[Federal Register: January 25, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 16)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.037]
Office of Student Financial Assistance; Federal Perkins and
National Direct Student Loan Programs
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Federal Perkins Loan and
National Direct Student Loan Programs Directory of Designated Low-
Income Schools for Teacher Cancellation Benefits for the 1999-2000
School Year.
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SUMMARY: We are announcing that the 1999-2000 Federal Perkins Loan and
National Direct Student Loan Programs Directory of Designated Low-
Income Schools (The Directory) is now available on the Department of
Education's (the Department's) Web site. 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. In the 1999-2000
Directory, we list, on a State-by-State and Territory-by-Territory
basis, the schools in which a borrower may teach during the 1999-2000
school year to qualify for deferment and cancellation benefits.
DATES: The Directory is currently available at the Department's Web
site.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain information concerning specific schools
listed in the Directory from Chrissa Allen, 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. You may
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obtain information concerning deferment and cancellation of a National
Direct or Federal Perkins loan from Gail McLarnon, Program Specialist,
Product 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 who use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (Firs) at 1-
800-877-8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Directories are also available in an
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, and (4) the U.S.
Department of Education, including its regional offices. Individuals
with disabilities may obtain this notice in an alternate format (e.g.,
Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting
the Alternate Format Center at (202) 260-9895 between 8:30 a.m. and
4:30 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We select 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.
We have determined that, for the 1999-2000 academic year, full-time
teaching in the schools set forth in the 1999-2000 Directory qualifies
a borrower for deferment and cancellation benefits.
We are providing 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 Web site or their
lending institution, the appropriate State or Territory Department of
Education, a regional office of the Department of Education, or contact
us directly at the Office of Student Financial Assistance concerning
the identity of qualifying schools for the 1999-2000 academic year. We
retain, on a permanent basis, copies of past Directories.
Electronic Access to This Document
You may view this document, as well as all other Department of
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 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 PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing
Office (GPO),toll free at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, D.C.
area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is published in the
Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of
the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is
available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/
index.html.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087aa-1087ii and 20 U.S.C. 421-
429, unless otherwise noted.
Dated: January 19, 2000.
Greg Woods,
Chief Operating Officer, Office of Student Financial Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-1727 Filed 1-24-00; 8:45 am]
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