[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR600.32]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 600_INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 

1965, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart C_Maintaining Eligibility

 

Sec. 600.32  Eligibility of additional locations.



    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, to 

qualify as an eligible location, an additional location of an eligible 

institution must satisfy the applicable requirements of this section and 

Sec. Sec. 600.4, 600.5, 600.6, 600.8, and 600.10.

    (b) To qualify as an eligible location, an additional location is 

not required to satisfy the two-year requirement of Sec. Sec. 

600.5(a)(7) or 600.6(a)(6), unless--

    (1) The location was a facility of another institution that has 

closed or ceased to provide educational programs for a reason other than 

a normal vacation period or a natural disaster that directly affects the 

institution or the institution's students;

    (2) The applicant institution acquired, either directly from the 

institution that closed or ceased to provide educational programs, or 

through an intermediary, the assets at the location; and

    (3) The institution from which the applicant institution acquired 

the assets of the location--

    (i) Owes a liability for a violation of an HEA program requirement; 

and

    (ii) Is not making payments in accordance with an agreement to repay 

that liability.

    (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) of this section, an additional 

location is not required to satisfy the two-year requirement of Sec. 

600.5(a)(7) or Sec. 600.6(a)(6) if the applicant institution agrees--

    (1) To be liable for all improperly expended or unspent title IV, 

HEA program funds received by the institution that has closed or ceased 

to provide educational programs;

    (2) To be liable for all unpaid refunds owed to students who 

received title IV, HEA program funds; and

    (3) To abide by the policy of the institution that has closed or 

ceased to provide educational programs regarding refunds of 

institutional charges to students in effect before the date of the 

acquisition of the assets of the additional location for the students 

who were enrolled before that date.

    (d) For purposes of this section, an ``additional location'' is a 

location of an institution that was not designated as an eligible 

location in the eligibility notification provided to an institution 

under Sec. 600.21.



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1088 and 1141)