# Student Assistance General Provisions
> **US Department of Education** · Final rule with request for comments. · Published 2017-01-19 · Effective 2017-01-19 · 82 FR 6253
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-00972
- **Category:** education-k12
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 6253
- **CFR reference:** 34 CFR 668
- **Publication date:** 2017-01-19
- **Effective date:** 2017-01-19
- **Docket:** Docket ID ED-2015-OPE-0103
## Abstract

The Secretary amends the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations governing participation in the student financial assistance programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (title IV, HEA programs). The amended regulations update the Department's hearing procedures for actions to establish liability against an institution of higher education, and establish procedural rules governing recovery proceedings under the Department's borrower defense regulations.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/19/2017-00972/student-assistance-general-provisions)
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