Part 685 - William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program  


Subpart A - Purpose and Scope
§ 685.100 - The William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.
§ 685.101 - Participation in the Direct Loan Program.
§ 685.102 - Definitions.
§ 685.103 - Applicability of subparts.
§ 685.109 - Severability.
Subpart B - Borrower Provisions
§ 685.200 - Borrower eligibility.
§ 685.201 - Obtaining a loan.
§ 685.202 - Charges for which Direct Loan Program borrowers are responsible.
§ 685.203 - Loan limits.
§ 685.204 - Deferment.
§ 685.205 - Forbearance.
§ 685.206 - Borrower responsibilities and defenses.
§ 685.207 - Obligation to repay.
§ 685.208 - Fixed payment repayment plans.
§ 685.209 - Income-driven repayment plans.
§ 685.210 - Choice of repayment plan.
§ 685.211 - Miscellaneous repayment provisions.
§ 685.212 - Discharge of a loan obligation.
§ 685.213 - Total and permanent disability discharge.
§ 685.214 - Closed school discharge.
§ 685.215 - Discharge for false certification of student eligibility or unauthorized payment.
§ 685.216 - Unpaid refund discharge.
§ 685.217 - Teacher loan forgiveness program.
§ 685.218 - Discharge of student loan indebtedness for survivors of victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks.
§ 685.219 - Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
§ 685.220 - Consolidation.
§ 685.221 - Alternative repayment plan.
§ 685.222 - Borrower defenses and procedures for loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2017, and before July 1, 2020, and procedures for loans first disbursed prior to July 1, 2017.
§ 685.223 - Severability.
Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 685 - Examples of Borrower Relief
§§ 685.218--685.219 - [Reserved]
Subpart C - Requirements, Standards, and Payments for Direct Loan Program Schools
§ 685.300 - Agreements between an eligible school and the Secretary for participation in the Direct Loan Program.
§ 685.301 - Origination of a loan by a Direct Loan Program school.
§ 685.302 - [Reserved]
§ 685.303 - Processing loan proceeds.
§ 685.304 - Counseling borrowers.
§ 685.305 - Determining the date of a student's withdrawal.
§ 685.306 - Payment of a refund or return of title IV, HEA program funds to the Secretary.
§ 685.307 - Withdrawal procedure for schools participating in the Direct Loan Program.
§ 685.308 - Remedial actions.
§ 685.309 - Administrative and fiscal control and fund accounting requirements for schools participating in the Direct Loan Program.
§ 685.310 - Severability.
Subpart D - Borrower Defense to Repayment
§ 685.400 - Scope and purpose.
§ 685.401 - Borrower defense-general.
§ 685.402 - Group process for borrower defense.
§ 685.403 - Individual process for borrower defense.
§ 685.404 - Group process based on prior Secretarial final actions.
§ 685.405 - Institutional response.
§ 685.406 - Adjudication of borrower defense applications.
§ 685.407 - Reconsideration.
§ 685.408 - Discharge.
§ 685.409 - Recovery from institutions.
§ 685.410 - Cooperation by the borrower.
§ 685.411 - Transfer to the Secretary of the borrower's right of recovery against third parties.
§ 685.499 - Severability.
Appendix A to Part 685 - Income Contingent Repayment