CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education > CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (parts 600 to 694) > PART 668—STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS > SUBPART G—Fine, Limitation, Suspension and Termination Proceedings (§668.81 to §668.98) > 668.87—Prehearing conference.

668.87—Prehearing conference.

(a) A hearing official may convene a prehearing conference if he or she thinks that the conference would be useful, or if the conference is requested by—
(1) The designated department official who brought a proceeding against an institution or third-party servicer under this subpart; or
(2) The institution or servicer, as applicable.
(b) The purpose of a prehearing conference is to allow the parties to settle or narrow the dispute.
(c) If the hearing official, the designated department official, and the institution, or servicer, as applicable, agree, a prehearing conference may consist of—
(1) A conference telephone call;
(2) An informal meeting; or
(3) The submission and exchange of written material.

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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1094 )

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[59 FR 22448, Apr. 29, 1994]