Special Event! Third-Party Servicer Guidance: Update, What Do We Know, and Why You Should Comment

Archived Webinar:  Recording, Slide Deck, and Transcript

Webinar Date - March 20, 2023

SAN, WCET, & Phil Hill, publisher of PhilOnEdTech blog and Partner at MindWires, LLC, welcome the public to join us for this virtual special event!

We will address the recent US Department of Education release of (GEN-23-03) Requirements and Responsibilities for Third-Party Servicers and Institutions (Updated Feb. 28, 2023).

Our plan is to share what we know, address & collect your questions, and suggest why you should provide a public comment (deadline March 30, 2023).

Additional resources for context:

• Ed Department Shakes Up OPMs and Third-Party Servicers: This Is Huge; WCET Frontiers; 2/22/23 (updated 3/1/23)
• PhilOnEdTech
  • A Matter of Kind, Not Degree; March 3, 2023
  • Department of Education Delays Guidance on TPS Expansion; February 28, 2023
  • Lest I Understate the Issue; February 17, 2023

• Education Dept. Shocks Ed-Tech Experts and Colleges With Expansion of Oversight; The Chronicle of Higher Education; 2/22/23 (updated 2/28/23)

Presenters:

• Cheryl Dowd; Senior Director, State Authorization Network (SAN) & WCET Policy Innovations
• Russ Poulin; Executive Director, WCET
• Phil Hill, Publisher of the PhilOnEdTech blog and Partner at MindWires, LLC.

Public Comments:

• OPM Comment Weblink:  https://bit.ly/san-wcetPublicCommentOPM2023 
• TPS Comment Weblink:  https://bit.ly/san-wcetPublicCommentTPSGuidance2023
• Rulemaking 2023 Public Comment :  https://bit.ly/WCETandSANRulemakingComment2023 

Lawsuit Filed 4/4/23:  2U, Inc.& Get Educated International Proprietary LTD., v. Secretary Miguel Cardona and U.S. Department of Education