| Policy Announcements | |
Description | Date |
| 2009 Poverty Guidelines Extended | 02/01/2010 |
| Archived Policy Announcements | |
| Description | Date |
| ED Issues Guidance On Two Provisions of The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010: Pell Grants and Title IV Loans | 04/08/2010 |
| ED Issues Revised School Closure, False Certification, And Unpaid Refund Loan Dischage Applications | 04/01/2010 |
| As of April 1, 2010 ED Will No Longer Accept The Previous Version of The Total And Permanent Disability Form | 02/17/2010 |
| Highlights of Student Loan Final Rules - October 27 & 28, 2009 | 11/17/2009 |
| Highlights of Student Loan Final Rules - October 28, 2009 | 11/10/2009 |
| ED Issues Revised FFEL Loan Deferment Request Forms | 08/03/2009 |
| President Obama Signs Law Making Technical Amendments to the Higher Education Act | 07/07/2009 |
| ED Announces Additional FFELP Variable Interest Rates for the Period July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 | 07/02/2009 |
| ED Provides Guidance On The June 30, 2010 Deadline For Making Loans Under FFEL | 06/18/2010 |
| FFEL Program Changes Effective July 1, 2009 | 06/08/2009 |
| ED Issues New Interest Rates For Federal Family Education Loans Effective July 1, 2009 | 05/28/2009 |
| ED Approves New FFEL Stafford and PLUS MPNs Along With Revised Promissory Note Addenda and Plain Language Disclosures | 04/29/2009 |
| ED Issues Revised Total And Permanent Disability Discharge Application | 03/09/2009 |
| Post 9/11 GI Bill | 02/2009 |
| Highlights of Student Loan Final Rules – October 2008 | 02/08/2009 |
| Additional Highlights of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008 | 01/28/2009 |
| 2009 Poverty Level Guidelines | 01/25/2009 |
| ED Issues a Summary of The Higher Education Opportunity Act Of 2008 (HEOA) | 01/05/2009 |
| Highlights of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 | 08/14/2008 |
| Highlights of College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 | 09/28/2007 |
| Interim Final Regulations Published | 12/28/2006 |
| ED Cancels The Competitive Loan Auction Pilot Program For Parent PLUS Loans | 04/13/2009 |
| ED Issues Updated Guidance for FFEL Holders on Completion of Loan Verification Certificates | 04/09/2009 |
| ED Issues Revised Teacher Loan Forgiveness Application and Forbearance Request Forms | 07/16/2008 |
| Update on FFELP Variable Interest Rates for July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009 | 07/02/2008 |
| ED Issues a Summary of the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (ECASLA) | 06/24/2008 |
| FFEL Program Changes Effective July 1, 2008 | 06/04/2008 |
| New Interest Rates For Federal Family Education Loans Effective July 1, 2008 | 06/03/2008 |
| ED Provides Clarification for School Use of a Preferred Lender List | 05/13/2008 |
| President Bush Signs Law Ensuring Students Continued Access to Student Loans | 05/08/2008 |
| ED Increases Aggregate Loan Limit For Graduate and Professional Students Enrolled in Certain Health Professions | 04/21/2008 |
| Continued Use of the Current PLUS MPN | 04/04/2008 |
| ED Extends Federal Stafford Loan Master Promissory Note | 03/17/2008 |
| 2008 Poverty Level Guidelines | 01/25/2008 |
| ED Issues Revised Promissory Note Addenda and Plain Language Disclosures | 01/09/2008 |
| ED Extends Actions Pursuant To The HEROES Act of 2003 | 01/02/2008 |
| Common Manual Bulletin (CMB 2007 - 005) | 12/31/2007 |
| Highlights Of Student Loan and General Provisions Final Rules | 11/20/2007 |
| ED Publishes Loan Discharge Application for Spouses and Parents of September 11, 2001 Victims | 11/14/2007 |
| ED Publishes Final Loan and General Provisions Regulations | 11/02/2007 |
| Common Manual Bulletin (CMB 2007 - 004) | 10/22/2007 |
| Reminder of Student Loan Program Changes Effective July 1, 2007 Due To HERA | 07/09/2007 |
| Update on FFELP Variable Interest Rates for 2007-08 | 07/03/2007 |
| ED Announces Approved New Military Deferment Request Form | 06/14/2007 |
| Variable Interest Rates Increase for Stafford and PLUS Loans | 06/04/2007 |
| ED Issues Further Guidance Concerning The Completion And Return Of Loan Verification Certificates (LVC) | 06/01/2007 |
