70036.
Each participating institution is responsible for all the following:
(a) The participating institution shall determine a student’s eligibility for a DREAM loan.
(b) The participating institution shall award DREAM loan funds to students.
(c) The participating institution shall provide entrance and exit loan counseling to borrowers that is generally comparable to that required by federal student loan programs. Exit loan counseling shall include, but is not limited to, information about DREAM loan repayment, including repayment options, forbearance, deferment, discharge, and forgiveness.
(d) The
participating institution shall service DREAM loans, collect DREAM loan repayments, and perform all of the due diligence required by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.).
(e) The participating institution shall establish mechanisms for recording the annual amount of the DREAM loan borrowed by each recipient, and the aggregate amount of DREAM loans borrowed by each recipient, in order to comply with the annual and aggregate borrowing limits set forth in Section 70034.
(f) The participating institution shall post information about the DREAM loan on the institution’s internet website. That information shall include, but is not limited to, DREAM loan eligibility requirements, DREAM loan interest rates for the past five years, how to apply for and accept a DREAM loan, and information about DREAM loan repayment, including repayment options, forbearance,
deferment, discharge, and forgiveness. The participating institution shall update its internet website to include information about administrative relief granted to borrowers.
(g) The participating institution shall award DREAM grants to grant-eligible students.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 622, Sec. 3. (SB 633) Effective January 1, 2024.)