41706 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 149 /Tuesday, August 4, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA 84.037]

Office of Postsecondary Education;

Availability of the Amendments to the

National Direct Student Loan and

Federal Perkins Loan Programs

Directory of Designated Low-Income

Schools for Teacher Cancellation

Benefits for the 1997–98 School Year

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

amendments to the 1997–98 National

Direct Student Loan and Federal Perkins

Loan Programs Directory of Designated

Low-Income Schools.

SUMMARY: Institutions and borrowers

participating in the Federal Perkins

Loan and National Direct Student Loan

Programs and other interested persons

are advised that they may obtain

information regarding the amendments

to the National Direct Student Loan and

Federal Perkins Loan Programs

Directory of Designated Low-Income

Schools for Teacher Cancellation

Benefits for the 1997–98 School Year

(Directory). The amendments identify

changes in the list of schools that

qualify borrowers for teacher

cancellation benefits under each of the

loan programs.

DATES: The amendments to the

Directory are currently available.

ADDRESSES: Information concerning

specific schools listed in the

amendments to the Directory may be

obtained from Systems Administration

Branch, Campus-Based Programs

System Division, Office of

Postsecondary Education, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W. (Room

4051, ROB–3), Washington, D.C. 20202–

5453, Telephone (202) 708–6726.

Information concerning deferment

and/or cancellation of a National Direct

Student Loan or Federal Perkins Loan

may be obtained from Gail McLarnon or

Sylvia Ross, Campus-Based Loan

Programs Section, Loans Branch, Policy

Development Division, Office of

Postsecondary Education, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W. (Room

3045, ROB–3), Washington, D.C. 20202–

5453, Telephone (202) 708–8242.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Secretary of Education published a

notice in the Federal Register on

January 26, 1998, (63 FR 3789) that the

Directory was available. The Secretary

has revised the Directory due to the

opening and closing of schools, school

name changes, and the need for other

corrections. These revisions are listed in

the amendments to the Directory.

The procedures for selecting the

schools that qualify borrowers for

cancellation benefits are described in

the Federal Perkins Loan Program

regulations at 34 CFR 674.53 and

674.54. The Secretary has determined

that for the 1997–98 academic year fulltime teaching in a school set forth in the

Directory and the amendments to the

Directory qualifies a borrower for

cancellations benefits.

The Secretary is providing the

amendments to 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

educational agency, 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 all published amendments and

Directories.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

amendments to the Directory 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

educational agencies, (3) each of the

major Federal Perkins Loan billing

services, and (4) the Campus-Based

Programs System Division of the U.S.

Department of Education (see the

ADDRESSES section of this notice).

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) on

request to Sylvia Ross at her address or

telephone number in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice.

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 the 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 at (202)

512–1530 or, toll free, at 1–888–293–

6498.

Anyone may also view these

documents in text copy only on an

electronic bulletin board of the

Department. Telephone: (202) 219–1511

or, toll free, 1–800–222–4922. The

documents are located under Option GFiles/Announcements, Bulletins and

Press Releases.

Note: The official version of this document

is the document published in the Federal

Register.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1087ee.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number 84.037; National Defense/Direct and

Federal Perkins Student Loan Cancellations)

Dated: July 29, 1988.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 98–20754 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P