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 SLM ECFC and VG Funding by employing several criteria, including requirements that each trust student loan as of the original cutoff date (and with respect to each additional trust student loan as of its related subsequent cutoff date):

·	was a consolidation loan 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 fully disbursed;

·	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 March 31, 2018, 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 $2,450,704 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, 15 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 trust student loans.

Percentages and dollar amounts in any table may not total 100% of the 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		$	1,328,988,541
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill		$	65,112,366
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill			4.90	%
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR		$	1,174,778,436
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – One-Month LIBOR			88.40	%
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill Other		$	89,097,739
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill Other			6.70	%
Number of Borrowers			46,170
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower		$	28,785
Number of Loans			82,393
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill		$	29,516
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – One-Month LIBOR		$	15,015
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill Other		$	45,738
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Scheduled Maturity		188 months
Weighted Average Annual Interest Rate			4.41	%

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 3.11% 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.

The category “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 that may apply to the principal of the HEAL Loan segment.

 

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.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY BORROWER INTEREST RATES AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
Interest Rates		Number of Loans				Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance				Percent of Pool by Outstanding Principal Balance
Less than or equal to 3.00%			17,112			$	218,890,337				16.5	%
3.01% to 3.50%			21,638				242,844,259				18.3
3.51% to 4.00%			16,748				308,908,510				23.2
4.01% to 4.50%			15,449				225,647,648				17.0
4.51% to 5.00%			3,129				66,601,765				5.0
5.01% to 5.50%			1,293				30,138,264				2.3
5.51% to 6.00%			892				22,258,778				1.7
6.01% to 6.50%			900				24,035,679				1.8
6.51% to 7.00%			1,384				37,127,230				2.8
7.01% to 7.50%			628				18,715,362				1.4
7.51% to 8.00%			1,192				37,985,718				2.9
8.01% to 8.50%			1,187				62,139,269				4.7
Equal to or greater than 8.51%			841				33,695,723				2.5
Total			82,393			$	1,328,988,541				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 – SLM Corporation’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the prospectus.

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					9,720			$	21,054,247				1.6	%
$5,000.00-$ 9,999.99					8,286				62,820,801				4.7
$10,000.00-$14,999.99					6,444				78,790,047				5.9
$15,000.00-$19,999.99					3,873				67,248,054				5.1
$20,000.00-$24,999.99					3,104				69,772,821				5.3
$25,000.00-$29,999.99					2,396				65,613,343				4.9
$30,000.00-$34,999.99					1,706				55,209,946				4.2
$35,000.00-$39,999.99					1,342				50,151,075				3.8
$40,000.00-$44,999.99					1,131				47,967,294				3.6
$45,000.00-$49,999.99					965				45,762,716				3.4
$50,000.00-$54,999.99					823				43,140,138				3.2
$55,000.00-$59,999.99					720				41,329,422				3.1
$60,000.00-$64,999.99					595				37,104,649				2.8
$65,000.00-$69,999.99					531				35,848,008				2.7
$70,000.00-$74,999.99					448				32,506,606				2.4
$75,000.00-$79,999.99					390				30,188,700				2.3
$80,000.00-$84,999.99					325				26,781,946				2.0
$85,000.00-$89,999.99					301				26,308,651				2.0
$90,000.00-$94,999.99					264				24,348,690				1.8
$95,000.00-$99,999.99					233				22,673,191				1.7
Equal to or greater than $100,000.00					2,573				444,368,197				33.4
Total					46,170			$	1,328,988,541				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			78,443			$	1,234,833,857				92.9	%
31-60 days			1,258				27,175,819				2.0
61-90 days			748				16,227,297				1.2
91-120 days			621				16,672,508				1.3
121-150 days			321				8,445,812				0.6
151-180 days			205				5,111,000				0.4
181-210 days			160				4,042,244				0.3
Greater than 210 days			637				16,480,004				1.2
Total			82,393			$	1,328,988,541				100.0	%

 

DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY REMAINING TERM TO SCHEDULED MATURITY AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
Number of Months Remaining to Scheduled Maturity		Number of Loans				Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance				Percent of Pool by Outstanding Principal Balance
0 to 3			94			$	30,690				*
4 to 12			504				469,646				*
13 to 24			7,364				7,200,116				0.5	%
25 to 36			3,237				7,259,109				0.5
37 to 48			2,740				9,402,405				0.7
49 to 60			2,474				11,171,793				0.8
61 to 72			2,038				11,629,685				0.9
73 to 84			12,035				66,079,952				5.0
85 to 96			4,819				33,713,594				2.5
97 to 108			3,576				30,008,196				2.3
109 to 120			3,213				34,242,773				2.6
121 to 132			5,172				92,395,560				7.0
133 to 144			7,476				122,774,560				9.2
145 to 156			3,685				75,022,425				5.6
157 to 168			2,646				56,675,153				4.3
169 to 180			2,954				66,529,308				5.0
181 to 192			2,253				57,432,672				4.3
193 to 204			5,352				142,647,759				10.7
205 to 216			2,243				70,579,490				5.3
217 to 228			1,678				59,653,431				4.5
229 to 240			1,793				71,760,184				5.4
241 to 252			1,189				54,011,612				4.1
253 to 264			1,020				51,867,877				3.9
265 to 276			776				41,708,610				3.1
277 to 288			482				26,173,225				2.0
289 to 300			468				28,461,353				2.1
301 to 312			363				32,870,593				2.5
313 to 324			141				9,989,722				0.8
325 to 336			122				8,798,915				0.7
337 to 348			112				9,937,564				0.7
349 to 360			272				27,111,373				2.0
Greater than 360			102				11,379,197				0.9
Total			82,393			$	1,328,988,541				100.0	%
* Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.

