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Exhibit 99.1
 
ANNEX A
 
 
 
THE TRUST STUDENT LOAN POOL
 
The trust student loans owned by the trust were originally selected from a portfolio of consolidation student loans owned by the Student Loan Marketing Association by employing several criteria, including requirements that each trust student loan as of the original cutoff date:
 
  
was guaranteed as to principal and interest by a guaranty agency under a guarantee agreement and the guaranty agency was, in turn, reinsured by the Department of Education in accordance with the FFELP;
 
  
contained terms in accordance with those required by the FFELP, the guarantee agreements and other applicable requirements;
 
  
was more than 120 days past the final disbursement;
 
  
was not more than 210 days past due;
 
  
did not have a borrower who was noted in the related records of the servicer as being currently involved in a bankruptcy proceeding; and
 
  
had special allowance payments, if any, based on the three-month commercial paper rate or the 91-day Treasury bill rate.
 
No trust student loan as of the original cutoff date was subject to the depositor’s or the Student Loan Marketing Association’s prior obligation to sell that loan to a third party.  The Student Loan Marketing Association was dissolved on December 31, 2004 and all of its obligations were assumed by its affiliate, SLM Education Credit Finance Corporation.
 
Unless otherwise specified, all information with respect to the trust student loans is presented as of July 31, 2011, which is the statistical disclosure date.
 
The distribution by weighted average interest rate applicable to the trust student loans on any date following the statistical disclosure date may vary significantly from that in the following tables as a result of variations in the effective rates of interest applicable to the trust student loans and in rates of principal reduction.  Moreover, the information below about the weighted average remaining term to maturity of the trust student loans as of the statistical disclosure date may vary significantly from the actual term to maturity of any of the trust student loans as a result of prepayments or the granting of deferment and forbearance periods.
 
The following tables provide a description of specified characteristics of the trust student loans as of the statistical disclosure date.  The aggregate outstanding principal balance of the loans in each of the following tables includes the principal balance due from borrowers, plus accrued interest of $3,888,000 to be capitalized as of the statistical disclosure date.  Percentages and dollar amounts in any table may not total 100% or whole dollars due to rounding.  The following tables also contain information concerning the total number of loans and total number of borrowers in the portfolio of trust student loans.  For ease of administration, the servicer separates a consolidation loan on its system into two separate loan segments representing subsidized and unsubsidized segments of the same loan.  The following tables reflect those loan segments within the number of loans.  In addition, 6 borrowers have more than one trust student loan.
 
 
 
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COMPOSITION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS AS OF
THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance                                                                                                             
  $ 1,126,173,383  
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill                                                                                                     
  $ 157,128,110  
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill
    13.95 %
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Commercial Paper
  $ 968,960,968  
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Commercial Paper
    86.04 %
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill – Other
  $ 84,304  
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill – Other
    0.01 %
Number of Borrowers                                                                                                             
    38,025  
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower                                                                                                             
  $ 29,617  
Number of Loans                                                                                                             
    63,845  
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill
  $ 23,963  
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Commercial Paper
  $ 16,914  
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill – Other
  $ 84,304  
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Scheduled Maturity                                                                                                             
 
214 months
 
Weighted Average Annual Interest Rate                                                                                                             
    6.11 %
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We determined the weighted average remaining term to maturity shown in the table from the statistical disclosure date to the stated maturity date of the applicable trust student loan without giving effect to any deferment or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future.  See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum.
 
The weighted average annual borrower interest rate shown in the table is exclusive of special allowance payments.  The weighted average spread for special allowance payments to the 91-day Treasury bill rate was 3.10% as of the statistical disclosure date.
 
The weighted average spread for special allowance payments to the three-month commercial paper rate was 2.64% as of the statistical disclosure date.  See “Special Allowance Payments” in Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum.
 
