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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 Student Loan Marketing Association by employing several criteria, including requirements that each trust student loan as of the original statistical cutoff date (and with respect to each additional trust student loan as of its related subsequent cutoff date):

 

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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 30 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 applicable cutoff date was subject to any prior obligation to sell that loan to a third party.

Unless otherwise specified, all information with respect to the trust student loans is presented as of August 31, 2017, which is the statistical disclosure date.

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 $2,610,035 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, 14 borrowers have more than one trust student loan.

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 also contain information concerning the total number of loans and the total number of borrowers in the portfolio of initial trust student loans.

 

Percentages and dollar amounts in any table may not total 100% of the initial trust student loan balance, as applicable, due to rounding.

COMPOSITION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS AS OF

THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE

 

Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance		$	948,108,982
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill		$	96,621,213
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill			10.19	%
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR		$	851,487,770
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR			89.81	%
Number of Borrowers			34,360
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower		$	27,593
Number of Loans			59,762
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill		$	27,829
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – One-Month LIBOR		$	15,127
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Scheduled Maturity		181 months
Weighted Average Annual Interest Rate			4.78	%

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 3.13% as of the statistical disclosure date.

The weighted average spread for special allowance payments to the one-month LIBOR rate was 2.64% as of the statistical disclosure date.  See “Special Allowance Payments” in Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum.

For these purposes, 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.

 

 

Interest Rates		Number of Loans				Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance				Percent of Pool by Outstanding Principal Balance
Less than or equal to 3.00%			10,062			$	145,857,333				15.4	%
3.01% to 3.50%			10,934				146,227,338				15.4
3.51% to 4.00%			9,976				150,022,967				15.8
4.01% to 4.50%			13,013				173,754,538				18.3
4.51% to 5.00%			4,264				64,972,830				6.9
5.01% to 5.50%			1,074				20,274,678				2.1
5.51% to 6.00%			1,089				21,488,790				2.3
6.01% to 6.50%			1,484				28,031,982				3.0
6.51% to 7.00%			2,082				39,582,808				4.2
7.01% to 7.50%			681				16,527,067				1.7
7.51% to 8.00%			1,783				42,457,468				4.5
8.01% to 8.50%			1,732				43,935,257				4.6
Equal to or greater than 8.51%			1,588				54,975,926				5.8
Total			59,762			$	948,108,982				100.0	%

 

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 – The Student Loan Marketing Association’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the prospectus.

 

Range of Outstanding Principal Balance				Number of  Borrowers				Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance				Percent of Pool by Outstanding Principal Balance
Less than $5,000.00					6,657			$	14,081,637				1.5	%
$	5,000.00-$ 9,999.99				5,996				45,400,455				4.8
$	10,000.00-$14,999.99				4,425				54,180,357				5.7
$	15,000.00-$19,999.99				2,975				51,860,960				5.5
$	20,000.00-$24,999.99				2,465				55,255,469				5.8
$	25,000.00-$29,999.99				1,940				53,080,175				5.6
$	30,000.00-$34,999.99				1,445				46,841,527				4.9
$	35,000.00-$39,999.99				1,194				44,667,756				4.7
$	40,000.00-$44,999.99				1,028				43,562,626				4.6
$	45,000.00-$49,999.99				851				40,345,123				4.3
$	50,000.00-$54,999.99				700				36,644,626				3.9
$	55,000.00-$59,999.99				583				33,539,093				3.5
$	60,000.00-$64,999.99				489				30,509,903				3.2
$	65,000.00-$69,999.99				412				27,767,467				2.9
$	70,000.00-$74,999.99				397				28,759,516				3.0
$	75,000.00-$79,999.99				308				23,859,415				2.5
$	80,000.00-$84,999.99				277				22,797,818				2.4
$	85,000.00-$89,999.99				221				19,330,500				2.0
$	90,000.00-$94,999.99				207				19,148,723				2.0
$	95,000.00-$99,999.99				186				18,088,761				1.9
$	100,000.00 and above				1,604				238,387,074				25.1
Total					34,360			$	948,108,982				100.0	%

