Responsive Documents - CREW: Department of Education: Regarding Rogers-Related Non-Profits: 6/23/11 -OLCA Rogers

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Please allow me this opportunity to support the GEAR UP funding application submittedby Lindsey Wilson College located in Columbia, Kentucky.Funding will allow for support ofearly coJlege preparation and awareness activities forlow income students for up to 72 months in the target areas ofmath, science, andcomposition.Kentucky exceeds the national average of families living in poverty with children underageof 18. Lindsey Wilson has partnered with five high school districts as well as Berea College, the Jesse Stuart Foundation and The Center for Rural Development forthis GEAR UP proposal.Please give this application your utmost attention. Should you need additionalinformation please contact Jenny Huddleston, Project Coordinator in my District Officein Somerset, Kentucky at 606/679-8346.

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Office ofLegislation & Congressional AffairsU.S. Department ofEducation400 Maryland Avenue, S. W.Washington, D.C. 20202 /Sr-:>tl" {t:-tl ~ o ~ Dear Assistant Secretary Halaska.It has come to my attention tha(omerset C o ~ u n i t y CollegJn Somerset, Kentucky, hassubmitted an application for a renewal of the@ducational Opportunity Center (Eoc)Jprogram.Somerset Community College was awarded funding for EOC in 2003 and they recentlyresubmitted an application for funding starting September 1, 2007. However, theDepartment ofEducation declined to read the school's application because SomersetCommunity College had not been provided permission in writing to submit a hand-delivered copy. Please see the attached enclosures for a detailed description of he chainofevents and a copy of the email sent to Margaret Wingfield at the Department ofEducation.I would greatly appreciate any consideration you can give this application. Should youhave any questions.do not hesitate to contact me or my legislative assistant, VictoriaEwing at (202) 225-460 I .

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Please forward any correspondence in this regard to my District Office in Somerset. You rcooperation and assistance in this matter is appreciated. I remain,

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corrective action is being accomplished, please make certain that no collection efforts arc takenagainst his Social Security benefits.Your assistance in this matter will be greatly appreciated. Please refer all correspondence

in this regard to my District Office in Somerset Kentucky.

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Thanking you in advance for your kind couperation in 1his regard. I remain

Sincerely,

HAROLD ROGERSMember qf Congress


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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONOPPlCE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

The Honorable Harold Rogers .Member ofCongress

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2406 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington,DC 205151705Attention: Victoria EwingDear Congressman Rogers:

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY

Thank youfor your letter to the Assi.s.tant Secretary Terrell Halaska of he Ofiice ofLegislativeand Congressional Affairs on behalfof the TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers Program atSomeiSet Community College. Your letter was forwarded to the Office ofPostsecondaryEducation for review and response.Unfortunately, the College did not submit an application for the Fiscal Year 2006 Talent Searchcompetition before the closing dateofFebruary 15, 2006. Applicants were required to submitapplications electronically througb the Grants.gov system. The college claims that it followed" ... to the letter instructions in theFederal Register, Vol. 70. No. 246 ..."For the following reasons we do not agree that the College followed the published instructions.Specifically, the following are relevant provisions from the Federal Register notice:

We do not consider an application that does not comply with the dead1ine requirements.We will accept your application ifwe can continn that a technical problem occurred withthe Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your ability to submit yourapplication by 4:30p.m.. Washington. DC time, on the application deadline date. TheDepartment will contact you after a determination is made on whether your applicationwill be accepted. Wc will not grant youan extension if you failed to fully registerJ2submit youraPJ)licati(m to Grants.gov before the deadline date and time or if hetechnical problem you experienced is unrelated to theGrn?-ta.S:2V system.We will reject your application if you submit it in paper fonnat unless, ...you qualify forone of the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no later thantwo weeks before the application deadline date, a written statementto the Departmentthat you qualify for one of hese exceptions.Exception to Electronic SubmissionRequirement: You qualify for an exception to theelectronic submission requirement, and may sub1nit yourapplication in paper format, i fyou are unable to submit an application through the Orants .gov system becaus()--

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The Honorable HaroldRogers -- page 2 You do not have access to the Internet; or Youdo not have the capacity to upload large documents to the Grants.gov system; mllf No later than twoweeks before the application deadline date (14 calendar days or, i fthe fourteenth calendar daybefore the application deadline date falls on a Federalholiday, the next business day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a writtenstatement to the Department, explaining whichof the two grounds for an exceptionprevent you from using the Internet to submit your application.

