
--Entrance counseling requirements
--Certain cross-cutting issues affecting both the Direct Lending and 
the FFEL Programs, e.g., the medical/intern economic hardship deferment 
criteria
--Discussion of preamble language

    Records are kept of all Committee proceedings and are available for 
public inspection at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Postsecondary Education, room 4082, ROB-3, 7th and D Streets SW., 
Washington, DC from the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays, except 
Federal holidays.

    Dated: May 26, 1994.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department 
of Education.
[FR Doc. 94-13341 Filed 6-1-94; 8:45 am]
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