Borrower means
Borrower defense to repayment means an act or omission of the school attended by the student that relates to the making of a Direct Loan for enrollment at the school or the provision of educational services for which the loan was provided and that caused the borrower detriment warranting relief in the form of:
Covered loan means a Direct Loan or other Federal student loan that is or could be consolidated into a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan.
Department official means an employee of the Department who administers the group process described in § 685.402 , the individual process as described in § 685.403 , and the institutional response process in § 685.405 .
Direct Loan means a Direct Subsidized Loan, a Direct Unsubsidized Loan, a Direct PLUS Loan, or a Direct Consolidation Loan.
Legal assistance organization means a legal assistance organization that:
Legal representation authority means a written agreement entered into between a borrower and a legal assistance organization that authorizes the legal assistance organization to represent the borrower in connection with a claim for borrower defense or a court order appointing the legal assistance organization class counsel for a certified class that includes the borrower in an action asserting claims with elements substantially similar to the elements of a claim for borrower defense.
School and institution may be used interchangeably and include an eligible institution as defined in 34 CFR 600.2 , one of its representatives, or any ineligible institution, organization, or person with whom the eligible institution has an agreement to provide educational programs or to provide marketing, advertising, recruiting, or admissions services.
State requestor means a State as defined in 34 CFR 600.2 , a State attorney general, a State oversight entity, a State agency responsible for approving educational institutions in the State, or a regulatory agency with the authority from that State.
Third-party requestor means a State requestor or legal assistance organization as defined in § 685.401(a) .
34 C.F.R. §685.401