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Office of Postsecondary Education; Availability of the Federal Perkins 

Loan and National Direct Student Loan Programs Directory of Designated 

Low-Income Schools for Teacher Cancellation Benefits for the 1997-98 

School Year; Notice



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


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Office of Postsecondary Education; Availability of the Federal 

Perkins Loan and National Direct Student Loan Programs Directory of 

Designated Low-Income Schools For Teacher Cancellation Benefits For the 

1997-98 School Year


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 1997-98 School Year.


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SUMMARY: The Secretary announces that the 1997-98 Federal Perkins Loan 

and National Direct Student Loan Programs Directory of Designated Low-

Income Schools (Directory) is now available. 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 1997-98 

Directory, the Secretary lists, on a State-by-State and Territory-by-

Territory basis, the schools in which a borrower may teach during the 

1997-98 school year to qualify for deferment and cancellation benefits.


DATES: The Directory is currently available.


ADDRESSES: Information concerning specific schools listed in the 

Directory may be obtained from Sherraine Green, Systems Administration 

Branch, Campus-Based Programs Systems Division, Office of Postsecondary 

Education, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., 

(Regional Office Building 3, Room 4621), Washington, DC 20202-5447, 

Telephone (202) 708-5182. Information concerning deferment and 

cancellation of a National Direct or 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 Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of 

Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., (Regional Office Building 3, 

Room 3045), Washington, DC 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.

    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 

alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) to the contact person listed in the preceding paragraph.


Electronic Access to This Document


    Anyone may view this document, 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.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Directories are available 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.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary selects the schools that 

qualify the borrower for deferment and cancellation benefits under the 

procedures contained in the Federal Perkins Loan program regulation in 

34 CFR 674.53, 674.54 and 674.55.

    The Secretary has determined that, for the 1997-98 academic year, 

full-time teaching in the schools set forth in the 1997-98 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. Borrowers and other 

interested parties may check with their lending institutions, the 

appropriate State or Territory Department of Education, regional 

offices of the Department of Education, or the Office of Postsecondary 

Education of the Department of Education concerning the identity of 

qualifying schools for the 1997-98 academic year. The Office of 

Postsecondary Education retains, on a permanent basis, copies of past 

Directories.


    Dated: January 14, 1998.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.

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