---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 668.216"
title: "34"
number: "668.216"
heading: "Thirty-or-fewer borrowers appeals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/668.216"
---

# §668.216. Thirty-or-fewer borrowers appeals.

- (a) **Eligibility.** You may appeal a notice of a loss of eligibility under [§ 668.206](/cfr/34/668.206.md) if 30 or fewer borrowers, in total, are included in the 3 most recent cohorts of borrowers used to calculate your cohort default rates.
- (b) **Deadline for submitting an appeal.**
  - (1) Before notifying you of your official cohort default rate, we make an initial determination about whether you qualify for a thirty-or-fewer borrowers appeal. If we determine that you qualify, we notify you of that determination at the same time that we notify you of your official cohort default rate.
  - (2) If you disagree with our initial determination, you must send us your thirty-or-fewer borrowers appeal, including all supporting documentation, within 30 days after you receive the notice of your loss of eligibility.
- (c) **Determination.** You do not lose eligibility under [§ 668.206](/cfr/34/668.206.md) if we determine that you meet the requirements for a thirty-or-fewer borrowers appeal.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 74 FR 55651, Oct. 28, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1001-1003, 1070g, 1085, 1088, 1091, 1092, 1094, 1099c, 1099c-1, 1221e-3, and 1231a, unless otherwise noted.