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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC
ASSISTANCE
84.037: Federal Perkins Loan Cancellations
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| PROGRAM AND AWARD | FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS | FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO. |
| APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS | INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| RELATED PROGRAMS | ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS |
| PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS | POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS |
Applicant Eligibility: Higher education institutions (public, other nonprofit, postsecondary vocational and proprietary) meeting the eligibility requirements may apply.
Beneficiary Eligibility: For Federal Perkins and National Direct Loan borrowers with loans made on or after July 23, 1992, and for Federal Perkins National Direct and Defense loan borrowers with an outstanding balance as of October 7, 1998, on loans made before 7/23/92. Loan cancellation is available for service as a full-time teacher in a designated elementary or secondary school having a high enrollment of children from low-income families; as a full-time staff member in a Head Start Program; as a member of the Armed Forces (in an area of hostilities); as a volunteer in the Peace Corps or ACTION programs as a full-time law enforcement officer or corrections officer serving local, State, or Federal agencies; as a full-time special education teacher, including teachers of infants, toddlers, children, or youth with disabilities in a public or other nonprofit elementary or secondary school system, or as a full-time qualified professional provider of early intervention services in a public or other nonprofit program under public supervision; as a full-time teacher of mathematics, science, foreign languages, bilingual education, or any other field of expertise that is determined by the State education agency to have a shortage of qualified teachers; as a full-time nurse or medical technician; or as a full-time employee of a public or private nonprofit child or family service agency that is providing or supervising the provision of services to high risk children and their families from low-income communities. Cancellation provisions are different for loans made before July 23, 1992.
Credentials/Documentation: Cancellation certificates require documenting public service. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.
Preapplication Coordination: This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102.
Application Procedure: In case of loans canceled under provisions of the National Defense Education Act, the institution receives funds from the Department of Education equal to the institutional contribution of the amounts canceled; for loans canceled pursuant to Title IV, Part E, of the Higher Education Act, the institution receives funds from the Department of Education to restore the full amount canceled. No application form is required. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110.
Award Procedure: Reimbursements are made annually upon acceptance of the institution's Fiscal Operations Report.
Deadlines: None.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Reimbursements are made upon acceptance of the Fiscal Operations Reports.
Appeals: None.
Renewals: Not applicable. Payments are based on entitlement.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: Not applicable.
Examples of Funded Projects: Not applicable.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: The estimated average reimbursement is $11,000.
Not currently available.
Federal Agency: OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Type of Assistance: Direct Payments for Specified Use; Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use.
Obligations: (Direct payments) FY 99 $30,000,000; FY 00 est $30,000,000; and FY 01 est $60,000,000.
Budget Account Number: 91-0200-0-1-502.
Authorization: Higher Education Act of 1965, Title IV, Part E, as amended, Public Law 103-208, 20 U.S.C. 421-429.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: 34 CFR 674; Student Guide, no charge; Student Financial Aid Handbook, no charge; notification to Members of Congress, list of grantees published annually or as required, no charge; Federal Needs Analysis Methodology Booklet, no charge; Verification Handbook, no charge; training materials, no charge.
Regional or Local Office: Regional Administrator for Student Financial Assistance in the appropriate Regional Office. See Appendix IV of the Catalog.
Headquarters Office: Institutional Financial Management Division, Office of Student Financial Assistance, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20202-5347. Contact: Branch Chief, Institutional Services Branch. Phone: (202) 708-7742.
(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)
Formula and Matching Requirements: Under the National Defense Education Act, as amended, payments are based on ratio of institutional matching monies to total loan amount. The payment replaces institutional funds (not less than one-tenth of loan) which were canceled for teaching and/or military service. For loans canceled pursuant to the Higher Education Act, the full amount canceled for teaching, Head Start, military, volunteer, law enforcement or corrections officer, nurse or medical technician, and child or family service agency is restored to the fund at the institution.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Reimbursement takes place upon acceptance of an annual fiscal operations report.
Uses and Use Restrictions: None for reimbursements but restorations may be used only for loan fund purposes.
Reports: A fiscal operations report is submitted by each institution at the close of each award year (June 30).
Audits: Periodic audits of loan cancellation at participating institutions will be made in conformance with rules applicable to the Federal Perkins Loan Program.
Records: Records pertaining to the eligibility and repayment history of each loan recipient must be retained by the institutions for three years after the final repayment or cancellation occurs or until the loan is assigned. An institution must keep other records for a period of three years following the institution's submission of its fiscal operations report for an award year or until final resolution of an applicable audit, whichever is later.
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