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Type: G
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2001 |
G-01-333(NOV) | Summary: Approval of the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Forbearance Form for the Federal Family Education Loan Program and Approval of the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Application and Unpaid Refund Discharge Form for the Federal Family Education Loan and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Programs
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| G-01-332(OCT) | Summary: This letter will serve as the Department of Educations approval of the enclosed Federal PLUS Loan application materials
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| G-01-331(MAY) | Changes have been made to the existing regulations governing deferments and discharges in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Programs |
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2000 |
00-G-330(OCT) | Approved Federal Consolidation Loan application forms for use within the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) |
| 00-G-329(AUG) | This letter notifies guaranty agencies, lenders, and servicers in the FFEL program of new Department procedures for processing enrollment information about FFEL borrowers. |
| 00-G-328(JUL) | Regulatory and Operational Guidance to All Guaranty Agencies Concerning the Federal Share of Collections |
| 00-G-327(JUL) | This letter is to inform you of a recent court decision and resulting Department policy change that affects the Department's implementation of the "employment attempt" provisions in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program false certification - ability-to-benefit discharge (false certification discharge) regulations. |
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1999 |
99-G-326(DEC) | This letter provides a summary of the Department of Education's (ED) guaranty agency-related contingency plans and general Y2K resources. |
| 99-G-325(DEC) | Announcement of new Federal Family Education Loan/Direct Loan discharge forms |
| 99-G-324(NOV) | Revised Procedures Related to Death and Total and Permanent Disability Discharge Requests for the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program |
| 99-G-323(NOV) | The following document contains the new Total and Permanent Disability Cancellation Request form for the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program and the Federal William D. Ford Direct Loan Program. |
| 99-G-322(SEP) | Department of Education's (ED) notice of approval of the enclosed forms reflecting an extension of the expiration date and new Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) control number for the revised Federal Stafford Loan (Subsidized and Unsubsidized) Master Promissory Note (MPN). |
| 99-G-321(OCT) | Errors in Economic Hardship Deferment Request Form |
| 99-G-320(SEP) | This letter will serve as the Department of Education’s approval of the enclosed Federal PLUS Loan application materials. |
| 99-G-319(AUG) | This letter provides information regarding the approved Plain Language Disclosure text for Federal Stafford Loans made under a Master Promissory Note in the Federal Family Education Loan Program. |
| 99-G-318(JUL) | Approval of Loan Deferment Forms for the Federal Family Education Loan Program |
| 99-G-317(FEB) | Provisions of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (Pub.L. 105-244) that relate to the Loan Processing and Issuance Fee paid to guaranty agencies in the Federal Family Education Loan Program |
| 99-G-316(JAN) | Provisions of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-244) that relate to the Federal Fund and Operating Fund used by guaranty agencies in the Federal Family Education Loan Program. |
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1998 |
98-G-315(NOV) | This letter and its attachments provide detailed information regarding the introduction of a Master Promissory Note for Federal Stafford Loans in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program |
| 98-G-314(NOV) | Revised Guaranty Agency Quarterly/Annual Report (ED Form 1130), Revised Instructions, Revised Due Dates and Extension of the Guaranty Monthly Claims and Collections Report (ED Form 1189) |
| 98-G-313(OCT) | This letter provides clarification of an institutional eligibility criteria for the awarding of increased amounts of unsubsidized loans under the Direct Loan and FFEL programs for certain Health Professions students. |
| 98-G-312(AUG) | Last Submission Date for Default Reinsurance Requests for FY 1998 |
| 98-G-311(AUG) | Guidance on the extension of eligibility for increased unsubsidized loan amounts due to the phaseout of the Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program and information on aggregate limits for undergraduate health professions students. |
| 98-G-310(AUG) | This letter announces a less burdensome way for Peace Corps volunteers to apply for economic hardship deferments on their Federal student loans. |
| 98-G-309(MAR) | Extension of Guaranty Agency Quarterly/Annual Report (ED Form 1130) and Revised Instructions |
| 98-G-308(MAR) | To provide general information concerning the forthcoming changes in Title IV program numbers used by participating institutions of postsecondary education, third party servicers, lenders, and guaranty agencies. |
| 98-G-307(MAR) | Provisions of Public Law 105-78 affecting the consolidation of student loans in the Federal Family Education Loan Program. |
| 98-G-306(MAR) | This letter advises guaranty agencies in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program of the potential impact of the "Year 2000" problem and the importance of an aggressive approach to ensure that the FFEL Program will continue unimpaired |