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			2,802			$	47,725,771				3.6	%
Forbearance			4,130				104,538,808				7.9
Repayment
First year in repayment			1,255				51,130,165				3.8
Second year in repayment			1,026				38,574,020				2.9
Third year in repayment			1,274				40,739,673				3.1
More than 3 years in repayment			71,906				1,046,280,104				78.7
Total			82,393			$	1,328,988,541				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 – SLM Corporation’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 111.3 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		18.5		-		206.4
Forbearance		-		3.3		216.7
Repayment		-		-		183.3

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 $47,725,771 aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans in deferment as of the statistical disclosure date, $34,732,330 or approximately 72.8% 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 and “The Student Loan Pools – SLM Corporation’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the prospectus.

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
State/District		Number of Loans				Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance				Percent of Pool by Outstanding Principal Balance
Alabama			624			$	10,954,057				0.8	%
Alaska			111				1,444,040				0.1
Arizona			1,734				31,598,708				2.4
Arkansas			464				8,780,086				0.7
California			8,805				159,460,619				12.0
Colorado			1,422				19,911,627				1.5
Connecticut			1,257				15,225,360				1.1
Delaware			207				3,885,363				0.3
District of Columbia			336				6,672,754				0.5
Florida			5,681				100,947,632				7.6
Georgia			2,257				45,922,806				3.5
Hawaii			350				5,032,388				0.4
Idaho			292				6,033,060				0.5
Illinois			3,497				51,857,543				3.9
Indiana			2,434				30,545,136				2.3
Iowa			366				6,384,951				0.5
Kansas			1,535				17,942,890				1.4
Kentucky			679				10,372,009				0.8
Louisiana			2,442				39,686,317				3.0
Maine			216				3,126,613				0.2
Maryland			1,951				36,450,841				2.7
Massachusetts			2,634				35,984,856				2.7
Michigan			1,553				28,580,676				2.2
Minnesota			1,012				15,138,875				1.1
Mississippi			714				11,676,081				0.9
Missouri			1,733				25,909,371				1.9
Montana			165				2,717,053				0.2
Nebraska			151				2,168,772				0.2
Nevada			510				8,321,893				0.6
New Hampshire			359				4,540,986				0.3
New Jersey			2,331				36,686,671				2.8
New Mexico			241				3,679,893				0.3
New York			5,768				89,323,363				6.7
North Carolina			1,752				29,830,503				2.2
North Dakota			69				1,642,029				0.1
Ohio			4,341				69,895,382				5.3
Oklahoma			1,547				21,369,763				1.6
Oregon			1,264				19,238,817				1.4
Pennsylvania			3,095				47,332,799				3.6
Rhode Island			199				2,918,577				0.2
South Carolina			806				16,276,445				1.2
South Dakota			79				1,181,710				0.1
Tennessee			1,573				28,430,645				2.1
Texas			6,726				105,410,839				7.9
Utah			264				4,820,372				0.4
Vermont			128				2,441,191				0.2
Virginia			2,366				34,670,651				2.6
Washington			2,472				35,095,121				2.6
West Virginia			355				4,836,577				0.4
Wisconsin			702				10,506,525				0.8
Wyoming			94				1,384,396				0.1
Other			730				14,742,908				1.1
Total			82,393			$	1,328,988,541				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			48,222			$	623,472,412				46.9	%
Other Repayment Options(1)			28,278				512,892,970				38.6
Income-driven Repayment(2)			5,893				192,623,159				14.5
Total			82,393			$	1,328,988,541				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 605 loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $23,973,183 currently in an interest-only period.  These interest-only loans represent approximately 1.8% 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			39,733			$	519,151,377				39.1	%
Unsubsidized			42,660				809,837,164				60.9
Total			82,393			$	1,328,988,541				100.0	%

