Registration for the August 21 Webinar on Reauthorization is available to NASFAA members today, August 14, 2008, at the Webinar Center at http://www.nasfaa.org/redesign/WebinarCenter.asp. At that page, you can click on the link to the August 21 registration page, which contains information about the contents of the Webinar, presenters, how to pose questions in advance of the event, and a link to Register and View the Event.

The Higher Education Opportunity Act was passed by Congress on July 31, 2008, and was later signed by the president on August 14, 2008. The law affects many provisions of the Higher Education Act and impacts all of the Title IV programs to some degree. This Webinar will focus your attention on those changes that NASFAA staff believe you should be most aware of at this point in time. Issues to be addressed include student consumer information and disclosures, provisions that impact veterans and military personnel, the most significant changes to need analysis and student eligibility, and the most important changes to the individual Title IV programs.

Other issues will be addressed in later NASFAA Webinars and training efforts rather than in this Webinar and will include private education loan provisions, application processing and simplification, cohort default rate changes, codes of conduct and preferred lender lists, and loan forgiveness and discharge provisions.

The live Webinar will take place on August 21 from 1:30-3:30 PM. The session will be recorded for those who can not attend the live session or who want to review the material covered in the Webinar. Registration is required for both the live and recorded sessions.

Be sure to review the Frequently Asked Questions about this Webinar. If you have questions about registration, contact Webinars@nasfaa.org.

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