For this purpose, the three-month commercial paper rate is the average of the bond equivalent rates of the three-month commercial paper (financial) rates in effect for each of the days in a calendar quarter as reported by the Federal Reserve in Publication H.15 (or its successor) for that calendar quarter.  The 91-day Treasury bill rate is the weighted average per annum discount rate, expressed on a bond equivalent basis and applied on a daily basis, for direct obligations of the United States with a maturity of thirteen weeks, as reported by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 
 
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The category “Treasury Bill—Other” in the table above represents the Health Education Assistance Loan Program (which we refer to as “HEAL” and the loans originated under such program as “HEAL Loans”) portion of any consolidation loans made under the FFELP which consolidated one or more Stafford Loans, SLS Loans and/or PLUS Loans with one or more student loans originated under the HEAL Program.  These consolidation loans are guaranteed as to principal and interest by a guaranty agency and reinsured by the Department of Education.  The HEAL portion of any consolidation loan is not eligible to receive special allowance payments or interest subsidy payments.  The interest rate on the HEAL Loan segment of any such consolidation loan is variable and is reset each July 1, based upon the average bond-equivalent rate for 91-day Treasury bills auctioned during the three months ending June 30, plus 3.0%.  In addition, the applicable interest rate on the HEAL Loan segment of any such consolidation loan is not subject to any cap on the interest rate.
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY BORROWER INTEREST RATES AS OF THE STATISTICAL
DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
Number of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
Less than or equal to 3.00%                                                        
    4     $ 116,940       *  
3.01% to 3.50%                                                        
    1,101       14,532,581       1.3 %
3.51% to 4.00%                                                        
    1,803       39,715,108       3.5  
4.01% to 4.50%                                                        
    11,359       149,789,346       13.3  
4.51% to 5.00%                                                        
    17,622       264,955,481       23.5  
5.01% to 5.50%                                                        
    3,060       56,673,387       5.0  
5.51% to 6.00%                                                        
    2,716       48,193,095       4.3  
6.01% to 6.50%                                                        
    4,696       84,076,348       7.5  
6.51% to 7.00%                                                        
    7,957       141,577,573       12.6  
7.01% to 7.50%                                                        
    1,898       39,919,937       3.5  
7.51% to 8.00%                                                        
    4,329       99,637,943       8.8  
8.01% to 8.50%                                                        
    4,830       115,549,986       10.3  
Equal to or greater than 8.51%                                                        
    2,470       71,435,657       6.3  
                         
Total                                              
    63,845     $ 1,126,173,383       100.0 %
____________________                        

*     Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.

We determined the interest rates shown in the table above using the interest rates applicable to the trust student loans as of the statistical disclosure date.  Because trust student loans with different interest rates are likely to be repaid at different rates, this information is not likely to remain applicable to the trust student loans after the statistical disclosure date.  See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum and “The Student Loan Pools – Sallie Mae’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.
 
 
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE PER BORROWER
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
Range of Outstanding
Principal Balance
     
Number of Borrowers
     
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
     
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
Less than $5,000.00
      3,634     $ 10,051,139       0.9 %
$5,000.00-$ 9,999.99       6,763       50,112,497       4.4  
$10,000.00-$14,999.99       4,782       60,461,992       5.4  
$15,000.00-$19,999.99       4,539       78,737,057       7.0  
$20,000.00-$24,999.99       3,342       74,704,776       6.6  
$25,000.00-$29,999.99       2,438       66,788,042       5.9  
$30,000.00-$34,999.99       2,094       67,883,885       6.0  
$35,000.00-$39,999.99       1,754       65,587,775       5.8  
$40,000.00-$44,999.99       1,297       54,969,618       4.9  
$45,000.00-$49,999.99       1,047       49,605,833       4.4  
$50,000.00-$54,999.99       892       46,718,748       4.1  
$55,000.00-$59,999.99       748       42,908,165       3.8  
$60,000.00-$64,999.99       662       41,304,114       3.7  
$65,000.00-$69,999.99       566       38,152,655       3.4  
$70,000.00-$74,999.99       438       31,720,225       2.8  
$75,000.00-$79,999.99       414       32,022,156       2.8  
$80,000.00-$84,999.99       355       29,262,004       2.6  
$85,000.00-$89,999.99       296       25,862,372       2.3  
$90,000.00-$94,999.99       251       23,145,832       2.1  
$95,000.00-$99,999.99       221       21,555,819       1.9  
$100,000.00 and above       1,492       214,618,679       19.1  
                           