Number of Days Delinquent		Number of Loans				Aggregate  Outstanding Principal Balance				Percent of Pool by Outstanding  Principal Balance
0-30 days			56,976			$	887,544,879				93.6	%
31-60 days			1,076				21,176,234				2.2
61-90 days			591				11,339,147				1.2
91-120 days			263				5,815,384				0.6
121-150 days			223				6,819,600				0.7
151-180 days			139				3,431,022				0.4
181-210 days			130				2,875,805				0.3
Greater than 210 days			364				9,106,910				1.0
Total			59,762			$	948,108,982				100.0	%

 

 

Number of Months Remaining to Scheduled Maturity		Number of Loans				Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance				Percent of Pool by Outstanding Principal Balance
0 to 3			111			$	49,281				*
4 to 12			877				746,726				0.1	%
13 to 24			4,736				5,252,767				0.6
25 to 36			2,229				6,879,059				0.7
37 to 48			2,106				9,191,919				1.0
49 to 60			2,230				11,921,312				1.3
61 to 72			3,352				19,615,683				2.1
73 to 84			7,447				43,838,169				4.6
85 to 96			2,866				23,607,878				2.5
97 to 108			2,320				23,824,437				2.5
109 to 120			2,178				25,834,044				2.7
121 to 132			4,336				75,044,526				7.9
133 to 144			5,925				92,406,117				9.7
145 to 156			2,465				48,604,531				5.1
157 to 168			1,729				39,132,112				4.1
169 to 180			1,420				32,604,048				3.4
181 to 192			1,755				43,346,955				4.6
193 to 204			4,052				107,993,226				11.4
205 to 216			1,485				46,242,275				4.9
217 to 228			1,319				47,040,198				5.0
229 to 240			1,320				54,763,162				5.8
241 to 252			861				38,503,322				4.1
253 to 264			740				36,239,071				3.8
265 to 276			492				24,992,105				2.6
277 to 288			402				21,154,228				2.2
289 to 300			321				18,383,960				1.9
301 to 312			309				21,581,393				2.3
313 to 324			64				4,489,994				0.5
325 to 336			71				5,108,284				0.5
337 to 348			50				4,236,469				0.4
349 to 360			109				8,244,045				0.9
361 and above			85				7,237,686				0.8
Total			59,762			$	948,108,982				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 – The Student Loan Marketing Association’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the prospectus.

 

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			2,038			$	40,368,851				4.3	%
Forbearance			3,137				76,843,749				8.1
Repayment
First year in repayment			551				19,784,058				2.1
Second year in repayment			665				25,580,885				2.7
Third year in repayment			673				22,046,555				2.3
More than 3 years in repayment			52,698				763,484,884				80.5
Total			59,762			$	948,108,982				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 – The Student Loan Marketing Association’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the prospectus.

The weighted average number of months in repayment for all trust student loans currently in repayment is approximately 118.2 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.

 

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			18.1				-				210.5
Forbearance			-				3.8				202.6
Repayment			-				-				176.2

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 $40,368,851 aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans in deferment as of the statistical disclosure date, $27,220,858 or approximately 67.4% 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 preliminary remarketing memorandum.

