On August 30, 2011, ED issued an electronic announcement indicating that it plans to release official FY 2009 cohort default rates (CDRs) on September 12, 2011. As part of the notice, ED states that the CDRs and documentation will be sent to the individual school’s Student Aid Internet Gateway (SAIG) mailbox provided the school is participating in the electronic CDR (eCDR) process. For a school not enrolled in the eCDR process, it may download its CDR and the documentation from the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) via the NSLDS Professional Access website.

For more information about the release of the FY 2009 official rates, schools may contact ED’s Operations Performance Division by phone at (202) 377-4259, or send an email message to fsa.schools.default.management@ed.gov.