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Part VIII





Department of Education





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34 CFR Parts 600 and 601



Institutional Eligibility Under the Higher Education Act of 1965; 
Eligibility of Foreign Medical Schools Under the Guaranteed Student 
Loan Program; Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

34 CFR Parts 600 and 601

RIN 1840-AB88

 

Institutional Eligibility Under the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
As Amended; Eligibility of Foreign Medical Schools Under the Guaranteed 
Student Loan Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary proposes to amend the regulations for 
Institutional Eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 
amended (HEA), and the regulations for Eligibility of Foreign Medical 
Schools under the Guaranteed Student Loan Program (GSLP) to reflect 
changes made to the HEA by the Higher Education Amendments of 1992. The 
Secretary proposes to remove the latter regulations from title 34 of 
the Code of Regulations, revise them, and add them to the former 
regulations, as a new subpart E. The proposed regulations would revise 
the procedures and criteria under which a foreign institution 
establishes eligibility to apply to participate in the Federal Family 
Education Loan (FFEL) programs if the institution is comparable to an 
eligible institution of higher education located in the United States.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 4, 1994.

ADDRESSES: All comments concerning these proposed regulations should be 
addressed to Ms. Joyce R. Coates, U.S. Department of Education, 400 
Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4318, Regional Office Building 3, 
Washington, DC 20202-5346.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Joyce R. Coates, Telephone: (202) 
708-7888. 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Institutional Eligibility regulations 
contain requirements that apply to all postsecondary educational 
institutions that seek initial or continued eligibility to apply to 
participate in the programs authorized by the HEA.

Negotiated Rulemaking

    Section 492 of the HEA contains procedural requirements that the 
Secretary is to follow in developing proposed regulations required for 
changes made by the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-
325) to parts B, G, and H of title IV of the HEA.
    Section 492(a) required the Secretary to convene regional meetings 
to gain public input on the content of proposed regulations. 
Participants at those meetings were to include individuals and 
representatives of the groups involved in the student financial 
assistance programs authorized under title IV of the HEA, such as 
students, legal assistance organizations that represent students, 
institutions of higher education, guaranty agencies, lenders, secondary 
markets, loan servicers, guaranty agency servicers, and collection 
agencies. During the meetings, the Secretary was to provide for a 
comprehensive discussion and exchange of information concerning the 
implementation of the amendments made by Public Law 102-325 to parts B, 
G, and H, and was to take information received at the meetings into 
account in the development of proposed regulations.
    Subsequent to the regional meetings, the Secretary was to draft and 
submit regulations implementing the amendments made to parts B, G, and 
H to a negotiated rulemaking process. Participants in the negotiations 
process were to be chosen by the Secretary from individuals nominated 
by groups participating in the regional meetings and were to reflect 
the diversity and sizes of organizations providing financial aid 
services to both local areas and national markets.
    In accordance with these requirements, the Secretary convened four 
regional meetings to discuss issues raised by the 1992 Amendments to 
the Higher Education Act, including the eligibility of foreign 
institutions to apply to participate in the FFEL programs. The primary 
issues considered in those meetings were: the general criteria needed 
for the Secretary to determine the eligibility of institutions outside 
the United States, how the Secretary should determine whether a foreign 
institution is comparable to an eligible institution of higher 
education in the United States, and the appropriate method for 
calculating examination ``pass rates'' of students or graduates of 
foreign graduate medical schools. (These pass rates are among a number 
of statutory requirements for determining the eligibility of foreign 
graduate medical schools.)
    Meetings were held in New York, New York; San Francisco, 
California; Atlanta, Georgia; and Kansas City, Missouri, during the 
month of September 1992. Participants in the meetings were invited to 
nominate individuals to serve as negotiators in the negotiated 
rulemaking sessions.
    Taking into account views expressed at the regional meetings, the 
Department prepared draft proposed regulations on the 1992 Amendments. 
The draft regulations were negotiated during the negotiated rulemaking 
sessions. The negotiators reached general agreement on the content of 
the draft regulations relating to the eligibility of foreign 
institutions to apply to participate in the FFEL programs.
    A summary of the significant changes made by these proposed 
regulations to current regulations follows.

