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Type: L
2001 |
L-01-227(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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L-01-226(OCT) | Summary: This letter will serve as the Department of Educations approval of the enclosed Federal PLUS Loan application materials
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L-01-225(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. |
2000 |
00-L-224(OCT) | Approved Federal Consolidation Loan application forms for use within the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) |
00-L-223(AUG) | This letter notifies guaranty agencies, lenders, and servicers in the FFEL program of new Department procedures for processing enrollment information about FFEL borrowers. |
1999 |
99-L-222(DEC) | This letter provides our lender and guaranty agency partners with information pertaining to student loan delinquency, default aversion, claim processing and post-claim activities and the Year 2000 (Y2K) and information about the Department's plans to alleviate any issues that may arise during delinquent and defaulted loan activities. |
99-L-221(DEC) | This letter provides our lender and guaranty agency partners with information pertaining to student loan servicing and the Year 2000 (Y2K) and information about the Department's plans to alleviate any issues that may arise when servicing loans. |
99-L-220(DEC) | This letter provides our lender and guaranty agency partners with information pertaining to loan processing and disbursement options and the Year 2000 (Y2K) and information about the Department's plans to alleviate any issues that may arise when processing or disbursing loans. |
99-L-219(DEC) | This letter provides a summary of the Department of Education's (ED) lender and servicer related contingency plans and general Y2K resources. |
99-L-218(DEC) | Announcement of new Federal Family Education Loan/Direct Loan discharge forms |
99-L-217(NOV) | Revised Procedures Related to Death and Total and Permanent Disability Discharge Requests for the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program |
99-L-216(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-L-215(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-L-214(OCT) | Errors in Economic Hardship Deferment Request Form |
99-L-213(SEP) | This letter will serve as the Department of Education’s approval of the enclosed Federal PLUS Loan application materials. |
99-L-212(JUL) | Approval of Loan Deferment Forms for the Federal Family Education Loan Program |
1998 |
98-L-211(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-L-210(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-L-209(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-L-208(AUG) | This letter announces a less burdensome way for Peace Corps volunteers to apply for economic hardship deferments on their Federal student loans. |
98-L-207(JUL) | Clarification of the Department of Education’s method of payment for special allowance granted in the court decision Bank of America NT & SEA. v. Riley. |
98-L-206(JUN) | Extension of filing deadline under Dear Colleague Letter 98-L-202 |
98-L-205(APR) | This letter provides guidance relating to the filing of the Lender’s Interest and Special Allowance Request and Report (ED Form 799) |
98-L-204(MAR) | Extension of lender audit requirement deadline. |
98-L-203(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-L-202(MAR) | On September 30, 1997, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a District Court decision concluding that the Department’s interpretation of §427A(i)(7) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. §1077a(i)(7) was incorrect. See Bank of America N.T. & S.A. v. Riley, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 28483 (D.C. Cir. 1997), aff’g 940 F.Supp. 348 (D.D.C. 1996). As a result of this decision, lenders participating in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) may choose to recalculate special allowance billings for all or part of the period from July 23, 1992 to December 31, 1994. This recalculation may result in additional special allowance payments being owed to lenders. |
98-L-201(MAR) | Provisions of Public Law 105-78 affecting the consolidation of student loans in the Federal Family Education Loan Program. |
98-L-200(MAR) | This letter advises lenders 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 |
1997 |
97-L-199(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-L-198(SEP) | This letter provides guidance relating to the filing of the Lender's Application for Payment of Insurance Claim (ED Form 1207). |
97-L-197(JUL) | This letter provides guidance concerning closed school loan discharges for borrowers who attended certain correspondence schools. |
97-L-196(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-L-195(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-L-194(MAY) | National Student Loan Data System Reporting Requirements |
97-L-193(MAY) | Guidance for institutions of higher education, guaranty agencies, and lenders concerning the recent flooding in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. |
1996 |
96-L-192(NOV) | Extension of lender audit requirement deadline. |
96-L-191(DEC) | This letter contains information about the publication of the Fiscal Year (FY) 1994 cohort default rates for originating lenders, holders, and guaranty agencies participating in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, as mandated by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. |
96-L-190(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-L-189(SEP) | This letter describes the implementation of the Student Status Confirmation Report function of the National Student Loan Data System. |
96-L-188(JUN) | Extension of lender audit requirement deadline. |
96-L-187(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-L-186(MAR) | Clarification and interpretative guidance on certain provisions in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program regulations published on December 18, 1992. |
1995 |
95-L-185(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-L-184(NOV) | This letter contains information about the publication of the Fiscal Year (FY) 1993 cohort default rates for originating lenders, holders, and guaranty agencies participating in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, as mandated by the Higher Education Act of 1992. |
95-L-183(SEP) | Extension for completion of lender compliance audits. |
95-L-182(JUL) | Guidance for helping Title IV participants affected by the recent May 1995 floods in Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri. |
95-L-181(JUN) | This letter provides guidance relating to the filing of the Lender's Interest and Special Allowance Request and Report (ED Form 799) |
95-L-180(JUN) | This letter provides guidance relating to the filing of the Lender's Interest and Special Allowance Request and Report (ED Form 799). |
95-L-179(MAY) | Requirements for Federal Stafford loans subject to rebates of excess interest ("windfall profits") and conversion to an annual variable interest rate. |
95-L-178(MAR) | Limitations on lending by schools and prohibition on inducements to schools by lenders must be observed. |
95-L-177(MAR) | This letter provides information regarding the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) to lenders participating in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program. |
95-L-176(MAR) | U.S. Department of Education's Audit Guide |
95-L-175(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. |