[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-516]



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Part III





Department of Education





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Postsecondary Education; National Direct and Federal Perkins Student 
Loan Programs; Directory of Designated Low-Income Schools; Notice



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Office of Postsecondary Education; Availability of the 1996-97 
Federal Perkins Loan and National Direct Student Loan Programs 
Directory of Designated Low-Income Schools for Teacher Cancellation 
Benefits for the 1996-97 School Year

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 1996-97 Federal Perkins Loan and 
National Direct Student Loan Programs Directory of Designated Low-
Income Schools for teacher cancellation benefits for the 1996-97 school 
year.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary announces that the 1996-97 Federal Perkins Loan 
and National Direct Student Loan Programs Directory of Designated Low-
Income Schools (Directory) is now available. 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 1996-97 
Directory, the Secretary lists, on a State-by-State and Territory-by-
Territory basis, the schools in which a borrower may teach during the 
1996-97 school year to qualify for deferment and cancellation benefits.

DATES: The Directory is currently available.

ADDRESSES: Information concerning specific schools listed in the 
Directory may be obtained from Patricia Reese, Systems Administration 
Branch, Campus-Based Programs Systems Division, Office of Postsecondary 
Education, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., 
(Regional Office Building 3, Room 4621), Washington, DC 20202-5447, 
Telephone (202) 708-5182.
    Information concerning deferment and cancellation of a Federal 
Perkins Loan or National Direct Student Loan may be obtained from Susan 
M. Morgan, Section Chief, Campus-Based Loan Programs Section, Loans 
Branch, Policy Development Division, Office of Postsecondary Education, 
U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., (Regional 
Office Building 3, Room 4310), Washington, DC 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 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through 
Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Directories are available 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary selects the schools that 
qualify the borrower for deferment and cancellation benefits under the 
procedures contained in the Federal Perkins Loan program regulations at 
34 CFR 674.53, 674.54 and 674.55.
    The Secretary has determined that, for the 1996-97 academic year, 
full-time teaching in the schools set forth in the 1996-97 Directory 
qualifies a borrower for deferment and cancellation benefits.
    The Secretary is providing the Directory to each institution 
participating in the Federal Perkins Loan Program. Borrowers and other 
interested parties may check with the institution that awarded their 
loan, the appropriate State or Territory Department of Education, 
regional offices of the Department of Education, or the Office of 
Postsecondary Education of the Department of Education concerning the 
identity of qualifying schools for the 1996-97 academic year. The 
Office of Postsecondary Education retains, on a permanent basis, copies 
of past Directories.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.037; National 
Direct and Federal Perkins Loan Cancellations)

    Dated: January 6, 1997.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 97-516 Filed 1-8-97; 8:45 am]
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