[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70756-70757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33829]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.037]


Office of Postsecondary Education

Agency: Department of Education.

Action: Notice of availability of the Federal Perkins Loan and National 
Direct Student Loan Programs Directory of Designated Low-Income Schools 
for Teacher Cancellation Benefits for the 1998-99 School Year.

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Summary: The Secretary of Education (the Secretary) announces that the 
1998-99 Federal Perkins Loan and National Direct Student Loan Programs 
Directory of Designated Low-Income Schools (The Directory) is now 
available on the Department of Education's (the Department) Web site. 
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 1998-99 Directory, the Secretary lists, on a State-by-
State and Territory-by-Territory basis, the schools in which a borrower 
may teach during the 1998-99 school year to qualify for deferment and 
cancellation benefits.

Dates: The Directory is currently available at the Department's Web 
site.

Addresses: Information concerning specific schools listed in the 
Directory may be obtained from Chrisetta Nelson, Systems Administration 
Branch, Campus-Based Programs Systems Division, Office of Student 
Financial Assistance Programs, U.S. Department of Education, 400 
Maryland Avenue, S.W., (Portals Building, Room 6200), Washington, D.C. 
20202-5447, Telephone (202) 708-7738. Information concerning deferment 
and cancellation of a National Director Federal Perkins loan may be 
obtained from Sylvia Ross or Gail McLarnon, Program Specialists, 
Campus-Based Loan Programs Section, Loans Branch, Policy Development 
Division, Office of Student Financial Assistance Programs, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., (Regional Office 
Building 3, Room 3045), Washington, D.C. 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 also available in an 
electronic format 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.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this notice in an 
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) to the contact person listed in the preceding paragraph.

Supplementary Information: The Secretary selects schools that qualify a 
borrower for deferment and cancellation benefits under the procedures 
contained in the Federal Perkins Loan program

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regulation in 34 CFR 674.53, 674.54 and 674.55.
    The Secretary has determined that, for the 1998-99 academic year, 
full-time teaching in the schools set forth in the 1998-99 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 in an electronic 
format only. Borrowers and other interested parties may check the 
website or their lending institution, the appropriate State or 
Territory Department of Education, regional office of the Department of 
Education, or the Office of Student Financial Assistance Programs of 
the Department of Education concerning the identity of qualifying 
schools for the 1998-99 academic year. The Office of Student Financial 
Assistance Programs retains, on a permanent basis, copies of past 
Directories.

Electronic Access to the Notice

    Anyone may view this notice, as well as all other Department of 
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or 
portable document format (pdf) on the World Wide Web at either of the 
following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with 
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you 
have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S. Government Printing 
Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498.

    Dated: December 15, 1998.
Gerard A. Russomano,
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Office of Student Financial Assistance 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 98-33829; Filed 12-21-98; 8:45 am]
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