On December 31, 2008, the Department announced it would establish five negotiated rulemaking (negreg) committees to prepare proposed regulations under Title IV of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA).
Schedules for the HEOA negotiated rulemaking teams:
Under negotiated rulemaking, the Department works to develop a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in collaboration with representatives of the parties who will be affected significantly by the regulations. This is done through a series of meetings during which these representatives, referred to as negotiators, work with the Department to come to consensus on the Department's proposed regulations. These meetings are facilitated by a neutral third-party.
The Department is specifically required by law to use negotiated rulemaking to develop NPRMs for programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, unless the Secretary determines that doing so is impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.
