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Exhibit 99.1

 
ANNEX A



THE TRUST STUDENT LOAN POOL

The trust student loans owned by the trust were originally selected from a portfolio of consolidation student loans owned by the Student Loan Marketing Association by employing several criteria, including requirements that each trust student loan as of the original cutoff date:
 
·  
was guaranteed as to principal and interest by a guaranty agency under a guarantee agreement and the guaranty agency was, in turn, reinsured by the Department of Education in accordance with the FFELP;
 
·  
contained terms in accordance with those required by the FFELP, the guarantee agreements and other applicable requirements;
 
·  
was more than 120 days past the final disbursement;
 
·  
was not more than 210 days past due;
 
·  
did not have a borrower who was noted in the related records of the servicer as being currently involved in a bankruptcy proceeding; and
 
·  
had special allowance payments, if any, based on the three-month commercial paper rate or the 91-day Treasury bill rate.

No trust student loan as of the original cutoff date was subject to the depositor’s or the Student Loan Marketing Association’s prior obligation to sell that loan to a third party.  The Student Loan Marketing Association was dissolved on December 31, 2004 and all of its obligations were assumed by its affiliate, SLM Education Credit Finance Corporation.

Unless otherwise specified, all information with respect to the trust student loans is presented as of May 1, 2011, which is the statistical disclosure date.

The distribution by weighted average interest rate applicable to the trust student loans on any date following the statistical disclosure date may vary significantly from that in the following tables as a result of variations in the effective rates of interest applicable to the trust student loans and in rates of principal reduction.  Moreover, the information below about the weighted average remaining term to maturity of the trust student loans as of the statistical disclosure date may vary significantly from the actual term to maturity of any of the trust student loans as a result of prepayments or the granting of deferment and forbearance periods.

The following tables provide a description of specified characteristics of the trust student loans as of the statistical disclosure date.  The aggregate outstanding principal balance of the loans in each of the following tables includes the principal balance due from borrowers, plus accrued interest of $4,051,237 to be capitalized as of the statistical disclosure date.  Percentages and dollar amounts in any table may not total 100% or whole dollars due to rounding.  The following tables also contain information concerning the total number of loans and total number of borrowers in the portfolio of trust student loans.  For ease of administration, the servicer separates a consolidation loan on its system into two separate loan segments representing subsidized and unsubsidized segments of the same loan.  The following tables reflect those loan segments within the number of loans.  In addition, 6 borrowers have more than one trust student loan.

 
 
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COMPOSITION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS AS OF
THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
         
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance                                                                                                             
  $ 1,147,070,214  
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill                                                                                                     
  $ 159,933,339  
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill
    13.94 %
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Commercial Paper
  $ 987,053,000  
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Commercial Paper
    86.05 %
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill – Other
  $ 83,874  
Percentage of Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance – Treasury Bill – Other
    0.01 %
Number of Borrowers                                                                                                             
    38,697  
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Borrower                                                                                                             
  $ 29,642  
Number of Loans                                                                                                             
    58,131  
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill
  $ 23,711  
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Commercial Paper
  $ 16,980  
Average Outstanding Principal Balance Per Loan – Treasury Bill – Other
  $ 83,874  
Weighted Average Remaining Term to Scheduled Maturity                                                                                                             
 
216 months
 
Weighted Average Annual Interest Rate                                                                                                             
    6.11 %
         
         

We determined the weighted average remaining term to maturity shown in the table from the statistical disclosure date to the stated maturity date of the applicable trust student loan without giving effect to any deferment or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future.  See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum.

The weighted average annual borrower interest rate shown in the table is exclusive of special allowance payments.  The weighted average spread for special allowance payments to the 91-day Treasury bill rate was 3.10% as of the statistical disclosure date.

The weighted average spread for special allowance payments to the three-month commercial paper rate was 2.64% as of the statistical disclosure date.  See “Special Allowance Payments” in Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum.