 

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			296			$	5,154,236				0.5	%
Alaska			100				1,737,373				0.2
Arizona			1,269				24,121,465				2.5
Arkansas			186				3,157,406				0.3
California			6,400				113,627,713				12.0
Colorado			1,117				19,331,133				2.0
Connecticut			743				9,729,695				1.0
Delaware			122				2,333,029				0.2
District of Columbia			259				4,399,445				0.5
Florida			8,997				125,247,640				13.2
Georgia			1,517				25,941,012				2.7
Hawaii			226				4,449,798				0.5
Idaho			220				3,233,040				0.3
Illinois			1,752				24,495,992				2.6
Indiana			1,154				16,383,195				1.7
Iowa			352				4,316,073				0.5
Kansas			1,089				15,936,634				1.7
Kentucky			339				4,839,100				0.5
Louisiana			978				17,343,593				1.8
Maine			122				1,668,044				0.2
Maryland			1,206				21,722,590				2.3
Massachusetts			1,613				20,332,708				2.1
Michigan			962				16,419,101				1.7
Minnesota			946				14,236,016				1.5
Mississippi			254				5,487,727				0.6
Missouri			1,322				20,190,796				2.1
Montana			134				2,463,131				0.3
Nebraska			169				2,331,760				0.2
Nevada			380				6,375,558				0.7
New Hampshire			246				3,284,128				0.3
New Jersey			1,455				21,373,845				2.3
New Mexico			213				3,667,950				0.4
New York			3,851				55,009,102				5.8
North Carolina			1,205				18,159,385				1.9
North Dakota			46				683,008				0.1
Ohio			4,732				86,012,871				9.1
Oklahoma			711				11,674,301				1.2
Oregon			975				17,073,451				1.8
Pennsylvania			1,415				21,986,155				2.3
Rhode Island			120				1,911,101				0.2
South Carolina			406				7,487,371				0.8
South Dakota			56				948,737				0.1
Tennessee			752				14,116,189				1.5
Texas			4,119				65,595,231				6.9
Utah			243				5,448,332				0.6
Vermont			84				1,231,503				0.1
Virginia			1,512				21,758,220				2.3
Washington			2,212				33,889,163				3.6
West Virginia			194				3,221,440				0.3
Wisconsin			461				6,080,853				0.6
Wyoming			48				702,574				0.1
Other			482				9,789,069				1.0
Total			59,762			$	948,108,982				100.0	%

 

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.

 

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			32,532			$	404,190,469				42.6	%
Other Repayment Options(1)			22,885				415,589,751				43.8
Income-driven Repayment(2)			4,345				128,328,763				13.5
Total			59,762			$	948,108,982				100.0	%

(1)	Includes, among others, graduated repayment and interest-only period loans.

(2)	Includes income sensitive and income based repayment.

 

With respect to interest-only loans, as of the statistical disclosure date, there are 707 loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $23,046,845 currently in an interest-only period.  These interest-only loans represent approximately 2.4% 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			29,564			$	398,463,282				42.0	%
Unsubsidized			30,198				549,645,700				58.0
Total			59,762			$	948,108,982				100.0	%

 

Disbursement Date		Number of Loans				Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance				Percent of Pool by Outstanding Principal Balance
September 30, 1993 and earlier			874			$	27,328,163				2.9	%
October 1, 1993 through June 30, 2006			58,888				920,780,819				97.1
July 1, 2006 and later			0				0				0.0
Total			59,762			$	948,108,982				100.0	%

 

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			1,896			$	20,492,838				2.2	%
College Assist			43				789,466				0.1
Educational Credit Management Corporation			1,385				24,600,458				2.6
Florida Off Of Student Fin'l Assistance			10,058				122,513,196				12.9
Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation			1,062				20,887,361				2.2
Illinois Student Assistance Comm			1,457				18,700,010				2.0
Kentucky Higher Educ. Asst. Auth.			245				3,172,705				0.3
Louisiana Office Of Student Financial Asst			339				4,922,337				0.5
Michigan Guaranty Agency			640				7,955,206				0.8
Montana Guaranteed Student Ln Prog			1				17,843				*
Nebraska National Student Loan Program			11				240,253				*
New Jersey Higher Ed Student Assistance Authority			2,977				36,218,532				3.8
New York State Higher Ed Services Corp			6,491				86,063,954				9.1
Northwest Education Loan Association			4,277				56,873,331				6.0
Oklahoma Guaranteed Stud Loan Prog			505				7,382,690				0.8
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency			4,175				60,597,002				6.4
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp			3,751				57,107,498				6.0
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.			20,449				419,574,304				44.3
Total			59,762			$	948,108,982				100.0	%

 

SIGNIFICANT GUARANTOR INFORMATION

The information shown for the Significant Guarantors relates to all student loans, including but not limited to initial trust student loans, guaranteed by the Significant Guarantors.