Summary of Proposed Changes

    Proposed Sec. 600.51 (current Sec. 601.1) Purpose and scope. The 
Secretary proposes to revise the purpose and scope of proposed subpart 
E to remove the provisions that exempt from these regulations medical 
schools in Canada or other foreign countries, if those schools are 
accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency that accredits 
medical schools in the United States. This change is necessary because 
of the statutory change to section 481 of the HEA that requires every 
foreign institution to be subject to all of the applicable criteria for 
determining the eligibility of foreign institutions. Accreditation by a 
nationally recognized accrediting agency is still among the criteria in 
proposed Sec. 600.55(a)(4)(ii) for a public or private nonprofit 
foreign medical school to be eligible to apply to participate in the 
FFEL programs (see the discussion under that section).
    Proposed Sec. 600.52 (current Sec. 601.2) Definitions. This section 
would define a foreign institution as one that is not located in a 
State, and would revise the definition of a foreign graduate medical 
school to require medical schools in Canada to be subject to proposed 
subpart E of 34 CFR part 600. These changes reflect statutory changes.
    This section also would define a secondary school as one that 
provides secondary education under the laws of the country in which the 
school is located. This definition is needed for purposes of 
establishing compliance with criteria in Sec. 600.54 governing a 
foreign institution's admission policies and level of educational 
program offered.
    Proposed Sec. 600.53 (current Sec. 601.3) Requesting an eligibility 
determination. The Secretary proposes to require a foreign institution 
to provide, release, or authorize the release to the Secretary of the 
information that would be required in this subpart. The failure to 
provide that information would render the institution ineligible to 
participate in the FFEL programs. These provisions restate the 
statutory requirement in section 481(a)(2)(C) of the HEA. With regard 
to the provision of performance data that would be required in 
Sec. 600.55 on examinations administered by the Educational Commission 
for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), the ECFMG initially informed the 
Secretary that it would study the issue. Subsequently, the ECFMG 
indicated that it is unwilling to furnish this data directly to the 
Secretary. Consequently, the Secretary proposes to require applicant 
institutions to furnish the data to enable the Secretary to comply with 
the statutory mandate to consider the pass rates on those exams.
    The Secretary also proposes to require a foreign institution 
seeking initial or continued eligibility to apply for a determination 
of that eligibility on a form prescribed by the Secretary, rather than 
permitting a student to apply on behalf of the institution, as is 
currently the case. This change is necessary because of the statutory 
change requiring an institution to furnish applicable information. 
However, a student would still be able to inform the Secretary of his 
or her desire to seek an FFEL program loan for attendance at a foreign 
institution. The Secretary would then contact the institution and 
supply the institution with application forms.
    Proposed Sec. 600.54 Criteria for determining whether a foreign 
institution is eligible to apply to participate in the FFEL programs. 
This section would contain the criteria that the Secretary would use to 
determine whether a foreign institution is eligible to apply to 
participate in the FFEL programs. To be eligible, a foreign institution 
would have to admit as regular students only persons who have a 
credential for completion of secondary school or the recognized 
equivalent of that credential. The institution would have to be legally 
authorized to provide a postsecondary educational program. The 
institution would have to provide an eligible educational program that 
leads to a legally authorized degree equivalent to an associate, 
bachelor's, graduate, or professional degree awarded in the United 
States, would have to be at least a two-academic-year program 
acceptable for full credit toward the equivalent of a bachelor's degree 
awarded in the United States, or would have to be equivalent to at 
least a one-academic-year training program in the United States that 
leads to a certificate, degree, or other recognized educational 
credential and prepares students for gainful employment in a recognized 
occupation.
    Because the criteria of this section would be parallel to those 
required of institutions of higher education, the Secretary proposes to 
adopt the criteria for purposes of determining that a foreign 
institution is comparable to an institution of higher education in the 
United States.
    Proposed Sec. 600.55 (current Sec. 601.4) Additional criteria for 
determining whether a foreign graduate medical school is eligible to 
apply to participate in the FFEL programs. The Secretary proposes to 
add to the criteria in current Sec. 601.4 a requirement for a foreign 
graduate medical school to employ as faculty members only those with 
academic credentials equivalent to credentials required of faculty 
members teaching the same or similar courses in the United States. The 
Secretary considers this requirement necessary for determining the 
comparability of foreign graduate medical schools to medical schools in 
the United States.
    The Secretary proposes to replace the current requirement in 
Sec. 601.4(e) concerning the pass rate of students and graduates of 
foreign graduate medical schools on ECFMG examinations with new 
requirements. The new requirements are mandated by the changes to 
section 481(a)(2) of the HEA. Under those statutory changes, for the 
year preceding the year in which any of a foreign graduate medical 
school's students seeks a loan under the FFEL programs, generally at 
least 60 percent of the school's enrolled students and 60 percent of 
its graduates must have been neither citizens nor nationals of the 
United States nor eligible noncitizens for purposes of the title IV, 
HEA programs. Further, for the year preceding the year in which any of 
the school's students seeks a loan under the FFEL programs, generally 
