UPDATED: The New America higher education team will be submitting comments on each notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) as they are released. We currently expect four different NPRMs and will update this page as we complete each set of comments.
- Comments on proposed rules for income-driven repayment
- Comments on proposed rules for pre-dispute arbitration, public service loan forgiveness, and borrower defense to repayment.
- Comments on proposed rules for Pell Grants for prison education programs.
Before the actual rulemaking, the Department held three days of virtual hearings to establish the rulemaking agenda and committees on June 21st, 23rd, and 24th. You can find the official notice in the federal register here.
Public hearing transcripts and recordings:
- June 21, 2021 video and transcript
- June 23, 2021 video and transcript
- June 24, 2021 video and transcript
- October 26, 2021 video and transcript (90/10 comments only)
- October 27, 2021 video and transcript (90/10 comments only)
The Department invited organizations and groups that are significantly affected by the topics covered in the rulemaking to submit comments—these are oral comments presented during the hearings or written comments submitted by July 1st. Organizations can also submit comments suggesting ED consider topics not listed in the original agenda. You can find New America's submitted written comments here. All other comments can be found here.