Federal Register Update

The Department of Education (ED) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the June 1, 1999, Federal Register. ED proposes to amend the regulations implementing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The amendments are needed to implement sections 951 and 952 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 and to clarify several existing provisions. ED must receive comments on or before August 2, 1999.

ED also published a Notice of revision of the Federal Need Analysis Methodology for the 2000-2001 award year in the June 1, 1999, Federal Register. This Notice announces ED's annual updates to the tables that will be used in the statutory Federal Need Analysis Methodology to determine a student's expected family contribution (EFC) for award year 2000­2001 under Part F of Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.