Total
      38,025     $ 1,126,173,383       100.0 %
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY DELINQUENCY STATUS AS OF THE
STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
Number of Days Delinquent
  Number of Loans    
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
    Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
0-30 days                                                        
    58,919     $ 1,008,758,334       89.6 %
31-60 days                                                        
    1,935       41,337,640       3.7  
61-90 days                                                        
    868       20,534,356       1.8  
91-120 days                                                        
    545       13,172,203       1.2  
121-150 days                                                        
    370       10,634,630       0.9  
151-180 days                                                        
    310       9,155,720       0.8  
181-210 days                                                        
    167       4,417,114       0.4  
Greater than 210 days                                                        
    731       18,163,386       1.6  
                         
Total     
    63,845     $ 1,126,173,383       100.0 %
 
 
 
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY REMAINING TERM TO SCHEDULED MATURITY
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE

Number of Months
Remaining to
 
 
Number of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
0 to 3           
    47     $ 15,769       *  
4 to12                                                        
    294       360,040       *  
13 to 24                                                        
    691       1,758,595       0.2 %
25 to 36                                                        
    782       2,778,441       0.2  
37 to 48                                                        
    1,722       5,999,697       0.5  
49 to 60                                                        
    1,097       6,841,187       0.6  
61 to 72                                                        
    2,411       14,187,514       1.3  
73 to 84                                                        
    6,990       34,914,638       3.1  
85 to 96                                                        
    2,205       16,472,681       1.5  
97 to 108                                                        
    2,136       19,005,911       1.7  
109 to 120                                                        
    1,925       21,399,011       1.9  
121 to 132                                                        
    4,001       58,108,412       5.2  
133 to 144                                                        
    8,852       102,254,538       9.1  
145 to 156                                                        
    2,754       39,947,511       3.5  
157 to 168                                                        
    2,113       32,752,426       2.9  
169 to 180                                                        
    2,053       33,879,928       3.0  
181 to 192                                                        
    2,532       47,465,975       4.2  
193 to 204                                                        
    4,902       90,343,565       8.0  
205 to 216                                                        
    1,908       41,645,893       3.7  
217 to 228                                                        
    1,510       36,003,010       3.2  
229 to 240                                                        
    1,511       41,648,274       3.7  
241 to 252                                                        
    1,631       49,841,611       4.4  
253 to 264                                                        
    3,781       124,487,836       11.1  
265 to 276                                                        
    1,247       46,754,608       4.2  
277 to 288                                                        
    973       41,274,042       3.7  
289 to 300                                                        
    1,075       47,205,395       4.2  
301 to 312                                                        
    742       36,737,540       3.3  
313 to 324                                                        
    521       28,690,938       2.5  
325 to 336                                                        
    369       23,623,363       2.1  
337 to 348                                                        
    267       17,741,900       1.6  
349 to 360                                                        
    386       29,412,417       2.6  
361 and above                                                        
    417       32,620,715       2.9  
                         
Total                                              
    63,845     $ 1,126,173,383       100.0 %
____________________                         
 
*     Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.
 
We have determined the number of months remaining to scheduled maturity shown in the table from the statistical disclosure date to the stated maturity date of the applicable trust student loan without giving effect to any deferment or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future.  See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum and “The Student Loan Pools –Sallie Mae’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.
 
 
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY CURRENT BORROWER PAYMENT STATUS
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE

Current Borrower Payment Status
  Number of Loans    
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
Deferment                                                        
    5,119     $ 114,338,055       10.2 %
Forbearance                                                        
    4,190       112,669,913       10.0  
Repayment
                       
First year in repayment                                              
    1,268       45,614,165       4.1  
Second year in repayment
    1,050       35,130,197       3.1  
Third year in repayment                                              
    1,587       46,717,199       4.1  
More than 3 years in repayment
    50,631       771,703,853       68.5  
                         
Total                                              
    63,845     $ 1,126,173,383       100.0 %

Current borrower payment status refers to the status of the borrower of each trust student loan as of the statistical disclosure date.  The borrower:
 
  
may have temporarily ceased repaying the loan through a deferment or a forbearance period; or
 
  
may be currently required to repay the loan – repayment.
 
See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum and “The Student Loan Pools –Sallie Mae’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.
 