Mr. Stewart Phillips, on behalfofthe College, notified Ms. Margaret Wingfield via email of hedifficulties encountered in registering with theGrants.gov system at 7:58 AM on the morning oft h ~ closing date and"ndicatedthat it would take 72 hours to correct the problem. Mr. Phillipsfurther indicated that the original application would be delivered to the Department.Unfortunately, Somerset Community College did not follow the required procedures forobtaining approval to submit a hardcopy application.After careful review of the matter in OPE, it has been detennined that the college's difficultieswere the result of ts failure to fully register with the Grant.gov system and not a result ofanytechnical issues with the sy!o1em. We regret that the College missed the application closing date.We do not have the discretion to waive. he deadline date or to accept a paper application inviolation of he requirements stipulated h") the Federal Register notice.Somerset Community College is e n c o u ~ a g c d to apply !!gain during thenext open competition forthe Educational Opportunity Centers Program. Thank you for your support of the Feder,d TRIOPrograms.

Sincerely.d O l l . .

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The Honorable Harold RogersMember, U.S. House ofRepresentatives551 Clifty StreetSomerset, KY 4250I

Dear Mr. Rogers:

FSAL L . . . . . LSTUDENT AIDFebruary 5, 2010

Debt No.:Account No.:

(b)(6 )

(b (6Thank you for your recent letter on behalfofMr. regarding his defaultedstudent loan account with the U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid.Mr.l :J 's concerns, as we understand them, regarding his account are as follows:

He states that the school placed an unauthorized signature on loandocuments. He states that he is disabled. He objects to the offset ofhis federal and/or state income tax refunds in partialrepaymentof his debt He states that this debt has had an adverse effect on his credit report.

C f (b> ' I sed Th . th boopaes o Mr. s prorrussory notes are enc o . e prom1ssory note e rrowersigns before rece1vang a loan explains the terms of he loan and outlines his or her rightsand responsibilities as a borrower. The promissory note is a binding legal document.When the borrower signs the promissory note, he or she is agreeing to repay the loanaccording to the tenns of he note.Our records indicate that in 1992, Mr. (b)(S)Family Educatic;m Loan Program in the to amount of$11,500.00 to attend Cb)(S)College. The loans were later declared in default, and United Student Aid : _ ____,Inc. (USA Funds), the guaranty agency, paid an insurance claim to the lender. Interestwas capitalized, increasing the principal balance. USA Funds subsequently assignedtheaccount to the Department. The loans entered our database on September 4, 2003. At thetime of a s s i g r u n e n ~ the balance was certified to be $12,993.94 in unpaid principal andS7,512.26 in accrued interest.


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Page 2 -The Honorable Harold RogersOn February 4, 2010, we reviewed Mr. l_ _ ] s request for loan discharge due to anunauthorized signature on the loan documents. A student borrower requesting loandischarge due to an unauthorized signature must provide five different authenticspecimens of his or her signature, two ofwhich were made within one year of heCQntested signature. These si ature specimens are required by 34 CFR 682.402(e)(3)and 685.215(c)(2). Mr. Wd not provide the required signature specimens.The Department considers copies ofsignatures on documents signed in the conducting ofpersonal or professional business transactions (for example, a photocopyofa tax return, acancelled check, or a business contract) as reliable specimens ofa borrower's signature.Merely signing a discharge application five times will not satisfy the criteria tor loandischarge. Without the authentic signature specimens, the Department cannot make adetermination regarding the validity of the contested signature. We have enclosed a list ofsuggestions on where to obtain signature specimens.In addition , the "Loan Dischar e A lication: Unauthorized Signature/UnauthorizPayment . form must bear Mr (b)(S) 's original signature and signature date. We arereturning a copy ofMr. (b)(S) s tsc arge application form for him to sign and date.Mr. should send the completed app lication with the required signature specimensD --to:

U.S. Department ofEducationFederal Student AidLoan Discharge ApplicationsProcessing Group Regional Office50 Beale Street, Room 8633San Francisco, CA 941 05-1813

Discharge provisions for the Department's student loan programs are established by law.Loans can be discharged if the borrower is totally and permanently disabled. Total andpermanent disability is defined as the inability to work and earn money because ofanimpairment that is expected to continue indefinitely or to result in death. A veteran whohas been determined by the U.S. Department ofVeterans Affairs (VA) to beunemployable due to a service-connected condition is also considered to be totally andpermanently disabled. A borrower who receives Social Security disability benefits doesnot automatically qualify for loan discharge due to total and permanent disability. Aborrower who is able to work and earn money in any capacity in any field ofwork, evenif only on a limited basis, is not eligible for loan discharge.I f M (b)(S) lieves he qualifies for loan discharge basedon the provisions describedabove, e s ould complete the enclosed "Discharge Application: To tal and PermanentDisability." The form must bear a signature ofa physician (M.D. or D.O.) licensed topractice in a state or include documentation from the VA showing that he has beendetermined to be unemployable due to a service-connected condition.