at least 60 percent of the school's students or graduates taking ECFMG 
examinations must have received a passing score on those examinations.
    The Secretary, in implementing these requirements, proposes several 
clarifications to ensure the statistical accuracy and uniformity of a 
foreign graduate medical school's calculations. For purposes of the 
calculation concerning the citizenship of the school's students and 
graduates, the school would count only those enrolled students who are 
full-time regular students. The Secretary believes that it is necessary 
to restrict this calculation to full-time regular students to prevent 
institutions from enrolling a significant number of part-time students 
who are not seeking a degree or certificate in order to obtain the 
required percentage. The school would count as graduates only those 
from its most recent graduating class during the academic year 
preceding the year for which the calculation is performed.
    For purposes of the calculation concerning the pass rate of the 
school's students and graduates, the school would count all enrolled 
students, regardless of their enrollment status or their regular 
student status. The Secretary believes that it is appropriate to count 
all enrolled students or graduates in the pass rate calculations in 
order to obtain a larger sample, thereby ensuring statistical accuracy 
and validity. A second reason to include all enrolled students in the 
pass rate calculation is that the statute requires the Secretary to 
consider the pass rate on the examinations administered by the ECFMG as 
a measure of comparability to medical schools located in the United 
States. Performance on the examinations administered by the ECFMG 
reflects both the quality of the education at the foreign medical 
school and the knowledge of the individual student who takes the 
examination. Thus, it is appropriate to include the scores of all 
students in this calculation to fully reflect the comparability of the 
institution and its students and graduates to medical schools located 
in the United States. The Secretary also notes that the statute did not 
expressly exclude any students from calculation of the pass rate. The 
school would count as graduates those persons who graduated from the 
school during the three years preceding the year for which the 
calculation is performed.
    The ECFMG examinations are administered separately in two steps: 
Step 1 includes basic medical sciences and Step 2 includes the clinical 
sciences. A person may take each step in different years. In addition, 
the ECFMG administers an English test for purposes of satisfying the 
requirement for demonstrating English language competency to obtain 
ECFMG certification. Therefore, the Secretary would require the 
school's calculation for any year to include any student or graduate 
who took any step of the ECFMG examinations, including the English 
test.
    Section 481(a)(2) of the HEA exempts from both of the above 
calculations a foreign graduate medical school whose clinical program 
has been approved by a State as of January 1, 1992. The Secretary would 
include this exemption, but would further require the school's clinical 
program to maintain current State approval. The Secretary believes that 
this additional requirement is necessary to establish that a school 
that does not meet the applicable minimum percentages at least has a 
clinical program comparable to one provided by an eligible institution 
of higher education in the United States.
    This section also would require a foreign graduate medical school 
to be accredited by an accrediting body legally authorized to evaluate 
the quality of graduate medical school educational programs and 
facilities in the school's country. The accreditation standards used by 
that accrediting body would have to be evaluated by an advisory panel 
of medical experts appointed by the Secretary and that panel would have 
to determine if those standards are comparable to those used for 
accrediting medical schools in the United States. A public or nonprofit 
school that is not accredited would have to be accredited by a 
nationally recognized accrediting agency designated by the Secretary. 
(Currently, the Secretary recognizes the Liaison Committee on Medical 
Education for the accreditation of programs leading to the M.D. 
degree.) These accreditation requirements are mandated by the changes 
to section 481(a)(2) of the HEA.
    Proposed Sec. 600.56 (current Secs. 601.6 and 601.7)  Duration of 
eligibility determination. The Secretary proposes to provide for the 
expiration of a foreign institution's eligibility after four years, 
unless the Secretary specifies a shorter period of eligibility. 
Currently, a foreign institution's eligibility generally expires after 
two years. The Secretary proposes this change to allow for treatment of 
foreign institutions consistent with that for institutions in the 
United States.
    The Secretary proposes to provide for the continued eligibility of 
a foreign graduate medical school to be contingent upon the school's 
annual submission of the information in Sec. 600.55 concerning the 
school's enrollment and pass rate on ECFMG examinations. Currently, a 
foreign graduate medical school's eligibility is not terminated solely 
because of a failure to maintain the specified pass rate. The Secretary 
proposes to make this change to conform to changes made by the Higher 
Education Amendments of 1992.
    The Secretary also proposes to provide for the continued 
eligibility of an otherwise eligible student for loans under the FFEL 
programs for up to an academic year after the academic year in which a 
foreign institution loses eligibility, if the student received an FFEL 
program loan for attendance at the institution while the institution 
was eligible. This change would merely reflect statutory changes made 
by the Higher Education Amendments of 1992.
    Current Sec. 601.7  Exception for students who received a GSLP loan 
to attend a foreign medical school prior to the publication date of 
this subpart. The Secretary proposes to remove this section, which 
governed the eligibility of certain students for loans under the FFEL 
programs before the publication date of the current regulations 
(February 25, 1983). This section is no longer needed.

