MEMORANDUM

TO: Director, Partner Management and Support Services, Partner Participation and 

Oversight, Federal Student Aid

THROUGH: Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Partner Participation and Oversight, Federal 

Student Aid 

FROM: Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid

SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority: Approval to make school adjustments in all systems

I. DELEGATION

Under the authority vested in me by the Secretary through delegation number EA/EN/96, 

certified on May 4, 2021, I hereby redelegate to you as Director of Partner Management 

and Support Services, to your successor in function, and to anyone serving for you in an 

acting capacity or delegated the authority to perform the functions and duties of your 

position, the authority to approve changes to school receivable balances for amounts 

under $1,000.00, the threshold used by FSA’s Partner Eligibility and Oversight Services

office for establishing a receivable balance, related to the William D. Ford Direct Loan 

Program including Direct Loan Consolidation, the Federal Family Education Loan 

Program, the Federal Perkins program, or any future programs that Congress authorizes 

and makes appropriations for under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended. 

This authority primarily constitutes but is not limited to: 

1. Approval to make school adjustments in all systems. 

2. Approval to adjust school receivable balances creating variances in the Advance 

Account stemming from FSA not pursuing collections from schools with small 

outstanding balances.

Unless otherwise noted in future delegations of authority, amendments to the authority 

delegated herein are included within the scope of this delegation. 

II. RESERVATIONS

Unless otherwise noted in existing or future delegations of authority, the following are 

not delegated: 

1. The authority to sign certain documents for publication in the Federal Register; 

2. The authority to appoint members of advisory councils and fix compensation; 

3. Unless otherwise provided by law, the authority to submit reports to Congress or 

the President;
4. The authority under the Department of Education Organization Act, 20 U.S.C. 

§3415, to serve as the principal adviser to the Secretary on matters affecting 

public and private postsecondary education is reserved to the Assistant Secretary 

for Postsecondary Education; and

5. The authority under Title IV, Part H, Subpart 2, Section 496, of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. §1099b) is reserved to the 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

III. REDELEGATION

Subject to applicable provisions of law, you may redelegate any of the authorities 

delegated to you and may authorize further redelegation. All redelegations must be 

prepared in accordance with the Administrative Communications Systems directive, 

ACSD-OFO-015, Delegations of Authority. 

IV. CERTIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE

This delegation is effective upon certification by the Department’s Principal Delegations 

Control Officer and supersedes all previous redelegations of these authorities, including 

Delegations EN/ENA/101 certified on March 1, 2022, and EN1/ENB/81 certified on 

March 25, 2016. 

I hereby ratify actions within the scope of this delegation taken by you prior to the date of 

certification.

__________/s__________ 

Richard Cordray 

OGC Concurrence: Debbie Friendly, 3/3/23 

Date Certified: 3/6/23

Control Number: EN1/ENA/107 

Delegations Control Officer: Jim Clemmens