Legislation
The Higher Education Opportunity Act (Public Law 110-315) (HEOA) was enacted on August 14, 2008. This law reauthorizes and extends the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. The Higher Education Act (HEA) provides the statutory authority for most of the programs administered by OPE, as well as for the Federal Student Aid Programs.
The HEOA includes changes to many existing programs and also authorizes a number of new programs. We will post information on this new legislation as it becomes available.
The HEA now requires that the Secretary consult with federal agency heads in order to receive recommendations regarding areas of national need for expertise in foreign languages and world regions. The links below provide the areas of national need identified by the Secretary, consisting of the seventy-eight priority languages that are less commonly taught and the world regions.
The link below provides the program statute in effect until the enactment of the Higher Education Opportunity Act.
- Title VI, Part A, Section 604 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
Regulations
- Program regulations can be found in 34 CFR 655 and 34 CFR 658.
- Education Department General Administrative Regulations, Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98 and 99
- A March 21, 2005 Federal Register announcement modified program regulations by removing references to points in the selection criteria used to evaluate applications submitted under this program.
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