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1997 |
97-G-305(DEC) | Increasing aggregate loan limits for certain health professions students affected by the phaseout of the Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program to $189,125. |
| 97-G-304(NOV) | Extension of Guaranty Agency Claims and Collections Report (ED Form 1189) |
| 97-G-303(OCT) | REVISED FEDERAL DEFAULT CONSOLIDATION LOAN PAYOFF REPORT AND INSTRUCTIONS |
| 97-G-302(OCT) | Suspension of Default Reinsurance Claim Payments Due to Non-Receipt of September 1997 Quarterly/Annual Report |
| 97-G-301(JUL) | Last Submission Date for Default Reinsurance Requests for FY 1997 |
| 97-G-300(JUL) | This letter provides guidance concerning closed school loan discharges for borrowers who attended certain correspondence schools. |
| 97-G-299(MAY) | INCREASED LOAN LIMITS FOR CERTAIN HEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDENTS - This letter clarifies eligibility issues related to increased loan limits for certain health professions students affected by the "phaseout" of the HEAL Program. |
| 97-G-298(MAY) | This letter provides guidance concerning annual and aggregate loan limits for Direct Stafford/Ford Loans and Direct Unsubsidized Stafford/Ford Loans made under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and Stafford Loans made under the Federal Family Education Loan Progra |
| 97-G-297(MAY) | Guidance for institutions of higher education, guaranty agencies, and lenders concerning the recent flooding in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. |
| 97-G-296(MAR) | This letter describes the telecommunications services provided to State and Non-state Guaranty Agencies under the Title IV Wide Area Network (WAN) services, the receipt of Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs) through the Electronic Data Exchange (EDE) or the Institution Applicant Data Service (but NOT both), and applicable enrollment procedures. |
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1996 |
96-G-295(NOV) | Extension of lender audit requirement deadline. |
| 96-G-294(OCT) | Suspension of Default Reinsurance Claim Payments Due to Non-Receipt of September 1996 Quarterly Report |
| 96-G-293(OCT) | This letter provides an initial draft of the 1997-98 Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) layout and description. |
| 96-G-292(SEP) | Guidance for helping Title IV participants affected by Hurricane Fran in Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia and Hurricane Hortense in Puerto Rico. |
| 96-G-291(SEP) | This letter describes the implementation of the Student Status Confirmation Report function of the National Student Loan Data System. |
| 96-G-290(AUG) | Last Submission Date for Default Reinsurance Requests for FY 1996 |
| 96-G-289(MAR) | This letter contains information about the Guaranty Agency Quarterly/Annual Report (ED Form 1130) |
| 96-G-288(APR) | Guidance for helping Title IV participants affected by flooding in Idaho, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. |
| 96-G-287(MAR) | Clarification and interpretative guidance on certain provisions in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program regulations published on December 18, 1992. |
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1995 |
95-G-286(NOV) | Guaranty agency retention of payoff amounts of defaulted loans consolidated under the Federal Consolidation Loan Program. |
| 95-G-285(NOV) | Guidance for helping Title IV participants affected by Hurricane Marilyn in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and Hurricane Opal in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina. |
| 95-G-284(OCT) | Suspension of Default Reinsurance Claim Payments Due to Non-Receipt of September 1995 Quarterly Report. |
| 95-G-283(SEP) | Extension for completion of lender compliance audits. |
| 95-G-282(SEP) | Changes made by the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994 that affect the Title IV student financial assistance programs. |
| 95-G-281(AUG) | Last Submission Date for Default Reinsurance Requests for FY 1995 |
| 95-G-280(JUL) | Guidance for helping Title IV participants affected by the recent May 1995 floods in Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri. |
| 95-G-279(JUN) | This letter provides guidance relating to the filing of the Lender's Interest and Special Allowance Request and Report (ED Form 799). |
| 95-G-278(MAR) | Limitations on lending by schools and prohibition on inducements to schools by lenders must be observed. |
| 95-G-277(MAY) | Requirements for Federal Stafford loans subject to rebates of excess interest ("windfall profits") and conversion to an annual variable interest rate. |
| 95-G-276(JAN) | This letter provides information to postsecondary institutions and to guaranty agencies and lenders in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) to assist students and institutions in areas designated as natural disaster areas due to the October floods in Texas. The guidance offered in this letter is similar to that provided after the floods in the Southeast earlier this year. |
| 95-G-275(MAR) | Interim Reporting Instructions For The Guaranty Agency Quarterly/Annual Report (ED Form 1130) |
| 95-G-274(MAR) | This letter transmits the U.S. Department of Education's Audit Guide, Compliance Audits (Attestation Engagements) of the Federal Family Education Loan Program to Participating Lenders. |
| 95-G-273(JAN) | This letter describes the telecommunications services provided to state and non-state guarantee agencies under the General Electronic Support (GES) system and invites new users to become enrolled in these services. Enrollment will be carried forward each year unless the agency calls to cancel the service. |