The weighted average number of months in repayment for all trust student loans currently in repayment is approximately 84.1 calculated as the term to maturity at the commencement of repayment less the number of months remaining to scheduled maturity as of the statistical disclosure date.
 
 
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SCHEDULED WEIGHTED AVERAGE REMAINING MONTHS IN
STATUS OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY
CURRENT BORROWER PAYMENT STATUS AS OF THE
STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE

   
Scheduled Months in Status Remaining
 
Current Borrower Payment Status
 
Deferment
   
Forbearance
   
Repayment
 
Deferment                                                        
    12.0       -       246.6  
Forbearance                                                        
    -       4.3       252.6  
Repayment                                                        
    -       -       203.0  
 
We have determined the scheduled weighted average remaining months in status shown in the previous table without giving effect to any deferment or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future.  Of the $114,338,055 aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans in deferment as of the statistical disclosure date, $47,893,205 or approximately 41.9% of such loans are to borrowers who had not graduated as of that date.  We expect that a significant portion of these loans could qualify for additional deferments or forbearances at the end of their current deferment periods as the related borrowers continue their education beyond their current degree programs.  As a result, the overall duration of any applicable deferment and forbearance periods as well as the likelihood of future deferment and forbearance periods within this pool of trust student loans is likely to be higher than in other pools of student loans without similar numbers of in-school consolidation loans.  See Appendix A to the original prospectus.
 
 
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GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
State
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
Alabama                                                        
    488     $ 9,694,908       0.9 %
Alaska                                                        
    88       1,402,898       0.1  
Arizona                                                        
    1,229       22,707,766       2.0  
Arkansas                                                        
    396       7,188,256       0.6  
California                                                        
    7,389       143,355,323       12.7  
Colorado                                                        
    1,018       15,758,071       1.4  
Connecticut                                                        
    948       15,081,826       1.3  
Delaware                                                        
    152       2,832,699       0.3  
District of Columbia                                                        
    319       6,417,064       0.6  
Florida                                                        
    3,481       73,574,745       6.5  
Georgia                                                        
    2,272       48,243,965       4.3  
Hawaii                                                        
    174       3,190,066       0.3  
Idaho           
    208       3,227,938       0.3  
Illinois                                                        
    3,247       51,160,196       4.5  
Indiana                                                        
    976       13,449,433       1.2  
Iowa           
    424       6,755,056       0.6  
Kansas                                                        
    1,026       15,315,958       1.4  
Kentucky                                                        
    441       7,812,046       0.7  
Louisiana                                                        
    1,703       30,394,250       2.7  
Maine                                                        
    163       2,971,761       0.3  
Maryland                                                        
    1,695       33,792,079       3.0  
Massachusetts                                                        
    2,139       30,643,929       2.7  
Michigan                                                        
    1,664       31,311,033       2.8  
Minnesota                                                        
    1,148       17,274,643       1.5  
Mississippi                                                        
    553       10,065,983       0.9  
Missouri                                                        
    1,485       25,993,781       2.3  
Montana                                                        
    103       1,732,358       0.2  
Nebraska                                                        
    128       2,084,179       0.2  
Nevada                                                        
    457       8,831,299       0.8  
New Hampshire                                                        
    264       4,619,831       0.4  
New Jersey                                                        
    1,703       31,151,977       2.8  
New Mexico                                                        
    237       4,071,834       0.4  
New York                                                        
    4,827       83,183,979       7.4  
North Carolina                                                        
    1,582       26,895,883       2.4  
North Dakota                                                        
    34       505,341       *  
Ohio           
    310       6,134,799       0.5  
Oklahoma                                                        
    1,578       26,424,528       2.3  
Oregon                                                        
    1,301       21,701,446       1.9  
Pennsylvania                                                        
    2,250       38,041,951       3.4  
Rhode Island                                                        
    150       3,009,422       0.3  
South Carolina                                                        
    631       12,834,232       1.1  
South Dakota                                                        
    60       773,655       0.1  
Tennessee                                                        
    1,119       20,176,282       1.8  
Texas                                                        
    5,915       100,320,422       8.9  
Utah           
    216       3,643,765       0.3  
Vermont                                                        
    75       1,086,799       0.1  
Virginia                                                        
    2,062       35,083,460       3.1  
Washington                                                        
    2,223       33,640,781       3.0  
West Virginia                                                        
    241       3,870,226       0.3  
Wisconsin                                                        
    953       15,675,078       1.4  
Wyoming                                                        
    62       846,562       0.1  
Other           
    538       10,217,622       0.9  
Total                                              
    63,845     $ 1,126,173,383       100.0 %
 
*     Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.
 
