§ 685.306 — Payment Of A Refund Or Return Of Title Iv, Hea Program Funds To The Secretary

(a) General. By applying for a Direct Loan, a borrower authorizes the school to pay directly to the Secretary that portion of a refund or return of title IV, HEA program funds from the school that is allocable to the loan. A school—

(1) Must pay that portion of the student's refund or return of title IV, HEA program funds that is allocable to a Direct Loan to the Secretary; and

(2) Must provide simultaneous writ-ten notice to the borrower if the school pays a refund or return of title IV, HEA program funds to the Secretary on be-half of that student.

(b) Determination, allocation, and payment of a refund or return of title IV, HEA program funds. In determining the portion of a student's refund or return of title IV, HEA program funds that is allocable to a Direct Loan, the school must follow the procedures established in 34 CFR 668.22 for allocating and paying a refund or return of title IV, HEA program funds that is due.