We obtained the following information from various sources, including from the related Significant Guarantor and/or from the Department of Education. None of the depositor, the sellers, 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. (“USAF”) 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, USAF: (i) maintains facilities for the provision of guarantee services with respect to approved education loans made to or for the benefit of eligible students attending approved educational institutions; (ii) guaranteed education loans made pursuant to certain loan programs under the Higher Education Act, as well as loans made under certain private loan programs; and (iii) serves as the designated guarantor for education-loan programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (“the Act”) in Arizona, Hawaii and certain Pacific Islands, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada and Wyoming.

USAF contracts with Navient Solutions, LLC and Student Assistance Corporation. Student Assistance Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Navient Solutions, LLC.  Navient Solutions, LLC and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by nor are they agencies of the United States of America.

USAF is the sole member of the Northwest Education Loan Association, a guarantor serving the states of Washington, Idaho and the Northwest.  USAF, Inc. became a member of Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation, Affiliate Group, effective January 1, 2017.

For the purpose of providing loan guarantees under the Act, USAF 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, USAF 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 USAF by the Secretary in accordance with a formula based on the annual default rate of loans guaranteed by USAF under the Act and the disbursement date of loans. The rate of reinsurance ranges from 100 percent to 75 percent of USAF’s losses on default-claim payments made to lenders. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 provided for 100 percent reinsurance on all FFEL Program claims purchased beginning December 2015 and beyond.  Prior to that, 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 for loans whose first disbursement was after June 30, 2010. As a result of the statute, USAF will continue to administer a portfolio of outstanding FFELP loans, but no longer may guarantee new federal student loans.

As of September 30, 2015, USAF held net assets on behalf of the federal reserve fund of approximately $130 million. Through September 30, 2015, the outstanding, unpaid, aggregate amount of principal and interest on loans that had been directly guaranteed by USAF under the Federal Family Education Loan Program was approximately $51.8 billion.  Also, as of September 30, 2015, USAF had operating fund assets totaling almost $1.3 billion, which includes the $130 million of net assets held on behalf of the Federal Reserve Fund.

USAF’s “reserve ratio” complies with the Department of Education definition, which is determined by dividing the fund balance reserves 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 USAF for the last five fiscal years for which information was available, was as follows:

		Reserve Ratio
		Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor		2011				2012				2013				2014				2015
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.			0.394	%			0.354	%			0.313	%			0.277	%			0.251	%

 

USAF’s “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 USAF during the fiscal year by the aggregate amount of default claims paid by USAF outstanding at the end of the prior fiscal year. For the last five fiscal years for which information was available, the “recovery rate” was as follows:

		Recovery Rate
		Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor		2011				2012				2013				2014				2015
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.			32.17	%			31.82	%			30.55	%			32.01	%			34.93	%

 

USAF’s “loss rate” represents the percentage of claims purchased from lenders but not covered by reinsurance. For the last five fiscal years for which information was available, the “loss rate” was as follows:

 

		Loss Rate
		Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor		2011				2012				2013				2014				2015
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.			4.71	%			4.73	%			4.74	%			4.73	%			4.71	%

 

In addition, USAF’s “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 USAF’s existing portfolio of loans in repayment at the end of the prior fiscal year. For the last five fiscal years for which information was available, the “claims rate” was as follows:

 

		Claims Rate
		Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor		2011				2012				2013				2014				2015
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.			1.69	%			1.58	%			1.41	%			1.48	%			0.60	%

USAF is headquartered in Fishers, Indiana. USAF 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:  Vice President, Corporate and Marketing Communications.

