Intent To Establish Negotiated Rulemaking Committee

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What it does

We announce our intention to establish a negotiated rulemaking committee to prepare proposed regulations amending the regulations for the Secretary's recognition of accrediting agencies and related institutional eligibility regulations for the programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) (title IV, HEA programs). The committee will include representatives of organizations or groups with interests that are significantly affected by the subject matter of the proposed regulations. We request nominations for individual negotiators who represent key stakeholder constituencies for the issues to be negotiated to serve on the committee, and we set a schedule for committee meetings.

The Education Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1840-AD82 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

What happens next and when

We must receive nominations for negotiators to serve on the committee on or before February 26, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

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The record as published

Document number	2026-01620
Action	Intent To establish Negotiated Rulemaking Committee.
Agencies	Education Department
Published	Jan. 27, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)	1840-AD82
Docket	ED-2025-OPE-1042

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