[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3950-3951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1727]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.037]


Office of Student Financial Assistance; Federal Perkins and 
National Direct Student Loan Programs

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 1999-2000 
School Year.

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SUMMARY:  We are announcing that the 1999-2000 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's) 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 1999-2000 
Directory, we list, on a State-by-State and Territory-by-Territory 
basis, the schools in which a borrower may teach during the 1999-2000 
school year to qualify for deferment and cancellation benefits.

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

ADDRESSES:  You may obtain information concerning specific schools 
listed in the Directory from Chrissa Allen, Systems Administration 
Branch, Campus-Based Programs Systems Division, Office of Student 
Financial Assistance, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland 
Avenue, S.W., (Portals Building, Room 6200), Washington, D.C. 20202-
5447, Telephone (202) 708-7738. You may

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obtain information concerning deferment and cancellation of a National 
Direct or Federal Perkins loan from Gail McLarnon, Program Specialist, 
Product Development Division, Office of Student Financial Assistance, 
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.

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) by contacting 
the Alternate Format Center at (202) 260-9895 between 8:30 a.m. and 
4:30 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We select schools that qualify a borrower 
for deferment and cancellation benefits under the procedures contained 
in the Federal Perkins Loan Program regulations in 34 CFR 674.53, 
674.54 and 674.55.
    We have determined that, for the 1999-2000 academic year, full-time 
teaching in the schools set forth in the 1999-2000 Directory qualifies 
a borrower for deferment and cancellation benefits.
    We are 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 Web site or their 
lending institution, the appropriate State or Territory Department of 
Education, a regional office of the Department of Education, or contact 
us directly at the Office of Student Financial Assistance concerning 
the identity of qualifying schools for the 1999-2000 academic year. We 
retain, on a permanent basis, copies of past Directories.

Electronic Access to This Document

    You may view this document, as well as all other Department of 
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe 
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 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 PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing 
Office (GPO),toll free at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, D.C. 
area at (202) 512-1530.

    Note:  The official version of this document is published in the 
Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of 
the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is 
available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.


    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087aa-1087ii and 20 U.S.C. 421-
429, unless otherwise noted.

    Dated: January 19, 2000.
Greg Woods,
Chief Operating Officer, Office of Student Financial Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-1727 Filed 1-24-00; 8:45 am]
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