[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR682.213]

[Page 691]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 682--FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN (FFEL) PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--General Provisions
 
Sec. 682.213  Prohibition against the use of the Rule of 78s.

    For purposes of the calculations required by this part, a lender may 
not use the Rule of 78s to calculate the outstanding principle balance 
of a loan, except for a loan made to a borrower who entered repayment 
before June 26, 1987 and who was informed in the promissory note that 
interest on the loan would be calculated using the Rule of 78s. For 
those loans, the Rule of 78s must be used for the life of the loan.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1077, 1078, 1078-1, 1078-2, 1078-3, 1082)