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Current Federal employees or potential candidates may contact their current or potential employing agency for further information. Each participating agency must develop a plan that describes how the agency will...
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For any one individual, an agency may agree to provide student loan repayment benefits of up to $10,000 per calendar year, subject to a cumulative maximum of $60,000 per employee.
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Agencies may offer student loan repayment benefits in conjunction with recruitment, relocation and retention incentives. Agencies may also use student loan repayment benefits in conjunction with a physicians’ comparability allowance...
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Under 5 U.S.C. 5379 and 5 CFR part 537, agencies are authorized to establish a program under which they may agree to repay certain types of Federally made, insured, or...
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The employing agency makes student loan payments directly to the loan holder. Student loan payments are not paid to employees.
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Agencies may not offer to repay a student loan for an employee who is likely to leave for any position in any branch of the Federal Government. (See 5 CFR 537.105(a)(2)(ii).)
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No. An agency may agree only to make payments on those student loans taken out prior to the student loan repayment agreement. (See 5 U.S.C. 5379(b)(1).)
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No. An agency may not use this authority to recruit an individual from outside the agency who is currently employed in the Federal service. (See 5 CFR 537.105(c).)
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No. An agency has discretionary authority to repay certain types of Federally made, insured, or guaranteed student loans as a recruitment or retention incentive for highly qualified candidates or current...
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No. An agency may not make a loan repayment for a student loan that was previously repaid by the employee. (See 5 U.S.C. 5379(b)(3).) Student loan repayments may be paid only...
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