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification

    The Secretary certifies that these proposed regulations would not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities.
    The small entities affected by these regulations are small foreign 
institutions. However, the regulations would not have a significant 
economic impact on the small institutions affected because the 
regulations would not impose excessive regulatory burdens or require 
unnecessary Federal supervision. The regulations would impose minimal 
burdens necessary to implement statutory requirements.

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980

    Section Sec. 600.53 contains information collection requirements. 
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, the Department of 
Education will submit a copy of this section to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for its review. (44 U.S.C. 3504(h))
    These regulations affect businesses or other for-profit entities 
and nonprofit institutions that participate in the FFEL programs. The 
Secretary needs to collect this information to enable the Secretary to 
enforce the statutory provisions for determining the eligibility of 
foreign institutions to apply to participate in the FFEL programs.
    Annual public reporting burden for this collection of information 
is estimated to average three hours per response for 1,100 
institutions, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching 
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and 
completing and reviewing the collection of information.
    Organizations and individuals desiring to submit comments on the 
information collection requirements should direct them to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, room 3002, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; Attention: Daniel J. Chenok.

Invitation To Comment

    Interested persons are invited to submit comments and 
recommendations regarding these proposed regulations.
    All comments submitted in response to these proposed regulations 
will be available for public inspection, during and after the comment 
period, in room 4318, Regional Office Building 3, 7th and D Streets, 
SW., Washington, DC., between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 
through Friday of each week except Federal holidays.

Assessment of Educational Impact

    The Secretary particularly requests comments on whether the 
proposed regulations in this document would require transmission of 
information that is being gathered by or is available from any other 
agency or authority of the United States.

