[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19665]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA 84.037]


Office of Postsecondary Education; Availability of the Amendments 
to the National Direct Student Loan and Federal Perkins 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 amendments to the 1996-97 
National Direct Student Loan and Federal Perkins Loan Programs 
Directory of Designated Low-Income Schools.

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SUMMARY: Institutions and borrowers participating in the Federal 
Perkins Loan and National Direct Student Loan Programs and other 
interested persons are advised that they may obtain information 
regarding the amendments to the National Direct Student Loan and 
Federal Perkins Loan Programs Directory of Designated Low-Income 
Schools for Teacher Cancellation Benefits for the 1996-97 School Year 
(Directory). The amendments identify changes in the list of schools 
that qualify borrowers for teacher cancellation benefits under each of 
the loan programs.

DATES: The amendments to the Directory are currently available.

ADDRESSES: Information concerning specific schools listed in the 
amendments to the Directory may be obtained from Systems Administration 
Branch, Campus-Based Programs System Division, Office of Postsecondary 
Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., 
(Room 4051, ROB-3), Washington, DC. 20202-5453, Telephone (202) 708-
6726.
    Information concerning deferment and/or cancellation of a National 
Direct Student Loan or Federal Perkins Loan may be obtained from Gail 
McLarnon or Sylvia Ross, Campus-Based Loan Programs Section, Loans 
Branch, Policy Development Division, Office of Postsecondary Education, 
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., (Room 3045, ROB-
3), Washington, DC. 20202-5453, 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: The amendments to the Directory 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of Education published a 
notice in the Federal Register on January 9, 1997, (62 FR 1376) that 
the Directory was available. The Secretary has revised the Directory 
due to the opening and closing of schools, school name changes, and the 
need for other corrections. These revisions are listed in the 
amendments to the Directory.
    The procedures for selecting the schools that qualify borrowers for 
cancellation benefits are described in the Federal Perkins Loan Program 
regulations at 34 CFR 674.53 and 674.54. The Secretary has determined 
that for the 1996-97 academic year full-time teaching in the schools 
set forth in the Directory and the amendments to the Directory 
qualifies a borrower for cancellation benefits.
    The Secretary is providing the amendments to the Directory to each 
institution participating in the Federal Perkins Loan Program. 
Borrowers and other interested parties may check with their lending 
institutions, 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 all published amendments and Directories.

    Dated: July 16, 1997.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 97-19665 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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