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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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BORROWER DEFENSES AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING COMMITTEE 2017-2018

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SESSION 1

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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2017

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The Negotiated Rulemaking Committee met in Congressional II Room, The Holiday Inn Washington Capitol, 550 C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., at 9:00 a.m., Ted Bantle, Moira Caruso and Rozmyn Miller, Facilitators, presiding.

PRESENT TED BANTLE, Federal Mediation and Conciliation

Service, Facilitator MOIRA CARUSO, Federal Mediation and Conciliation

Service, Facilitator ROZMYN MILLER, Federal Mediation and Conciliation

Service, Facilitator BRYAN BLACK, Attorney MICHAEL BOTTRILL, CFO and CEO, SAE Institute

North America KIMBERLY BROWN, Vice President, Enrollment

Management and Student Affairs, Des Moines University MIKE BUSADA, General Counsel and Vice President, Ayers Career College

This transcript was produced from a recording provided by the Savan Group.

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STEVAUGHN BUSH, Student, Howard University School of Law

EVAN DANIELS, Assistant Attorney General, Government Accountability and Special Litigation Unit, Office of the Arizona Attorney General

CHRIS DELUCA, Attorney at Law, DeLuca Law LLC ALYSSA DOBSON, Director of Financial Aid and

Scholarships, Slippery Rock University JOHN ELLIS, Principal Deputy General Counsel and

Division Chief, State of Texas Office of the Attorney General ROBERT FLANIGAN, JR., Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs and Treasurer, Spelman College JULIANA FREDMAN, Bay Area Legal Aid JOSELINE GARCIA, President, United States Students Association WANDA HALL, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Edfinancial Services ASHLEY HARRINGTON, Special Assistant to the President and Counsel, Center for Responsible Lending WILLIAM HUBBARD, Vice President of Government Affairs, Student Veterans of America KELLI HUDSON PERRY, Assistant Vice President for Finance and Controller, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute GREGORY JONES, President, Compass Rose Foundation AARON LACEY, Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP DALE LARSON, Vice President for Business and Finance/Chief Financial Officer, Dallas Theological Seminary KAY LEWIS, Assistant Vice-Provost, Enrollment Executive Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships, University of Washington DAN MADZELAN, Associate Vice President for Government Relations, American Council on Education SUZANNE MARTINDALE, Senior Attorney, Consumers

Union

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MICHALE MCCOMIS, Executive Director, Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges

JEFFREY MECHANICK, Assistant Director-Nonpublic Entities, Financial Accounting Standards Board

SUSAN M. MENDITTO, Director, Accounting Policy, National Association of College and University Business Officers

LODRIGUEZ MURRAY, Vice President, Public Policy and Government Affairs, United Negro College Fund

BARMAK NASSIRIAN, Director of Federal Policy Analysis, American Association of State Colleges and Universities

JAY O'CONNELL, Director of Collections and Compliance, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC)

WALTER OCHINKO, Research Director, Veterans Education Success

JOHN PALMUCCI, Interim President, Chief Business Officer, Maryland University of Integrative Health

KAREN PETERSON SOLINSKI, Executive Vice President, Higher Learning Commission

LINDA RAWLES, Rawles Law ASHLEY ANN REICH, Senior Director of Financial

Aid Compliance and State Approvals, Liberty University SHELDON REPP, Special Advisor and Counsel, National Council of Higher Education Resources DAWNELLE ROBINSON, Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration, Shaw University RONALD E. SALLUZZO, Partner, Attain ABBY SHAFROTH, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center VALERIE SHARP, Director, Office of Financial Aid, Evangel University COLLEEN SLATTERY, Federal Contract and Compliance Officer, MOHELA JONATHAN TARNOW, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STAFF PRESENT

JIM MANNING, Acting Under Secretary of Education CAROLINE HONG, Office of General Counsel BRIAN SIEGEL, Office of General Counsel JOHN KOLOTOS, Office of Postsecondary Education ANNMARIE WEISMAN, Federal Negotiator, Office of

Postsecondary Education

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P-R-O-C-E-E-D-I-N-G-S

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(9:00 a.m.)

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MS. CARUSO: Good morning, everyone.

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Welcome back. We're going to go ahead and get

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started. We are looking forward to a very

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productive day today.

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There is certainly a lot ahead of us.

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The good news is that we, your facilitators

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firmly believe that we have all of the tools and

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resources here at this table to have that

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productive day. So we look forward to continuing

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our work together.

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To get us started we are going to turn

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it over to the Department for some remarks and

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some updates.

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MS. WEISMAN: Good morning. Welcome

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back to negotiated rulemaking, Session Number 1,

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Day 2. Very happy to have you with us again. We

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would like to make an announcement to get us

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started that the audio recording that we

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discussed yesterday and agreed to has been

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arranged.

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