 
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We have based the geographic distribution shown in the table on the billing addresses of the borrowers of the trust student loans shown on the servicer’s records as of the statistical disclosure date.
 
Each of the trust student loans provides or will provide for the amortization of its outstanding principal balance over a series of regular payments.  Except as described below, each regular payment consists of an installment of interest which is calculated on the basis of the outstanding principal balance of the trust student loan.  The amount received is applied first to interest accrued to the date of payment and the balance of the payment, if any, is applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance.  Accordingly, if a borrower pays a regular installment before its scheduled due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for the period since the preceding payment was made will be less than it would have been had the payment been made as scheduled, and the portion of the payment applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance will be correspondingly greater.  Conversely, if a borrower pays a monthly installment after its scheduled due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for the period since the preceding payment was made will be greater than it would have been had the payment been made as scheduled, and the portion of the payment applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance will be correspondingly less.
 
In either case, subject to any applicable deferment periods or forbearance periods, and except as provided below, the borrower pays a regular installment until the final scheduled payment date, at which time the amount of the final installment is increased or decreased as necessary to repay the then outstanding principal balance of that trust student loan.
 
The servicer makes available to borrowers of student loans it holds (including the trust student loans) payment terms that may result in the lengthening of the remaining term of the student loans.  For example, not all of the loans sold to the trust provide for level payments throughout the repayment term of the loans.  Some student loans provide for interest only payments to be made for a designated portion of the term of the loans, with amortization of the principal of the loans occurring only when payments increase in the latter stage of the term of the loans.  Other loans provide for a graduated phase in of the amortization of principal with a greater portion of principal amortization being required in the latter stages than would be the case if amortization were on a level payment basis.  The servicer also offers an income-sensitive repayment plan, under which repayments are based on the borrower’s income.  Under that plan, ultimate repayment may be delayed up to five years.  Borrowers under trust student loans will continue to be eligible for the graduated payment and income-sensitive repayment plans.  These programs are applicable to the trust student loans and may be offered by the servicer to related borrowers at its discretion.
 
 
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The following table provides certain information about trust student loans subject to the repayment terms described in the preceding paragraphs.
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY REPAYMENT
TERMS AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
 
Loan Repayment Terms
 
 
Number of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
Level Repayment                                                        
    40,639     $ 629,096,092       55.9 %
Other Repayment Options(1)                                                        
    23,206       497,077,290       44.1  
                         
Total                                              
    63,845     $ 1,126,173,383       100.0 %
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(1)  Graduated repayment loans include loans with interest-only periods.
 
With respect to interest-only loans, as of the statistical disclosure date, there are 3,348 loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $109,015,542 currently in an interest-only period.  These interest-only loans represent approximately 9.7% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans.  Interest-only periods range up to 48 months in overall length.
 
The servicer may in the future offer repayment terms similar to those described above to borrowers of trust student loans who are not entitled to these repayment terms as of the statistical disclosure date.  If repayment terms are offered to and accepted by those borrowers, the weighted average life of the securities could be lengthened.
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY LOAN
TYPE AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
 
 
Loan Type
 
 
Number of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
Subsidized                                                        
    31,591     $ 505,063,058       44.8 %
Unsubsidized                                                        
    32,254       621,110,325       55.2  
                         
Total                                              
    63,845     $ 1,126,173,383       100.0 %
 
 
 
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The following table provides information about the trust student loans regarding date of disbursement.
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY DATE OF DISBURSEMENT AS OF
THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE

 
 
Disbursement Date
 
 
Number of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
September 30, 1993 and earlier                                                        
    273     $ 5,474,860       0.5 %
October 1, 1993 through June 30, 2006
    63,572       1,120,698,523       99.5  
July 1, 2006 and later                                                        
    0       0       0.0  
                         
Total                                              
    63,845     $ 1,126,173,383       100.0 %
 
 
 
 
 
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Guaranty Agencies for the Trust Student Loans.  The eligible lender trustee has entered into a separate guarantee agreement with each of the guaranty agencies listed below, under which each of the guarantors has agreed to serve as guarantor for specified trust student loans.
 
