Potential rule changes from US Department of Education eliminating IA/EA?
Brandon Board
In preparation for the U.S. Dept. of Education’s negotiated rulemaking beginning Monday, Jan. 8th, to review the current education code on Cash Management, which allows for institutions to charge student accounts for course materials as part of tuition and fees (also known as Inclusive Access, Equitable Access, First Day, Complete, AutoAccess, etc.), the Dept. release proposed language which essentially eliminates the ability for institutions to continue to run these programs as is. Instead, the proposed language would only allow for a similar program when institutions demonstrate a health or safety reason for including books and supplies in tuition and fees or if the institution is the only option for students to access the supplies or course materials.
January 8: Cash Management Negotiations on Agenda
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Nicole Allen
Eliminate the provision allowing institutions to include the cost of books and supplies as part of tuition and fees (§ 668.164(c) and (m)). Current regulations permit schools to automatically charge students for books and supplies as part of tuition and fees, without student authorization, even when the materials can be obtained from a source other than the institution. The regulations permit these charges if the school has a contract with a third-party publisher or retailer, offers the books “below competitive market rates,” and gives students a way to opt out, so long as the student can obtain the books and supplies by the seventh day of the payment period. The Department is concerned that lack of disclosure and transparency limits students' ability to find less expensive materials or assess if their school is offering the most affordable arrangement. Under the proposal, we would maintain the allowance for including books and supplies in tuition and fees when institutions demonstrate there is a compelling health or safety reason, or if the institution is the only option for students to access the books or supplies.
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Sheri Prupis
if the institution is the only option for students to access the books or supplies.
Students can only use their financial aid at the bookstore – not with other vendors. Does this make it “the only option for students” and therefore, still allows for colleges to add the cost of inclusive access to tuition and fees?
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Nicole Allen
On Jan 5, 2024, at 4:38 PM, Sheri Prupis <spr...@vccs.edu> wrote:
if the institution is the only option for students to access the books or supplies.Students can only use their financial aid at the bookstore – not with other vendors. Does this make it “the only option for students” and therefore, still allows for colleges to add the cost of inclusive access to tuition and fees?
SHERI
Sheri L. Prupis, Ph.D.Director, Teaching & Learning with TechnologyVirginia Community Colleges300 Arboretum Place, Suite 200Richmond, VA 23236(o) 804-819-4797 (google) 812-757-4374Level Up Your Future Now
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Hill, Joshua
Good afternoon,
As they stated during the meeting, students could potentially just be given a waiver to sign at the start of their academic career. This one-time waiver would allow the bookstore/institution to just charge them until they left the institution/completed their degrees. This could potentially be the nail in the coffin for our OER/ZTC efforts taking advantage of students who don’t have the knowledge to “opt out.”
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