06/01/99: Notice of Availability of the Amendments to the Federal Perkins Loan and National Direct Student Loan Programs Directory of Designated Low-Income Schools for Teacher Cancellation Benefits for the 1998-99 School Year, CFDA 84.037 [OSFAP]


[Federal Register: June 1, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 104)]
[Notices]               
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Part VI





Department of Education





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Office of Student Financial Assistance; Availability of the Amendments 
to the Federal Perkins Loan and National Direct Student Loan Programs 
Directory of Designated Low-Income Schools for Teacher Cancellation 
Benefits for the 1998-99 School Year; Notice


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA 84.037]

 
Office of Student Financial Assistance; Notice of Availability of 
the Amendments to the Federal Perkins Loan and National Direct Student 
Loan Programs Directory of Designated Low-Income Schools for Teacher 
Cancellation Benefits for the 1998-99 School Year

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Education (the Secretary) announces that the 
1998-99 Amendments to the Federal Perkins Loan and National Direct 
Student Loan Programs Directory of Designated Low-Income Schools (the 
Directory) have been incorporated into the 1998-99 Directory currently 
available on the Department of Education's (the Department) website. 
Under the Federal Perkins Loan and National Direct Student Loan 
programs, a borrower may have repayment of his or her loan deferred and 
a portion of his or her loan canceled if the borrower teaches full-time 
for a complete academic year in a designated elementary or secondary 
school having a high concentration of students from low-income 
families. The 1998-99 Directory lists, on a State-by-State and 
Territory-by-Territory basis, the schools in which a borrower may teach 
during the 1998-99 school year to qualify for deferment and 
cancellation benefits. The Amendments to the Directory 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 in 
electronic format at (1) 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, (4) the U.S. 
Department of Education, including its regional offices, and (5) on the 
Internet at 
http://www.ed.gov/studentaid.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information concerning specific 
schools listed in the Amendments to the Directory may be obtained from 
Chrisetta Nelson, Systems Administration Branch, Campus-Based Programs 
Systems Division, Office of Student Financial Assistance, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., (Portals Building, 
Room 6200), Washington, D.C. 20202-5447, telephone (202) 708-7738. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 
1-800-877-8339.
    Information concerning deferment and cancellation of a National 
Direct or Federal Perkins Loan may be obtained from Vanessa Freeman or 
Gail McLarnon, Program Specialists, Campus-Based Loan Programs Section, 
Loans Branch, Policy Development Division, Office of Student Financial 
Assistance, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., 
(Regional Office Building 3, Room 3045), Washington, D.C. 20202-5447, 
telephone (202) 708-8242.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this notice in an 
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, and computer 
diskette) from the contact person listed in the first paragraph of this 
section.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary selects schools that qualify a 
borrower for deferment and cancellation benefits under the procedures 
contained in the Federal Perkins Loan program regulations in 34 CFR 
674.53, 674.54 and 674.55.
    The Secretary has determined that, the 1998-99 academic year, full-
time teaching in the schools identified by the 1998-99 Amendments to 
the Directory qualifies a borrower for deferment and cancellation 
benefits.
    The Secretary is providing the Amendments to the Directory to each 
institution participating in the Federal Perkins Loan Program in an 
electronic format only. Borrowers and other interested parties may 
check the Department's website, their lending institution, the 
appropriate State or Territory Department of Education, regional 
offices of the Department of Education, or the Office of Student 
Financial Assistance of the Department of Education concerning the 
identity of qualifying schools for the 1998-99 academic year. The 
Office of Student Financial Assistance retains, on a permanent basis, 
copies of past directories.

Electronic Access to the Notice

    Anyone may view this notice, as well as all other Department of 
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or 
portable document format (pdf) on the World Wide Web at either of the 
following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with 
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you 
have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S. Government Printing 
Office at (202) 512-1530 or, toll free, at 1-888-293-6498.

    Note: The official version of a document is the document 
published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: May 26, 1999.
Greg Woods,
Chief Operating Officer for the Office of Student Financial Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-13854 Filed 5-28-99; 8:45 am]
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