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Page 3 - The Honorable Harold Rogers(b)(6)We will review the documents Mr. rovides and advise him in writingofourfindings. lfhe receives a discharge as a qualified veteran, his debt will be discharged

immediately. If he is not a qualified veteran and wefind that he is totally andpennanently disabled, he will receive a conditional discharge as described in thedischarge application. The conditional discharge period ends when the Department eithergrants a final discharge or dett:nnines that he does not qualify for a final discharge.Administrative offsetoffederal and state tax refunds and other p a y m e n t . ~ is authorized bythe Debt Collection Act of 1982 and the Debt Collection Improvement Actof 1996. Anyaccount with the Department that has a balanceand is not in repayment is eligible forreferral to the U.S. Departmentof he Treasury's Financial Management Service (FMS) for otiset. Pursuant to 31 USC 3716(c)(3)(A), up to 15 percentofa Social Securitypayment may be offset. The amount offset may not reduce the Social Security payment toless than $750.00 per month.Our records indicate that we sent Mr (b(S) a notice onAugust 17, 2004. This noticestated in part that if we did not receive voluntarypayments, we would refer his accountfor offset 65 days after the date of the notice. An additional notice was sent onJune 27, 2008. Because we did not receive any voluntarypayments, his acco\I,Ul.....nn.."'-referred for offset The funds that have been offset will not be returned to Mr.(b)(S) atthis time. js account will be removed from the offsetprocess when this debt issatisfied or disc ged.Since this account has been held by the Department, Mr. (b(S) 's federal and/or state taxrefunds and other payments have been offset and credited to has account as follows:

Date Amount $ Date Amount($}02/18/05 285.00 08/03/09 53.0005/19/06 364.00 09/03/09 53.0005/18/07 643.00 10/02/09 53.0006/13/08 300.00 11/03 /09 53.0005/07/09 250.00 12/31/09 53.00

Offsets of federal and/or state tax refunds and other payments are applied first to offsetfees, then to interest, and then to the principal balance. No further payments have beenreceived since this account was assigned to the Department.

(b)(6) .lfMr believes that the offset of his Social Security benefits causes him financialhardship, he should follow the instructions below.

1. Enclosed with letter is a "StatementofFinancial S t a ~ " fonn. He shouldcomplete every field on this fonn. Ifan answer is zcroJ he should write zero.


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Page 4 - The Honorable Harold Rogers2. Include proofofhis household income for both himselfand his spouse, includ ingthe two most recent pay stubs and a copy of his most recent federal income tax

return.3. Include proofofhis household expenses, such as copies ofmonthly bills andcancelled checks.4. He should not list as an expense monthly payments on a credit card if he itemspurchased by that credit card can be listed under another expense category. Heshould include those payments under the appropriate expense category .Forexample, payments on credit cards used to purchase clothing should be listedunder clothing expenses.5. Ifhe is paying some expenses quarterly or annually, such as automobileinsurance, he should calculate the amount that would be due if these expenseswere paid monthly, and put that amount in the space provided.6. Include a copy of he notificationof off.c;et that he received from FMS . If he doesnot have a copy of his notice, he may request one by calling FMS at-= .,:_-__00-304-3107.:


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Page 5 -The Honorable Harold RogersF - ~ . Mr ..bi76or more JUJ.onnation, . mayvisit our Web site at www .1800iwillpay com.We hope this infonnation will be helpful to you when responding to Mr

Enclosures

Sincerely,t l ~ v n ~ ~ ~ Naomi RandolphSpecial Assistant, Operations ServicesFederal Student Aid

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The Honorable Harold RogersMember, U.S. House ofRepresentatives551 Clifty St.Somerset, KY 42501Dear Rep. Rogers:

OCT l ii ZD09

Thank you for your inquiry on behalfofyour constituent about federal student aid.is concerned about the increase in her student loan account balance, and she

requ... - - : - ... : - r e s t and fees be eliminated from her account. She indicates that she would liketo continue her nursing education.A borrower C8JU10t cancel or reduce a U.S. Department ofEducation loan (principal, interest andfees) because off1J18D.Cial hardship or because the debt has increased. The enclosed Student LoanCancellation Fact Sheet explains the cancellation provisions of he Department's loan programs,including the new loan forgiveness program for public service employees Ms. (b)(S) mentions.

