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What's New - Common Manual - April 2009 Adopted Proposals


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Category: General

On April 16, 2009, the Common Manual Governing Board approved sixteen proposals to modify the Common Manual. The changes made in the proposals will be incorporated into the Common Manual with the publication of the next update in 2009. These proposals modify the following sections of the manual:

FFELP Teacher Loan Forgiveness Request
     Section 2.3.C - Common Forms
     Section 13.9.B - Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program
Income-Based Repayment Option
     Section 2.1.B - Types of Loans Available
     Section 4.4.D - Exit Counseling
     Section 6.14.A - Subsidized Stafford Loans
     Section 7.6.B - Income-Sensitive Repayment Disclosure Requirements
     Section 10.6.B - Length of Repayment Period
     Section 10.6.D - Minimum Payment Requirements
     Section 10.8 - Establishing a Repayment Schedule
     Section 10.8.A - Standard Repayment Schedule
     Section 10.8.D - Extended Repayment Schedule
     Section 10.9 - Interest Charges
     Section 10.10.B - Capitalization Frequency
     Section 10.11.A - Applying Regular Borrower Payments
     Section 10.11.B - Applying Prepayments
     Section 11.21.J - Late Notification of Out-of-School Dates
     Figure11-2 - Forbearance Eligibility Chart
     Section 12.4.A - Due Diligence Requirements for Loans with Monthly Repayment Obligations
     Section 12.4.B - Due Diligence Requirements for Loans with Repayment Obligations Less Frequent Than Monthly
     Section 13.7 - Rehabilitation of Defaulted FFELP Loans
     Section 13.9 - Forgiveness
     Section 15.3.A - Providing Consolidation Loan Information
     Section 15.5 - Repayment
     Section 15.5.F - Delinquency, Claim Filing, Loan Forgiveness, and Discharge
     Section 15.6 - Interest Benefits and Special Allowance
     Appendix A.1.B - When Federal Interest Benefits Will Be Paid
     Appendix A.2.A - Special Allowance and Excess Interest Rates
     Appendix G
Rebuttable Presumption
     Section 3.4.C - Permitted and Prohibited Activities
     Section 18.1 - Actions to Limit, Suspend, or Terminate Participation
Program Participation Agreement (PPA)
     Section 4.1.A- Establishing Eligibility
     Appendix G
Ability to Benefit
     Section 5.9 - Required High School Diploma or Equivalent
     Section 5.10 - Ability to Benefit Provisions
     Appendix G
Academic Year Categories for the Purpose of Determining the Frequency of Stafford Annual Loan Limits
     Section 6.1.B - Academic Year Categories
     Figure 6-2 - Frequency of Stafford Annual Loan Limits
     Appendix G
Independent Student Definition
     Section 6.8 - Determining the Student's Dependency Status
Proration of Stafford Annual Loan Limits
     Section 6.11.F - Prorated Loan Limits
     Appendix G
Certifying Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
     Section 6.8 - Dependency Overrides
     Section 6.15.B - Stafford Loan Certification
Pre-repayment Disclosures
     Section 10.7 - Disclosing Repayment Terms
Required Lender Disclosures During Repayment
     Chapter 10 - Loan Servicing
Disclosures When Granting Deferments on Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
     Section 11.1 -Authorized Deferment
Providing Forbearance Information to the Borrower or Endorser
     Section 11.20.I - Borrower Contact during Forbearance
     Section 11.23 - Mandatory Administrative Forbearance
     Section 11.24.B - Internship or Residency
New Administrative Forbearance for Repayment Plan Change
     Section 11.21 - Administrative Forbearance
Total and Permanent Disability Discharge Requests Based on Veterans Administration Determinations
     Section 13.8.G - Total and Permanent Disability
Eligible Not-for-Profit Holder
     Appendix A.2.A - Special Allowance and Excess Interest Rates
     Appendix G

Copies of the bulletin language for these proposals are available from the Common Manual’s webpage at www.commonmanual.org. The bulletin language is available under the Approved Policies and the Integrated Common Manual can be found under the Common Manual heading.