Electronic Announcement, Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19) (posted Mar. 5, 2020; updated Apr. 3, May 15 and June 16, 2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

United States Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education and Federal Student Aid (federal agency)

Level

Federal

Authority

20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.; 34 C.F.R. parts 600, 668; HEA section 487

Issued

2020-03-05 Mar. 5, 2020

Effective

2020-03-05

End

End of the academic year that includes Dec. 31, 2020 or the end of the federally declared emergency, whichever is later (per the June 16, 2020 update); extended by later announcements through 2021-22 (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Mar. 5, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Schools and child careOther

Addressees

• institutions of higher education participating in Title IV

Functions reached

• IN: broad approval for institutions to move Title IV-eligible programs to distance education without the ordinary accreditor and Departmental approvals -- the federal permission that made campus closures compatible with continued federal aid
• RL
• AD
• OP financial aid administration

Collection

Federal labor and immigration agencies AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION

Operative words

POSTED DATE: March 05, 2020 AUTHOR: Office of Postsecondary Education SUBJECT: Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Updated June 16, 2020)... [the June 16 update announces] flexibilities for standard term programs and extending the timeframe for those flexibilities through the end of the academic year that includes December 31, 2020 or the end date for the COVID-19 Federally declared emergency, whichever occurs later.

Enforcement

Notes