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10-K - FORM 10-K - SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1 | w81854e10vk.htm |
EX-34.1 - EX-34.1 - SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1 | w81854exv34w1.htm |
EX-34.3 - EX-34.3 - SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1 | w81854exv34w3.htm |
EX-33.3 - EX-33.3 - SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1 | w81854exv33w3.htm |
EX-33.4 - EX-33.4 - SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1 | w81854exv33w4.htm |
EX-33.2 - EX-33.2 - SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1 | w81854exv33w2.htm |
EX-33.1 - EX-33.1 - SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1 | w81854exv33w1.htm |
EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1 | w81854exv31w1.htm |
EX-34.2 - EX-34.2 - SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1 | w81854exv34w2.htm |
EX-35.2 - EX-35.2 - SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1 | w81854exv35w2.htm |
EX-35.1 - EX-35.1 - SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1 | w81854exv35w1.htm |
EX-34.5 - EX-34.5 - SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1 | w81854exv34w5.htm |
EX-33.5 - EX-33.5 - SLM Student Loan Trust 2010-1 | w81854exv33w5.htm |
Exhibit 34.4
Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
Compliance With Regulation AB
Servicing Criteria
Public Accounting Firm
Compliance With Regulation AB
Servicing Criteria
Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc.
Year Ended December 31, 2010
Year Ended December 31, 2010
Ernst & Young LLP
Index
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm |
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Managements Assessment of Compliance With
Regulation AB Servicing Criteria |
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Applicable Servicing Criteria Schedule |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We have examined managements assertion, included in the accompanying Managements
Assessment of Compliance with Regulation AB Servicing Criteria, that Great Lakes Educational Loan
Services, Inc. (the Company) complied with the servicing
criteria set forth in Item 1122 (d) of
the Securities and Exchange Commissions Regulation AB for the Companys student loan servicing
platform (the Platform) as of and for the year ended December 31, 2010, except for
1122(d)(l)(iii)-(iv), 1122(d)(2)(ii)-(iv), 1122(d)(3)(i)-(iv), 1122(d)(4)(i), 1122(d)(4)(iii), and
1122(d)(4)(x)-(xiii), which the Company has determined are not applicable to the activities
performed by them with respect to the servicing platform covered by this report. Management is
responsible for the Companys compliance with those servicing criteria. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on managements assertion about the Companys compliance with the servicing
criteria based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States) and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the
Companys compliance with the applicable servicing criteria and performing such other procedures as
we considered necessary in the circumstances. Our examination included testing of less than all of
the individual asset backed transactions and securities that comprise the Platform, testing of less
than all of the servicing activities related to the Platform, and determining whether the Company
processed those selected transactions and performed those selected activities in compliance with
the servicing criteria and as permitted by the Interpretation 17.06 of the SEC Division of
Corporation Finance Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations (Interpretation 17.06).
Furthermore, our procedures were limited to the selected transactions and servicing activities
performed by the Company during the period covered by this report. Our procedures were not designed
to determine whether errors may have occurred either prior to or subsequent to our tests that may
have affected the balances or amounts calculated or reported by the Company during the period
covered by this report for the selected transactions or any other transactions. We believe that our
examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal
determination on the Companys compliance with the servicing criteria.
As described in managements assertion, for servicing criteria 1122(d)(2)(i) and 1122(d)(4)(iv),
the Company has engaged various vendors to perform certain of the activities required by these
servicing criteria. The Company has determined that these vendors are not considered a servicer
as defined in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB, and the Company has elected to take responsibility for
assessing compliance with the applicable servicing criteria applicable to each vendor as permitted
by Interpretation 17.06. As permitted by Interpretation 17.06, the Company
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has asserted that it has policies and procedures in place designed to provide reasonable
assurance that the vendors activities comply in all material respects with servicing criteria
applicable to each vendor. The Company is solely responsible for determining that it meets the SEC
requirements to apply Interpretation 17.06 for the vendors and related criteria as described in its
assertion, and we performed no procedures with respect to the Companys eligibility to apply
Interpretation 17.06.
In our opinion, managements assertion that the Company complied with the aforementioned servicing
criteria, including servicing criteria 1122(d)(2)(i) and 1122(d)(4)(iv) for which compliance is
determined based on Interpretation 17.06 as described above, as of and for the year ended December
31, 2010 for the Companys student loan servicing platform, is fairly stated, in all material
respects.
January 31, 2011
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GREAT LAKES EDUCATIONAL LOAN SERVICES, INC.