FLORIDA OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

The Department of Education (Department), Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA), administers the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) that provides low-cost educational loans to assist students and their parents in paying for the cost of higher education.  OSFA is the designated guaranty agency for the State of Florida, for all loans with first disbursement prior to July 1, 2010, and utilizes the FFELP System, a mainframe-based student loan information system administered by the Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC).  The FFELP System, in the past, based on specified criteria, determined whether an educational loan will be guaranteed and, if guaranteed, maintained information relating to the loan.

The Department established OSFA pursuant to Section 1001.20(4)(d), Florida Statutes.  By law, OSFA is responsible for providing access to and administering State and Federal grants, scholarships, and loans to those students seeking financial assistance for postsecondary study pursuant to program criteria and eligibility requirements.

FFELP provided and manages low-cost educational loans authorized by the Higher Education Act to assist students and their parents in paying for the cost of higher education.  Prior to July, 2010, through FFELP, private lenders made federally guaranteed student loans to parents and students.  Commercial lenders (e.g., Navient) used their private capital to finance loans under FFELP but received subsidies from the Federal Government.  Upon approval of the application, a FFELP loan was made to the student (borrower) by a participating financial institution.  To protect the financial institution from loss in the event of the borrower’s death, disability, or default, the loan was guaranteed by a guarantor.

Nonprofit and state guaranty agencies were established to guarantee student loans made by lenders under FFELP.  The Department, through the business users within OSFA’s program office, served as the State of Florida guaranty agency for FFELP and provided certain administrative and oversight functions, while the United States Department of Education provided reinsurance to the guaranty agency.

Beginning July 1, 2010, all new student loans were made under the Direct Loan Program whereby the Federal Government lends directly to students.  OSFA continues to use the FFELP System to manage and maintain information related to all FFELP loans with first disbursements prior to July 1, 2010, and provide customer service to schools, lenders, and borrowers through default prevention, collections, and dissemination of information.

 

The FFELP System resides on a mainframe computer located at the Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC).  The Department uses, among other things, mainframe security software to control access to the FFELP System, including application programs and data files.

As of September 30, 2014, OSFA held net assets on behalf of the Federal Reserve Fund of approximately $19,861,865. Through September, 30, 2014, the outstanding, unpaid, aggregate amount of principal and interest on loans that had been directly guaranteed by OSFA under the Federal Family Education Loan Program was approximately $1,651,811,788. Also, as of September 30, 2014, OSFA had Operating Fund assets totaling almost $41,463,446.

OSFA’s “reserve ratio” complies with the U.S. Department of Education definition, which is determined by dividing the fund balance reserves 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 OSFA for the last five fiscal years was as follows:

 

Fiscal Year		Reserve Ratio
2014			1.20	%
2013			1.07	%
2012			1.02	%
2011			0.99	%
2010			0.92	%

OSFA’s “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 OSFA during the fiscal year by the aggregate amount of default claims paid by OSFA outstanding at the end of the prior fiscal year. For the last five fiscal years, the “recovery rate” was as follows:

 

Fiscal Year		Recovery Rate
2014			19.98	%
2013			18.36	%
2012			18.99	%
2011			20.70	%
2010			24.71	%

In addition, OSFA’s “trigger 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 OSFA’s existing portfolio of loans in repayment at the end of the prior fiscal year. For the last five fiscal years, the “trigger rate” was as follows:

 

Fiscal Year		Trigger Rate
2014			2.74	%
2013			4.48	%
2012			4.24	%
2011			4.50	%
2010			4.43	%

OSFA is located in Tallahassee, Florida.  OSFA will provide a copy of its most recent financial statement upon receipt of a written request directed to Levis Hughes, Chief at 325 W. Gaines St, Suite 1314, Tallahassee, FL  32399.

 

 

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