Department of Education Issues Dear Colleague Letter on Perkins Loan Extension Act

Prepared by: Wes Huffman (whufffman@wpllc.net)

Today, the Department of Education released the long awaited guidance on the extension of the Perkins Loan Program. The Dear Colleague Letter is labeled DCLGen-16-05 and it supersedes DCL GEN 15-03. The full text of the letter is available online: http://goo.gl/Mt4vvc

The Department did not provide model disclosures with the letter. Instead, it simply reminds institutions of higher education of the additional disclosure requirements with the new law.

For the full Spark Note in PDF, click here.