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<p class="MsoNormal">I know many of you are in discussions with your business officers and leadership on how to handle the October 2023 announcement from the Department of Education regarding transcript release
<i>(Regulation C.F.R. 668.14 (b) (33 & 34). </i>For those interested, on March 7, AACRAO published its March 6 letter to the Deputy Under Secretary, the Honorable Benjamin Miller, of the U.S. Department of Education. The letter outlined concerns regarding the
regulation from AACRAO and NACUBO members. Below is the link to that letter. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Crystal Palacioz<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.aacrao.org/docs/default-source/advocacy-docs/aacrao-response-to-proposed-trascript-withholding-regs.pdf?sfvrsn=fce27394_0">aacrao-response-to-proposed-trascript-withholding-regs.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Crystal Bowles Palacioz</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#EB701D">Registrar | Admissions | Veteran Students | International Students<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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