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PUBLIC LAW 89-329-NOV. 8, 1965

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(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply to a loan outstanding on the date of enactment of this Act only with the consent of the borrower and the institution which made the loan. MINIMUM RATE OF R E P A Y M E N T

SEC. 464. (a) Section 205(b)(2) of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is further amended by striking out "and" before " (E) " and by inserting at the end thereof before the semicolon ", and (F) the institution may provide, in accordance with regulations of the Commissioner, that during the repayment period of the loan payments of principal and interest by the borrower with respect to all the outstanding loans made to him from loan funds established pursuant to this title shall be at a rate equal to not less than $15 per month". (b) The amendment made by this section shall be applicable only with respect to loans made after the date of enactment oi this Act.

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CANCELLATION OF LOANS FOR TEACHERS

SEC. 465. (a) Section 205(b)(3) of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is amended— (1) by inserting "total" before "amount" and by striking out ", which was unpaid on the first day of such service"; (2) by inserting "or its equivalent (as determined under regulations of the Commissioner)" after "academic year"; and (3) by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof a comma and the following: "except that (A) such rate shall be 15 per centum for each complete academic year or its equivalent (as determined under regulations of the Commissioner) of service as a full-time teacher in a public or other nonprofit elementary or secondary school which is in the school district of a local educational agency which is eligible in such year for assistance pursuant to title II of Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress, as amended, and which for purposes of this clause and for that year has been determined by the Commissioner, pursuant to regulations and after consultation with the State educational agency of the State in which the school is located, to be a school in which there is a high concentration of students from low-income families, except that the Commissioner shall not make such determination with respect to more than 25 per centum of the total of the public and other nonprofit elementary and secondary schools in any one State for any one year, and (B) for the purposes of any cancellation pursuant to clause (A), an additional 50 per centum of any such loan (plus interest) may be cancelled but nothing in this paragraph shall authorize refunding any payment", (b) The amendments made by clauses (1) and (3) of subsection (a) shall apply with respect to service performed during academic years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, whether the loan was made before or after such enactment. The amendment made by clause (2) of subsection (a) shall apply with respect to service performed during academic years beginning after the enactment of the National Defense Education Act Amendments, 1964, Public Law 88-665, whether or not the loan was made before or after such ,

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enactment. CHARGES

SEC. 466, (a) Section 205 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is further amended by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:

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