[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR674.56]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 674_FEDERAL PERKINS LOAN PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart D_Loan Cancellation
 
Sec. 674.56  Employment cancellation--Federal Perkins, NDSL and Defense 

loans.

    (a) Cancellation for full-time employment as a nurse or medical 
technician. (1) An institution must cancel up to 100 percent of the 
outstanding balance on a borrower's Federal Perkins or NDSL made on or 
after July 23, 1992, for full-time employment as a nurse or medical 
technician providing health care services.
    (2) An institution must cancel up to 100 percent of the outstanding 
balance on a Federal Perkins, NDSL or Defense loan made prior to July 
23, 1992, for full-time service as a nurse or medical technician 
performed on or after October 7, 1998, if the cancellation benefits 
provided under this section are not included in the borrower's 
promissory note.
    (b) Cancellation for full-time employment in a public or private 
nonprofit child or family service agency. (1) An institution must cancel 
up to 100 percent of the outstanding balance on a borrower's Federal 
Perkins or NDSL made on or after July 23, 1992, for service as a full-
time employee in a public or private nonprofit child or family service 
agency who is providing, or supervising the provision of, services to 
high-risk children who are from low-income communities and the families 
of these children.
    (2) An institution must cancel up to 100 percent of the outstanding 
loan balance on a Federal Perkins, NDSL or Defense loan made prior to 
July 23, 1992, for employment in a child or family service agency on or 
after October 7, 1998, if the cancellation benefits provided under this 
section are not included in the terms of the borrower's promissory note.
    (c) Cancellation for service as a qualified professional provider of 
early intervention services. (1) An institution must cancel up to 100 
percent of the outstanding balance on a borrower's Federal Perkins or 
NDSL made on or after July 23, 1992, for the borrower's service as a 
full-time qualified professional provider of early intervention services 
in a public or other nonprofit program under public supervision by the 
lead agency as authorized in section

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676(b)(9) of the Individual with Disabilities Act.
    (2) An institution must cancel up to 100 percent of the outstanding 
loan balance on a Federal Perkins, NDSL or Defense loan made prior to 
July 23, 1992 for early intervention service performed on or after 
October 7, 1998, if the cancellation benefits provided under this 
section are not included in the terms of the borrower's promissory note.
    (d) Cancellation rates. (1) To qualify for cancellation under 
paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section, a borrower must work full-
time for 12 consecutive months.
    (2) Cancellation rates are--
    (i) 15 percent of the original principal loan amount plus the 
interest on the unpaid balance accruing during the year of qualifying 
service, for each of the first and second years of full-time employment;
    (ii) 20 percent of the original principal loan amount plus the 
interest on the unpaid balance accruing during the year of qualifying 
service, for each of the third and fourth years of full-time employment; 
and
    (iii) 30 percent of the original principal loan amount plus the 
interest on the unpaid balance accruing during the year of qualifying 
service, for the fifth year of full-time employment.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087ee)

[59 FR 61414, Nov. 30, 1994, as amended at 64 FR 58314, Oct. 28, 1999]