January Compliance Reporting

Higher Education Act of 1965 as amended
(See also, July)

20 U.S.C. § 1011f 

By January or July 31 of each year, whichever is sooner depending on the time of the gift, a postsecondary institution must file a disclosure report about ownership or control by, or contracts with or gifts from foreign sources. The institution shall file a disclosure report with the Department of Education for gifts and contracts of $250,000 or more received within a calendar year. 

Qualified Tuition and Student Loan Interest Reporting

26 U.S.C. § 6050S; 26 CFR 1.6050S-3 and 26 CFR 1.6050S-4T (see 67 Fed. Reg. 20901 final and temporary regulations)

Lenders, including most colleges and universities that participate in the Perkins Loan Program or operate institutional loan programs, must report student loan interest payments to the IRS on or before February 28, or March 31 if filed electronically. The required statement to all persons who made student loan interest payments must be sent to the payor on or before January 31 of the year following the calendar year in which the interest payments were received. 

Program Participation Agreements and IPEDS

20 U.S.C. § 1094(a)(17); 34 C.F.R. § 100.6; 29 C.F.R. §§ 1602.48-50

As part of the program participation agreements signed in connection with financial aid, an institution must complete surveys conducted four times a year as a part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) or any other Federal postsecondary institution data collection effort, as designated by the Secretary, in a timely manner and to the satisfaction of the Secretary. Filing the required IPEDS forms also fulfills certain reporting requirements under Titles VI and VII and the ADA.