{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-537.103","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 537.103","heading":"Agency student loan repayment plans.","body":"Before providing student loan repayment benefits under this part, an agency must establish a student loan repayment plan. This plan must include the following elements:\n(a) The designation of officials with authority to review and approve offering student loan repayment benefits (which may parallel the approval delegations used for other recruitment, relocation, and retention incentives);\n(b) The situations in which the student loan repayment authority may be used;\n(c) The criteria to meet or consider in authorizing student loan repayment benefits, including criteria for determining the size and timing of the loan payment(s);\n(d) A system for selecting employees (or job candidates) to receive student loan repayment benefits that ensures fair and equitable treatment;\n(e) The requirements associated with service agreements (including a basis for determining the length of service to be required if it is greater than the statutory minimum);\n(f) The procedures for making loan payments;\n(g) The provisions for recovering any amount outstanding from an employee who fails to satisfy a service agreement and conditions for waiving an employee's obligation to reimburse the agency for payments made under this part; and\n(h) Documentation and recordkeeping requirements sufficient to allow reconstruction of each action to approve a student loan repayment benefit.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 537—REPAYMENT OF STUDENT LOANS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"cf5d658aa4584fc29f3cb3167579ffef3ad246ddd0c0d2055f0db9ba93c1f9af","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-537.102","next":"us/5-cfr-537.104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}