| Common Manual Bulletin (CMB 2007 - 003) | 05/16/2007 |
| Revised FFEL Program Federal Consolidation Loan Forms | 04/10/2007 |
| Common Manual Bulletin (CMB 2007 - 002) | 03/19/2007 |
| ED Revised Stafford Addendum and Plain Language Disclosure (PLD) | 03/08/2007 |
| Approval of FFEL Program Federal Consolidation Loan Forms | 03/05/2007 |
| Common Manual Bulletin (CMB 2007 - 001) | 02/21/2007 |
| 2007 Poverty Level Guidelines, effective January 24, 2007 | 02/01/2007 |
| Common Manual Bulletin (CMB 2006-04) | 12/21/2006 |
| U.S. Department of Education (ED) Publishes Guidance for the Consolidation Loan Program and the HEA Extension Statute | 12/06/2006 |
| Higher Education Law Extended | 10/10/2006 |
| Highlights of the Interim Final Regulations Published for the FFEL Program | 08/28/2006 |
| Hurricane Resource Page | 08/11/2006 |
| Approval of FFEL Program Total and Permanent Disability Loan Discharge Application | 08/02/2006 |
| New Loan Forms Approved By ED | 07/13/2006 |
| President Bush Signs Bill Repealing Loan Consolidation’s Single-Holder Rule | 06/19/2006 |
| New Interest Rates for Stafford and PLUS Loans | 06/06/2006 - 07/01/2006 |
| U.S. Department of Education (ED) Publishes Guidance For Lenders Processing Loan Consolidation Applications | 06/01/2006 |
| Common Manual Bulletin (CMB 2006-02) | 05/31/2006 |
| Approval of FFEL Stafford and FFEL PLUS MPN | 05/26/2006 |
| Higher Education Reconciliation Act Program Changes | 05/26/2006 |
| Approval of FFEL Program Loan Deferment Forms and Extension of Current Stafford and PLUS MPNs | 05/10/2006 |
| Notification and Extension of Guidance to Assist Title IV Participants Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita | 05/08/2006 |
| Consolidation Loan changes effective July 1, 2006 will increase the cost of a Consolidation Loan | 05/05/2006 |
| Promissory Note Addenda and Revised Plain Language Disclosures for FFEL Program Loans | 04/7/2006 |
| Common Manual Bulletin (CMB 2006-01) | 03/31/2006 |
| Extension of Federal Stafford Loan Master Promissory Note | 03/29/2006 |
| ED Reiterates "Single-Holder" Rule for Loan Consolidation Remains in Effect - 3/23/06 | 03/12/2006 |
| Higher Education Reconciliation Act (S.1932) Passed by Congress | 02/06/2006 |
| 2006 Poverty Level Guidelines, effective January 24, 2006 | 02/03/2006 |
| Extension of FFEL Loan Program Forms | 12/14/2005 |
| Hurricane Update: ED Provides Guidance for Spring Semester Requirements for Students Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita | 12/01/2005 |
| Loan Consolidation - Latest News | 11/22/2005 |
| Hurricane Update: Extension of Administrative Forbearance | 11/02/2005 |
| Extension of Stafford MPN Expiration Date | 09/29/2005 |
| ED Approves Revised Loan Discharge Applications | 09/23/2005 |
| Hurricane Katrina Update | 09/07/2005 |
| Hurricane Katrina Disaster Announcement | 09/01/2005 |
| ED Approves Spanish Language Deferment Forms | 08/24/2005 |
| New Interest Rates for Stafford and PLUS Loans Effective July 1, 2005 | 07/01/2005 |
| Update - New Interest Rates for Stafford & and PLUS Loans Effective July 1, 2005 | 07/08/2005 |
| New Guidance On Consolidation Loans | May, 2005 |
| Share this Loan Consolidation information with students | 05/09/2005 |
| ED Changes Procedures to Make a Late Disbursement Beyond the 120-Day Period | 04/28/2005 |
| U.S. Department of Education Approves New Forms for Teacher Loan Forgiveness and Revises Unpaid Refund Discharge Application | 03/07/2005 |
| U.S. Department of Education Approves New Forms For Teacher Loan Forgiveness and Revises Unpaid Refund Discharge Application | 03/07/2005 |
| Loan Consolidation - Latest News | 11/22/2005 |
| Poverty Level Guidelines | 02/18/2005 |
| Reporting Foreign Gifts/Contracts/Relationships | 10/13/2004 |
| Recent Hurricanes: Extension of Filing and Reporting Deadlines | 09/24/2004 |
| Student Loan Ombudsman | 07/19/2004 |
| FFELP Interest Rate Charts for July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2005 | 07/01/2004 |
| Total and Permanent Disability Discharge Requirements | 06/13/2002 |
| Delinquency Date Notification Requirements | 03/22/2000 |
