On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education announced that it will commence negotiated rulemaking on various programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The Department invites public feedback on ways to streamline higher education regulations and federal assistance programs to create efficiencies for students, institutions, and key stakeholders, as well as ideas to improve the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Repayment plan, and the Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR) plan.
The Department will also host two public hearings – an in-person meeting on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 and a virtual hearing on Thursday, May 1, 2025. It will also accept written comments that must be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at Regulations.gov. If you require an accommodation or cannot otherwise submit your comments via Regulations.gov, please contact regulationshelpdesk@gsa.gov or by phone at 1-866-498-2945. The deadline for public comment is 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.
More information on negotiated rulemaking can be found here.