Appendix A to Subpart M of Part 668 - Summaries of Eligibility and Submission Requirements for Challenges, Adjustments, and Appeals

I. Summary of Submission Eligibility

Some types of appeals may be submitted only if you are subject to a loss of eligibility under § 668.187 or to provisional certification under § 668.16(m). These types of appeals are identified in the following table. Submission deadlines are described in the paragraphs and sections that are cited in the table. For example, although you may submit an uncorrected data adjustment, new data adjustment, or loan servicing appeal if you are subject to provisional certification, the deadlines for those submissions are based on the date you receive your cohort default rate, not the date you receive the notice of your provisional certification.

ER01NO00.006 II. Summary of Submission Deadlines

1. General. The deadlines you must meet when submitting a challenge, a request for adjustment, or an appeal are summarized in the following table. The full, official requirements for these deadlines are in § 668.189 and in the sections and paragraphs cited in the table.

2. Timeframes. The timeframes provided in the table (“30 Days”, “15 Days”, etc.) identify the number of calendar days within which that action must be performed. Timeframes begin on the date that the previous action (connected to that timeframe with an arrowed line) is completed:

(i) For your first action (and for both actions, during an economically disadvantaged appeal), the timeframe begins on the date that you receive your draft cohort default rate, official cohort default rate, notice of loss of eligibility, or notice of provisional certification.

(ii) For all other actions, the timeframe begins on the date you receive the response to your pending request. If you are waiting for responses from more than one data manager, the timeframe begins on the date that you receive the final response from the last data manager.

3. Dotted borders. Some actions identified in the table are required only in certain circumstances. For example, if we don't send you a loan record detail report, because your cohort default rate is less than 10 percent, you must request one before you can request an adjustment or appeal. Timeframes for actions that aren't always required are identified in the table by dotted borders:

(i) If you are required to perform that action, the timeframes begin on the same dates that they would if the timeframe borders were not dotted.

(ii) If you are not required to perform that action, the timeframe for your next required action is determined as if the timeframes with the dotted borders were not there. The timeframe for your next required action begins on the date that the last required action was completed.

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