[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 39374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18927]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education
Availability of the Amendments to the National Direct Student
Loan and Federal Perkins Loan Programs Directory of Designated Low-
Income Schools for Teacher Cancellation Benefits for the 1994-95 School
Year
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the amendments to the l994-95
National Direct Student Loan and Federal Perkins Loan Programs
Directory of Designated Low-Income Schools.
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SUMMARY: Institutions and borrowers participating in the Federal
Perkins Loan and National Direct Student Loan Programs and other
interested persons are advised that they may obtain information
regarding the amendments to the National Direct Student Loan and
Federal Perkins Loan Programs Directory of Designated Low-Income
Schools for Teacher Cancellation Benefits for the l994-95 School Year
(Directory). The amendments identify changes in the list of schools
that qualify borrowers for teacher cancellation benefits under each of
the loan programs.
DATES: The amendments to the Directory are currently available.
ADDRESSES: Information concerning specific schools listed in the
amendments to the Directory may be obtained from Systems Administration
Branch, Campus-Based Programs System Division, Office of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W.,
(Room 4621, ROB-3), Washington, D.C. 20202-5453, Telephone (202) 708-
6730.
Information concerning deferment and/or cancellation of a National
Direct Student Loan or Federal Perkins Loan may be obtained from Susan
M. Morgan, Section Chief, Campus-Based Loan Programs Section, Loans
Branch, Policy Development Division, Office of Postsecondary Education,
U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., (Room
3053, ROB-3), Washington, D.C. 20202-5345, Telephone (202) 708-8242.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The amendments to the Directory are
available at (l) each institution of higher education participating in
the Federal Perkins Loan Program, (2) each of the fifty-seven (57)
State and Territory Departments of Education, (3) each of the major
Federal Perkins Loan billing services, and (4) the U.S. Department of
Education.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of Education published a
notice in the Federal Register (60 FR 5659) on January 30, l995,
indicating that the Directory was available. The Secretary has revised
the Directory due to the opening and closing of schools, school name
changes, and the need for other corrections. These revisions are listed
in the amendments to the Directory.
The procedures for selecting the schools that qualify borrowers for
cancellation benefits are described in the Federal Perkins Loan Program
regulations at 34 CFR 674.53 and 674.54. The Secretary has determined
that for the l994-95 academic year full-time teaching in the schools
set forth in the Directory and the amendments to the Directory
qualifies a borrower for cancellation benefits.
The Secretary is providing the amendments to the Directory to each
institution participating in the Federal Perkins Loan Program.
Borrowers and other interested parties may check with their lending
institutions, the appropriate State or Territory Department of
Education, regional offices of the Department of Education, or the
Office of Postsecondary Education of the Department of Education
concerning the identity of qualifying schools for the l994-95 academic
year.
The Office of Postsecondary Education retains, on a permanent
basis, copies of all published Directories and amendments.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.037; National
Defense/Direct and Federal Perkins Student Loan Cancellations)
Dated: July 28, 1995.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 95-18927 Filed 8-1-95; 8:45 am]
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