U.S. Department of Education guidance

Dear Colleague Letters
GEN-07-04,  June 11, 2007, Approved Military Deferment Request Form.

GEN-03-06, March 25, 2003, Administrative relief for students and borrowers affected by military mobilizations.

GEN-01-13, Sept. 25, 2001, Recent Terrorist Attacks: Persons Affected by Military Mobilization.

GEN-01-12, Sept. 18, 2001, Recent Terrorist Attacks: Institutional Reporting Deadlines.

GEN-01-11, Sept. 18, 2001, Recent Terrorist Attacks: Relief for Borrowers in the Title IV Loan Programs.

News releases
Education Department Encourages Schools, Lenders to Assist Active Duty Military Personnel, March 25, 2003.

U.S. Education Department Grants Loan Relief to Military Personnel Called to Active Duty, Sept. 24, 2001.

Federal regulations
34 CFR Part 682.211(j(2) Federal Family Education Loan Program (as of Nov. 25, 2003).

HEROES Act provisions for schools and loan holders.

Information for schools
Loan-Policy Q&A: Certifying Mobilized Students as Independent

Deferment forms
Economic Hardship Deferment Form.

Military Deferment Form.

Public Service Deferment Form.

Information for borrowers
Troops and Their Families, "Mapping Your Future."