List of Subjects in 34 CFR Part 600

    Administrative practice and procedure, Colleges and universities, 
Consumer protection, Education, Grant programs--education, Loan 
programs--education, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Student 
aid.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number does not apply.)

    Dated: January 5, 1994.
Richard W. Riley,
Secretary of Education.
    The Secretary proposes to amend title 34 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations by amending part 600 and by removing part 601 as follows:

PART 600--INSTITUTIONAL ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT 
OF 1965, AS AMENDED

    1. The authority citation for part 600 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1085, 1088, 1094, and 1141, unless 
otherwise noted.

    2. A new subpart E is added to part 600 to read as follows:
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Subpart E--Eligibility of Foreign Institutions To Apply To 
Participate in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Programs

Sec.
600.51  Purpose and scope.
600.52  Definitions.
600.53  Requesting an eligibility determination.
600.54  Criteria for determining whether a foreign institution is 
eligible to apply to participate in the FFEL programs.
600.55  Additional criteria for determining whether a foreign 
graduate medical school is eligible to apply to participate in the 
FFEL programs.
600.56  Duration of eligibility determination.
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Subpart E--Eligibility of Foreign Institutions To Apply To 
Participate in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Programs


Sec. 600.51  Purpose and scope.

    (a) A foreign institution is eligible to apply to participate in 
the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) programs if it is comparable 
to an eligible institution of higher education located in the United 
States and has been approved by the Secretary in accordance with the 
provisions of this subpart.
    (b) This subpart E contains the procedures and criteria under which 
a foreign institution may be deemed eligible to apply to participate in 
the FFEL programs.
    (c) This subpart E does not include the procedures and criteria by 
which a foreign institution that is deemed eligible to apply to 
participate in the FFEL programs actually applies for that 
participation. Those procedures and criteria are contained in the FFEL 
programs regulations, 34 CFR 682.600.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1088)


Sec. 600.52  Definitions.

    The following definitions apply to this subpart E:
    Foreign graduate medical school: A foreign institution that 
qualifies to be listed in, and is listed as a medical school in, the 
most current edition of the World Directory of Medical Schools 
published by the World Health Organization (WHO).
    Foreign institution: An institution that is not located in a State.
    Passing score: The minimum passing score as defined by the 
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
    Secondary school: A school that provides secondary education as 
determined under the laws of the country in which the school is 
located.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1088)


Sec. 600.53  Requesting an eligibility determination.

    (a) To be designated as eligible to apply to participate in the 
FFEL Program or to continue to be eligible beyond the scheduled 
expiration of the institution's current period of eligibility, a 
foreign institution must--
    (1) Apply on the form prescribed by the Secretary; and
    (2) Provide all the information and documentation requested by the 
Secretary to make a determination of that eligibility.
    (b) The failure of a foreign institution to provide, release, or 
authorize release to the Secretary of information that is required in 
this subpart E shall render the institution ineligible to apply to 
participate in the FFEL programs.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1088)


Sec. 600.54  Criteria for determining whether a foreign institution is 
eligible to apply to participate in the FFEL programs.

    The Secretary considers a foreign institution to be comparable to 
an eligible institution of higher education in the United States and 
eligible to apply to participate in the FFEL programs if the foreign 
institution--
    (a) Admits as regular students only persons who--
    (1) Have a secondary school completion credential; or
    (2) Have the recognized equivalent of a secondary school completion 
credential;
    (b) Is legally authorized by an appropriate authority to provide an 
eligible educational program beyond the secondary school level in the 
country in which the institution is located; and
    (c) Provides an eligible education program--
    (1) For which the institution is legally authorized to award a 
degree that is equivalent to an associate, baccalaureate, graduate, or 
professional degree awarded in the United States;
    (2) That is at least a two-academic-year program acceptable for 
full credit toward the equivalent of a baccalaureate degree awarded in 
the United States; or
    (3) That is equivalent to at least a one-academic-year training 
program in the United States that leads to a certificate, degree, or 
other recognized educational credential and prepares students for 
gainful employment in a recognized occupation.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1088)


Sec. 600.55  Additional criteria for determining whether a foreign 
graduate medical school is eligible to apply to participate in the FFEL 
programs.