The following table provides information with respect to the portion of the trust student loans guaranteed by each guarantor.
 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY GUARANTY AGENCY AS OF
THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
Name of Guaranty Agency   Number of Loans    
Aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
American Student Assistance                                                                     
    3,406     $ 47,105,208       4.2 %
College Assist                                                                     
    61       742,682       0.1  
Educational Credit Management Corporation
    1,539       30,453,567       2.7  
Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation
    640       17,233,242       1.5  
Illinois Student Assistance Commission                                                                     
    3,113       44,178,580       3.9  
Iowa College Student Aid Commission                                                                     
    325       4,129,326       0.4  
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
    249       4,444,604       0.4  
Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance
    672       9,591,517       0.9  
Michigan Guaranty Agency                                                                     
    1,180       19,054,645       1.7  
Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program
    5       99,283       *  
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority
    1,448       20,483,751       1.8  
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation                                                                     
    6,281       102,269,821       9.1  
Northwest Education Loan Association                                                                     
    6,374       95,566,679       8.5  
Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program
    1,700       27,670,639       2.5  
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
    5,271       86,361,674       7.7  
Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas
    255       3,991,366       0.4  
Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation
    881       13,891,171       1.2  
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
    5,717       96,460,966       8.6  
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.                                                                     
    24,728       502,444,662       44.6  
                         
Total                                              
    63,845     $ 1,126,173,383       100.0 %
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*     Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.

 
 
 
 
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SIGNIFICANT GUARANTOR
INFORMATION
 
The information shown for the Significant Guarantor relates to all student loans, including but not limited to trust student loans, guaranteed by the Significant Guarantor.
 
We obtained the following information from various sources, including from the Significant Guarantor and/or from the Department of Education.  None of the depositor, SLM ECFC, the servicer, their affiliates or the remarketing agents has audited or independently verified this information for accuracy or completeness.
 
UNITED STUDENT AID FUNDS, INC.
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. (“USA Funds”) was organized as a private, nonprofit corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware in 1960.   In accordance with its Certificate of Incorporation, USA Funds: (i) maintains facilities for the provision of guarantee services with respect to approved education loans made to or for the benefit of eligible students who are enrolled at or plan to attend approved educational institutions; (ii) guarantees education loans made pursuant to certain loan programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (“the Act”), as well as loans made under certain private loan programs; and (iii) serves as the designated guarantor for education-loan programs under the Act in Arizona, Hawaii and certain Pacific Islands, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada and Wyoming.
 
USA Funds contracts with Sallie Mae, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SLM Corporation. USA Funds also contracts with Student Assistance Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of SLM Corporation. SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by nor are they agencies of the United States of America.
 
Effective December 13, 2004, USA Funds became the sole member of the Northwest Education Loan Association, a guarantor serving the states of Washington, Idaho and the Northwest.
 
For the purpose of providing loan guarantees under the Act, USA Funds has entered into various agreements (collectively, the “Federal Reinsurance Agreements”) with the U.S. Secretary of Education (the “Secretary”). Pursuant to the Federal Reinsurance Agreements, USA Funds serves as a “guaranty agency” as defined in Section 435(j) of the Act. The Act allows the Secretary, after giving the guaranty agency notice and the opportunity for a hearing, to terminate the Federal Reinsurance Agreements if the Secretary determines that the administrative or financial condition of the guaranty agency jeopardizes the agency’s continued ability to perform its responsibilities under its guaranty agreement, it is necessary to protect the federal financial interest, or to ensure the continued availability of loans to student- or parent-borrowers.
 
Reinsurance is paid to USA Funds by the Secretary in accordance with a formula based on the annual default rate of loans guaranteed by USA Funds under the Act and the disbursement date of loans. The rate of reinsurance ranges from 100 percent to 75 percent
 
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of USA Funds’ losses on default-claim payments made to lenders. The Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (the “1998 Reauthorization Law”) reduced the reinsurance coverage for loans in default made on or after Oct. 1, 1998, to a range from 95 percent to 75 percent based upon the annual default claims rate of the guaranty agency.  Reinsurance on non-default claims remains at 100 percent.
 
