Federal Updates

Total and Permanent Disability Discharge Procedures
On May 29, 2002, ED published Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) GEN-02-03, addressing the total and permanent disability (TPD) discharge process. The changes in the TPD process accommodate the conditional discharge procedures for discharge requests processed on or after July 1, 2002.

TG Updates

JobGusher™ Hosting Hospitality and Service Job Fair
JobGusher.com (www.JobGusher.com) is currently hosting an Online Hospitality and Service Job Fair. The Job Fair, which continues through June 30, 2002, is bringing together employers and students seeking full-time and part-time positions in both of these industries.

TG Solutions and Tools

TG's EFT Offers New Method for Origination Fee Payments
When a school that participates in TG's Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) partners with an EFT lender that pays origination fees, that partnership benefits everyone involved, especially the borrower. By combining EFT with lender payment of origination fees, more money ends up in the hands of the borrower, on time and up front, with less paper work for everyone.

Legislative Update

TG’s June 10 Legislative Report includes information about a bill introduced to improve student access to higher education by repealing unnecessary statutory provisions and extending others—a result of the FED UP initiative. Additional articles concern recent meetings of the Texas Senate Workforce Development Subcommittee and the Senate Subcommittee on the Tax System.

Quick Links

• JobGusher Online Job Fair
• Dear Colleague Letter on Total and Permanent Disability

This, That, and the Other...

If your financial aid awareness information is only in English, you may be communicating with only part of your prospective students and parents.

TG offers many of its awareness resources, in addition to other resources, in Spanish. For example, Adventures In Education, a comprehensive website that assists students in preparing for and transitioning to higher education, is bilingual.

TG also provides the following awareness, loan repayment, and default prevention publications in Spanish:

• "Your Future"
  ("Tu Futuro")
• "Federal Family Education Loan Program"
  ("Programa de Préstamos Federales para la Educación de la Familia")
• "Default Prevention FAQs"
  ("Preguntas Frecuentes Acerca de Cómo Reembolsar los Préstamos Estudiantiles")
• "Managing Repayment of Your Student Loans"
  ("Cómo Adminstrar el Pago de Préstamos Estudiantiles")

Take a look at Adventures In Education, TG's Public Awareness website.