    (a) The Secretary considers a foreign graduate medical school to be 
eligible to apply to participate in the FFEL programs if, in addition 
to satisfying the criteria in Sec. 600.54, the school satisfies all of 
the following criteria:
    (1) The school provides, and in the normal course requires its 
students to complete, a program of clinical and classroom medical 
instruction of not less that 32 months in length, that is supervised 
closely by members of the school's faculty and that is provided 
either--
    (i) Outside the United States, in facilities adequately equipped 
and staffed to afford students comprehensive clinical and classroom 
medical instruction; or
    (ii) In the United States, through a training program for foreign 
medical students that has been approved by all medical licensing boards 
and evaluating bodies whose views are considered relevant by the 
Secretary.
    (2) The school has graduated classes during each of the two twelve-
month periods immediately preceding the date the Secretary receives the 
school's request for an eligibility determination.
    (3) The school employs for the program described in paragraph 
(a)(1) of this section only faculty members whose academic credentials 
are the equivalent of credentials required of faculty members teaching 
the same or similar courses at medical schools in the United States.
    (4)(i) The school has been approved by an accrediting body--
    (A) That is legally authorized to evaluate the quality of graduate 
medical school educational programs and facilities in the country where 
the school is located; and
    (B) Whose standards of accreditation of graduate medical schools--
    (1) Have been evaluated by the advisory panel of medical experts 
established by the Secretary; and
    (2) Have been determined to be comparable to standards of 
accreditation applied to medical schools in the United States; or
    (ii) The school is a public or private nonprofit educational 
institution that satisfies the requirements in Sec. 600.4(a)(5)(i).
    (5)(i)(A) During the academic year preceding the year for which any 
of the school's students seeks an FFEL program loan, at least 60 
percent of those enrolled as full-time regular students in the school 
and at least 60 percent of the school's most recent graduating class 
were persons who did not meet the citizenship and residency criteria 
contained in 34 CFR 668.7(a)(4)(i) through (iii); and
    (B) At least 60 percent of the school's students and graduates who 
took any step of the examinations administered by the Educational 
Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) (including the ECFMG 
English test) in the year preceding the year for which any of the 
school's students seeks an FFEL program loan received passing scores on 
the exams; or
    (ii) The school's clinical training program was approved by a State 
as of January 1, 1992, and is currently approved by that State.
    (b) In performing the calculation required in paragraph 
(a)(5)(i)(B) of this section, a foreign graduate medical school shall 
count as a graduate each person who graduated from the school during 
the three years preceding the year for which the calculation is 
performed.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1088)


Sec. 600.56  Duration of eligibility determination.

    (a) The eligibility of a foreign institution under subpart E 
expires four years after the date of the Secretary's determination that 
the institution is eligible to apply for participation, except that the 
Secretary may specify a shorter period of eligibility. In the case of a 
foreign graduate medical school, continued eligibility is dependent 
upon annual submission of the data and information required under 
Sec. 600.55(a)(5)(i), subject to the terms described in Sec. 600.53(b).
    (b) A foreign institution that has been determined eligible loses 
its eligibility on the date that the institution no longer meets any 
one of the criteria in this subpart E.
    (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of 34 CFR 668.25(c)(2), if a 
foreign institution loses its eligibility under subpart E of this part, 
an otherwise eligible student, continuously enrolled at the institution 
before the loss of eligibility, may receive an FFEL program loan for 
attendance at that institution for the academic year succeeding the 
academic year in which that institution lost its eligibility, if the 
student actually received an FFEL program loan for attendance at the 
institution for a period during which the institution was eligible 
under this subpart E.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1088, 1099c)

PART 601--ELIGIBILITY OF FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOLS UNDER THE 
GUARANTEED STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM (GSLP) [REMOVED and RESERVED]

    3. Part 601 of title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations is 
removed and reserved.

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