On April 6, 2000 technical amendments to regulations governing the Federal Perkins Loan Program were published in the Federal Register (65 FR 18001). This document corrects the effective date of May 8, 2000 announced. The correct effective date for the technical amendments is July 1, 2000. These technical amendments are to take effect immediately following the incorporation of previous amendments to 34 CFR part 674 published on October 28, 1999 (64 FR 58298-58315) with an effective date of July 1, 2000.