(b)(6IfMs does not qualify for loan cancellation, she will remain responsible for repayment.Intereston oans borrowed under theDepartment's programs is calculated on a simple dailybasis. For unsubsidized loans, the borrower is required to pay the interest that accrues whlle he orshe is in school or during periods ofdeferment. In addition, the borrower is responsible for theinterest that accrues during forbearance periods under all of he Department's loan programs;including subsidized loans.The borrower may choose to repay the interest during the in-school, deferment or forbearanceperiod or have the lender capitalizethe interest apd add it to the loan principal when the periodends. While most borrowers choose to capitalize the interest, loan program regulations do notrequire a borrower to do so. Capitalizing 1he interest causes the total loan amount to increase.In addition, a loan may increase from added fees, such as a late charges, which may be added i fthe borrower fails to pay all or a portion efa required instAllment payment within 15 days after itis due. 1bis charge may not exceed six cents foreach dollar ofeach late instaltment.Several repayment options are a v a i l a b l a borrower experiencing difficulty repaying hisor her loans. For more information, MsCJ hould review the "Repaying Your Student Loan,.section ofFundingEducationBeyondHigh School: The Guide to Federal StudentAid, enclosed.

830 First S t N.E.,Washington, DC 20202www.FederalStudentAid.ed .gov1-800-4-FED-AID

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Msr:J also can access loan repayment information through our Federal Student Aid Gatewayat www.FederaiStudentAid.ed.gov.Ms. cs>should contact the loan holder to obtain additional information and the appropriatefonns.The enclosed guide also describes the Department's ~ j o r financial prograins, which help astudent pay for education beyond high school.The U.S. DepartmentofHealth and Human Sezyices (HHS) sponsors the Nursing Student Loan~ g r a m f9r undergraduateand graduate nursing students. For more information, Ms. (b)(6)should contact the financial aid office at the school she plans to attend. She also can accessinformation about this program at the HHS Web site at www.bhpr.hrsa.gov.HHS' Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program offers registered nurses assistance to repayeducation loans in exchange for service in critical shortage facilities. Awards are made annuallyand are based on availability of The deadline for applying is usually early in the calendaryear. For more information.Ms (b)(s ) should review the infonnation at the HHS Web site atwww.bbprJma.gov!nuninglloanrepay.htm.Ms Cb)(S) also can visit the National League for Nursing's Web site at www.nln.org for generalinformation about its programs.I hope this information-is helpful.

Enclosures

Sincerely,~ ~ ~ Michele Y. aJwnDirectorApplicantProducts andCustomer Service DivisionFederal Student AidU.S. DepartmentofEducation


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The Honorable Harold RogersMember, U.S. House ofRepresentatives551 Clifty St.Somerset, KY 42501Dear Mr. Rogers:Thank you fur your inquiry on behalfofyour constituent about federal student aid.

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Ms. > is concerned about changes in the Best in Class Program, through which she hasreceived partial forgiveness on her FFEL PLUS Loan. (FFEL PLUS Loans are part of heFederal FamilyEducation Loan [FFEL] Program.)The U.S. Department ofEducation does not administer and has no jurisdiction over the Best inClass Program. Ms (b)(S) ould express her concerns to the appropriate official at the KentuckyHigher Education Student Loan Corporation.

might qualify for loan forgiveness :under a new program for public service employeescreated by the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. The enclosed Student Loan Cance/laiWnFact Sheet provides more intonna.tion about this new loan forgiveness program.Several repayment options are available to assist a borrower_who has difficulty repaying his orher loans. For more information, we recommend that Ms. (bXS> review the "Repaying YourStudent Loan, section ofFunding Educatian BeyondHigh School: The Guide to Federal StudentAid. enclosed. She also Can access loan repayment information through our Federal Student AidGateway (www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov).

shoulddirect any additional questions to the loan holder.

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I hope this information is helpful.

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Sincerely,e . J ~ DirectorApplicant Products andCustomer Service Division