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			258			$	7,784,119				0.6	%
October 1, 1993 through June 30, 2006			82,135				1,321,204,423				99.4
Total			82,393			$	1,328,988,541				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			3,527			$	41,688,876				3.1	%
College Assist			25				586,451				*
Educational Credit Management Corporation			3,332				44,869,724				3.4
Florida Off Of Student Fin'l Assistance			2,161				24,283,636				1.8
Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation			445				8,893,551				0.7
Illinois Student Assistance Comm			2,801				35,298,403				2.7
Kentucky Higher Educ. Asst. Auth.			310				3,938,801				0.3
Lousiana Office Of Student Financial Asst			1,247				15,165,951				1.1
Michigan Guaranty Agency			842				10,966,853				0.8
Nebraska National Student Loan Program			1				18,903				*
New Jersey Higher Ed Student Assistance Authority			1,739				21,966,426				1.7
New York State Higher Ed Services Corp			10,353				146,544,936				11.0
Northwest Education Loan Association			2,029				32,379,130				2.4
Oklahoma Guaranteed Stud Loan Prog			1,484				18,874,985				1.4
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency			7,662				88,232,655				6.6
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp			8,233				114,138,866				8.6
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.			36,202				721,140,392				54.3
Total			82,393			$	1,328,988,541				100.0	%
*     Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.

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. (“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 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.

USA Funds 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.

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

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 of USA Fund’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, 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, 2016, USA Funds held net assets on behalf of the Federal Reserve Fund of approximately $143 million. Through September 30, 2016, 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 $46.6 billion.  Also, as of September 30, 2016, USA Funds had operating fund assets totaling over $1.1 billion, which includes the $143 million of net assets held on behalf of the Federal Reserve Fund.

USA Funds’ “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 USA Funds for the last five fiscal years was as follows:

	Reserve Ratio
	Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.	0.354%	0.313%	0.277%	0.251%	0.308%

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 Ratio
	Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.	31.82%	30.55%	32.01%	34.93%	29.94%

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:

	Recovery Ratio
	Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.	4.73%	4.74%	4.73%	4.71%	0.94%

In addition, 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	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.	1.58%	1.41%	1.48%	0.60%	1.58%

NEW YORK STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES CORPORATION

New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (“HESC”) was organized in 1975 as an agency of the State of New York, pursuant to an act of the New York legislature, to expand educational opportunities for students.  HESC administers the New York Tuition Assistance Program and a variety of state scholarships in addition to acting as a guarantee agency under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP).  HESC is the designated guarantee agency for the State of New York, and guarantees all types of FFELP loans.

As a result of the 3/30/2010 enactment of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA) (HR4872), the FFELP was eliminated effective 7/1/2010.  No new (first disbursed) Stafford, PLUS or consolidation loans may be disbursed through the FFELP after 6/30/2010.  Existing FFELP loans will continue to be eligible for program benefits.  Beginning 7/1/2010, all new Stafford, PLUS and consolidation loans will be made under the U. S. Department of Education’s Direct Loan Program.

For the FFELP, HESC will continue to have the responsibility for providing collection assistance to lenders for delinquent loans, paying lender claims for loans in default, and collection activities on loans after purchase by HESC.  In addition to the FFELP, HESC continues to perform residual administrative activities of the State guaranteed loan program in which no new loans have been guaranteed since 1984.

HESC has a Federal Student Loan Reserve Fund (the “Federal Fund”) and an Agency Operating Fund to account for FFELP activity.  The Federal Fund assets, and earnings on those assets, are restricted in use and are considered property of the Department of Education.  The Agency Operating Fund is considered property of HESC, and its assets and earnings may be used generally for guarantee agency and other student financial aid related activities.

Guarantee Volume.   As a result of HCERA, HESC has not guaranteed any loans in the last five federal fiscal years ended September 30.

Reserve Ratio.  A guarantee agency’s reserve ratio is determined by dividing its Federal Fund Balance by the original principal amount of loans outstanding.  HESC’s reserve ratio for the last five federal fiscal years ending September 30 is as follows:

		Reserve Ratio as of Close of Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor		2013		2014		2015		2016		2017
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation		0.31%		0.29%		0.32%		0.45%		0.60%

Recovery Rates.  The Department of Education calculates a guaranty agency’s recovery rate by dividing the amount recovered from borrowers during a federal fiscal year by the guaranty agency’s outstanding default loan portfolio (beginning inventory) at the end of the prior federal fiscal year.  HESC’s recovery rate for each of the past five federal fiscal years ending September 30 provided below uses the Department of Education’s calculation method:

		Recovery Rate Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor		2013		2014		2015		2016		2017
New York State Higher Education Services Corporation		25.56%		22.74%		21.86%		24.86%		25.42%

Claims Rate.  A guaranty agency’s claims rate is determined by dividing the amount of federal reinsurance claims paid by the Department of Education during a federal fiscal year by the original principal amount of loans in repayment at the end of the prior federal fiscal year.  HESC’s claims rate for each of the past five federal fiscal years ending September 30 is as follows:

HESC is headquartered at 99 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12255.  Its most recent annual report is available on its web site.

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