1376 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 6 / Thursday, January 9, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Postsecondary Education;

Availability of the 1996–97 Federal

Perkins Loan and National Direct

Student Loan Programs Directory of

Designated Low-Income Schools for

Teacher Cancellation Benefits for the

1996–97 School Year

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

1996–97 Federal Perkins Loan and

National Direct Student Loan Programs

Directory of Designated Low-Income

Schools for teacher cancellation benefits

for the 1996–97 school year.

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces that

the 1996–97 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 1996–97

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

basis, the schools in which a borrower

may teach during the 1996–97 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 Patricia Reese,

Systems Administration Branch,

Campus-Based Programs Systems

Division, Office of Postsecondary

Education, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

S.W., (Regional Office Building 3, Room

4621), Washington, DC 20202–5447,

Telephone (202) 708–5182.

Information concerning deferment

and cancellation of a Federal Perkins

Loan or National Direct Student Loan

may be obtained from Susan M. Morgan,

Section Chief, Campus-Based Loan

Programs Section, Loans Branch, Policy

Development Division, Office of

Postsecondary Education, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., (Regional

Office Building 3, Room 4310),

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.

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 regulations at 34

CFR 674.53, 674.54 and 674.55.

The Secretary has determined that, for

the 1996–97 academic year, full-time

teaching in the schools set forth in the

1996–97 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 the

institution that awarded their loan, 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 1996–97

academic year. The Office of

Postsecondary Education retains, on a

permanent basis, copies of past

Directories.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number 84.037; National Direct and Federal

Perkins Loan Cancellations)

Dated: January 6, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–516 Filed 1–8–97; 8:45 am]

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