[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR668.87]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 668--STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart G--Fine, Limitation, Suspension and Termination Proceedings
 
Sec. 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.

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

[59 FR 22448, Apr. 29, 1994]