# Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program
> **US Department of Education** · Final regulations. · Published 2009-10-29 · Effective 2010-07-01 · 74 FR 55972
## Document
- **Document number:** E9-25190
- **Category:** education-loans
- **Agency:** US Department of Education
- **Federal Register citation:** 74 FR 55972
- **CFR reference:** 34 CFR 673
- **Publication date:** 2009-10-29
- **Effective date:** 2010-07-01
- **Docket:** Docket ID ED-2009-OPE-0004
## Abstract

The Secretary amends the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program regulations to implement provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), and other recently enacted legislation.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/10/29/E9-25190/federal-perkins-loan-program-federal-family-education-loan-program-and-william-d-ford-federal-direct)
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