The 1998 Reauthorization Law requires guaranty agencies to establish two (2) separate funds, a federal reserve fund (property of the United States) and an agency operating fund (property of the guaranty agency). The federal reserve fund is to be used to pay lender claims and to pay a default-aversion fee to the agency operating fund. The agency operating fund is to be used by the guaranty agency to pay its operating expenses.
 
On March 30, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152), which ended the origination and guarantee of new loans under the Federal Family Education Loan Program effective July 1, 2010.  As a result of the new statute, USA Funds will continue to administer a portfolio of outstanding FFELP loans, but no longer may guarantee new federal student loans.
 
As of September 30, 2010, USA Funds held net assets on behalf of the federal reserve fund of approximately $366 million. Through September 30, 2010, the outstanding, unpaid, aggregate amount of principal and interest on loans that had been directly guaranteed by USA Funds under the Federal Family Education Loan Program was approximately $92 billion.  Also, as of September 30, 2010, USA Funds had operating fund assets totaling slightly over $1 billion, which includes the $366 million of net assets held on behalf of the federal reserve fund.
 
USA Funds’ “reserve ratio” complies with the U.S. Department of Education definition, which is determined by dividing the fund balance reserves, including non-cash allowance and other non-cash, in a guarantor’s federal reserve fund, by the total amount of loans outstanding. Following this formula, the reserve ratio for the federal reserve fund administered by USA Funds for the last five fiscal years was as follows:
 
   
Reserve Ratio
 
   
Federal Fiscal Year
 
Guarantor
 
2006
   
2007
   
2008
   
2009
   
2010
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.                                                                   
    0.26 %     0.28 %     0.33 %     0.38 %     0.40 %
 
 
 
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USA Funds’ “guarantee volume” is the approximate aggregate principal amount of federally reinsured education loans (including subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford and PLUS loans but excluding consolidation loans) guaranteed by USA Funds.  For the last five fiscal years, the “guarantee volume” was as follows:
 
   
Loans Guaranteed
 
   
Federal Fiscal Year
 
   
($ in millions)
 
Guarantor
 
2006
   
2007
   
2008
   
2009
   
2010
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.
  $ 12,586     $ 15,581     $ 17,202     $ 20,067     $ 7,705  
 
USA Funds’ “recovery rate,” which provides a measure of the effectiveness of the collection efforts against defaulted borrowers after the guarantee claim has been satisfied, is determined by dividing the amount recovered from borrowers by USA Funds during the fiscal year by the aggregate amount of default claims paid by USA Funds outstanding at the end of the prior fiscal year.  For the last five fiscal years, the “recovery rate” was as follows:
 
   
Recovery Rate
 
   
Federal Fiscal Year
 
Guarantor
 
2006
   
2007
   
2008
   
2009
   
2010
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.
    38.03 %     40.30 %     45.60 %     36.19 %     32.90 %
 
USA Funds’ “claims rate” represents the percentage of federal reinsurance claims paid by the Secretary during any fiscal year, less amounts remitted to the Secretary for defaulted loans that are rehabilitated relative to USA Funds’ existing portfolio of loans in repayment at the end of the prior fiscal year. For the last five fiscal years, the “claims rate” was as follows:
 
   
Claims Rate
 
   
Federal Fiscal Year
 
Guarantor
 
2006
   
2007
   
2008
   
2009
   
2010
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.                                                                   
    1.21 %     2.13 %     2.07 %     1.92 %     1.69 %
 
In addition, USA Funds’ “loss rate” represents the percentage of claims purchased from lenders but not covered by reinsurance.  For the last five fiscal years, the “loss rate” was as follows: 2010 – 4.70 percent; 2009 – 4.62 percent; 2008 – 4.26 percent; 2007 – 4.07 percent; 2006 – 3.84 percent.
 
USA Funds is headquartered in Fishers, Indiana.  USA Funds will provide a copy of its most recent annual report upon receipt of a written request directed to its headquarters at P.O. Box 6028, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6028, Attention: Director, Corporate Communications.
 
 
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