MANAGEMENTS ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB
SERVICING CRITERIA
MANAGEMENTS ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION AB
SERVICING CRITERIA
Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc. (Great Lakes) asserts as of December
31, 2010, and for the year ended December 31, 2010 (the Reporting Period), and as
required by Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(Regulation AB), that:
| Great Lakes is responsible for assessing compliance as of and for the Reporting Period with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB, excluding the criteria which we have concluded are not applicable to the servicing activities we perform as indicated on the attached schedule (the Applicable Servicing Criteria) with respect to the student loans serviced on the Great Lakes servicing system (the Regulation AB Platform); | ||
| For servicing criteria 1122(d)(2)(i) and 1122(d)(4)(iv), Great Lakes has engaged a certain vendor, which is not a servicer as defined in Item 1101(j)of Regulation AB (the Vendor), to perform certain of the activities required by these servicing criteria. Great Lakes elects to take responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria or portion of the servicing criteria applicable to such Vendors activities; | ||
| Great Lakes has assessed its compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria for the Reporting Period and has concluded that Great Lakes has complied, in all material respects, with the Applicable Servicing Criteria with respect to Regulation AB for the Regulation AB Platform; and | ||
| Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report on the assessment of compliance with the Applicable Servicing Criteria for the Reporting Period as set forth in this assertion. |
Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc. |
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/s/ Jill Leitl | ||||
Name: | Jill Leitl | |||
Title: | Chief Servicing Officer | |||
January 31, 2011
GREAT LAKES EDUCATIONAL LOAN SERVICES, INC.
2401 INTERNATIONAL LANE | MADISON, WI 53704-3192
PHONE: 608.246.1800 | WEB: MYGREATLAKES.ORG
2401 INTERNATIONAL LANE | MADISON, WI 53704-3192
PHONE: 608.246.1800 | WEB: MYGREATLAKES.ORG
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GREAT LAKES EDUCATIONAL LOAN SERVICES, INC.
Applicable Servicing Criteria Schedule
Reference | Criteria | Applicable | ||
General Servicing Considerations | ||||
1122(d)(1)(i)
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Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction documents. | Yes | ||
1122(d)(1)(ii)
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If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third partys performance and compliance with such servicing activities. | Yes | ||
1122(d)(1)(iii)
|
Any requirements in the transaction documents to maintain a back-up servicer for the trust student loans are maintained. | No | ||
1122(d)(1)(iv)
|
A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction documents. | No | ||
Cash Collection and Administration | ||||
1122(d)(2)(i)
|
Payments on trust student loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction documents. | Yes | ||
1122(d)(2)(ii)
|
Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel. | No | ||
1122(d)(2)(iii)
|
Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction documents. | No | ||
1122(d)(2)(iv)
|
The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction documents. | No | ||
1122(d)(2)(v)
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Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction documents. For purposes of this criterion, federally insured depository institution with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Section 240.13k-1(b)(1) of Regulation AB. | Yes | ||
1122(d)(2)(vi)
|
Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access. | Yes | ||
1122(d)(2)(vii)
|
Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations: (A) are mathematically accurate; (B) are prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction documents; (C) are reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction documents. | Yes |
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GREAT LAKES EDUCATIONAL LOAN SERVICES, INC.
Applicable Servicing Criteria Schedule (continued)
Reference | Criteria | Applicable | ||
Investor Remittance and Reporting | ||||
1122(d)(3)(i)
|
Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction documents and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports: (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction documents; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction documents; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors or the trustees records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of student loans serviced by the Servicer. | No | ||
1122(d)(3)(ii)
|
Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction documents. | No | ||
1122(d)(3)(iii)
|
Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicers investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction documents. | No | ||
1122(d)(3)(iv)
|
Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with canceled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements. | No | ||
Pool Administration | ||||
1122(d)(4)(i)
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Collateral or security on student loans is maintained as required by the transaction documents or related student loan documents. | No | ||
1122(d)(4)(ii)
|
Student loans and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction documents. | Yes | ||
1122(d)(4)(iii)
|
Any additions, removals or substitutions to the student loans are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction documents. | No | ||
1122(d)(4)(iv)
|
Payments on student loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related student loan documents are posted to the Servicers obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction documents, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related student loan documents. | Yes | ||
1122(d)(4)(v)
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The Servicers records regarding the student loans agree with the Servicers records with respect to an obligors unpaid principal balance | Yes | ||
1122(d)(4)(vi)
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Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligors student loans (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction documents and related student loan documents. | Yes |
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GREAT LAKES EDUCATIONAL LOAN SERVICES, INC.
Applicable Servicing Criteria Schedule (continued)
Reference | Criteria | Applicable | ||
1122(d)(4)(vii)
|
Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction documents. | Yes | ||
1122(d)(4)(viii)
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Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a student loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction documents. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction documents, and describe the entitys activities in monitoring delinquent student loans including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment). | Yes | ||
1122(d)(4)(ix)
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Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for student loans with variable rates are computed based on the related student loan documents. | Yes | ||
1122(d)(4)(x)
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Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligors student loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction documents; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable student loan documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related student loans, or such other number of days specified in the transaction documents. | No | ||
1122(d)(4)(xi)
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Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the Servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction documents. | No | ||
1122(d)(4)(xii)
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Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the Servicers funds and not charged to the obligor unless the late payment was due to the obligors error or omission. | No | ||
1122(d)(4)(xiii)
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Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligors records maintained by the Servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction documents. | No | ||
1122(d)(4)(xiv)
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Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction documents. | Yes | ||
1122(d)(4)(xv)
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Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction documents. | Yes |
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