Policy Announcements

Policy Announcements
Description	Date
Highlights of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008	08/14/2008
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
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
Highlights of College Cost Reduction Act of 2007	09/28/2007
ED Announces Approved New Military Deferment Request Form	06/14/2007
Approval of FFEL Program Federal Consolidation Loan Forms	03/05/2007
Interim Final Regulations Published	12/28/2006

Archived Policy Announcements

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Archived Policy Announcements
Description	Date
Common Manual Bulletin (CMB 2007 - 005)	12/31/2007
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
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
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