For this purpose, the three-month commercial paper rate is the average of the bond equivalent rates of the three-month commercial paper (financial) rates in effect for each of the days in a calendar quarter as reported by the Federal Reserve in Publication H.15 (or its successor) for that calendar quarter.  The 91-day Treasury bill rate is the weighted average per annum discount rate, expressed on a bond equivalent basis and applied on a daily basis, for direct obligations of the United States with a maturity of thirteen weeks, as reported by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 
 
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The category “Treasury Bill—Other” in the table above represents the Health Education Assistance Loan Program (which we refer to as “HEAL” and the loans originated under such program as “HEAL Loans”) portion of any consolidation loans made under the FFELP which consolidated one or more Stafford Loans, SLS Loans and/or PLUS Loans with one or more student loans originated under the HEAL Program.  These consolidation loans are guaranteed as to principal and interest by a guaranty agency and reinsured by the Department of Education.  The HEAL portion of any consolidation loan is not eligible to receive special allowance payments or interest subsidy payments.  The interest rate on the HEAL Loan segment of any such consolidation loan is variable and is reset each July 1, based upon the average bond-equivalent rate for 91-day Treasury bills auctioned during the three months ending June 30, plus 3.0%.  In addition, the applicable interest rate on the HEAL Loan segment of any such consolidation loan is not subject to any cap on the interest rate.


DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY BORROWER INTEREST RATES AS OF THE STATISTICAL
DISCLOSURE DATE
 
                   
Interest Rates
 
Number of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
Less than or equal to 3.00%                                                        
    4     $ 118,165       *  
3.01% to 3.50%                                                        
    1,115       14,853,036       1.3 %
3.51% to 4.00%                                                        
    1,816       40,488,477       3.5  
4.01% to 4.50%                                                        
    11,503       153,206,795       13.4  
4.51% to 5.00%                                                        
    17,896       270,396,322       23.6  
5.01% to 5.50%                                                        
    3,102       57,568,573       5.0  
5.51% to 6.00%                                                        
    2,771       49,058,731       4.3  
6.01% to 6.50%                                                        
    4,763       85,813,343       7.5  
6.51% to 7.00%                                                        
    8,068       143,852,474       12.5  
7.01% to 7.50%                                                        
    1,932       40,297,222       3.5  
7.51% to 8.00%                                                        
    4,431       101,334,895       8.8  
8.01% to 8.50%                                                        
    4,911       117,038,059       10.2  
Equal to or greater than 8.51%                                                        
    2,564       73,044,120       6.4  
                         
Total                                              
    64,876     $ 1,147,070,214       100.0 %
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*    Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.
                 


We determined the interest rates shown in the table above using the interest rates applicable to the trust student loans as of the statistical disclosure date.  Because trust student loans with different interest rates are likely to be repaid at different rates, this information is not likely to remain applicable to the trust student loans after the statistical disclosure date.  See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum and “The Student Loan Pools – Sallie Mae’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.

 
 
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE PER BORROWER
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
                     
Range of Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Number of Borrowers
   
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
Less than $5,000.00
      3,581     $ 9,898,955       0.9 %
$ 5,000.00 -$ 9,999.99       6,877       51,383,092       4.5  
$10,000.00-$14,999.99       4,867       61,422,358       5.4  
$15,000.00-$19,999.99       4,617       80,077,489       7.0  
$20,000.00-$24,999.99       3,478       77,772,842       6.8  
$25,000.00-$29,999.99       2,484       68,034,814       5.9  
$30,000.00-$34,999.99       2,160       70,050,020       6.1  
$35,000.00-$39,999.99       1,766       66,045,125       5.8  
$40,000.00-$44,999.99       1,364       57,748,173       5.0  
$45,000.00-$49,999.99       1,091       51,756,371       4.5  
$50,000.00-$54,999.99       887       46,501,882       4.1  
$55,000.00-$59,999.99       772       44,290,442       3.9  
$60,000.00-$64,999.99       666       41,558,332       3.6  
$65,000.00-$69,999.99       569       38,361,067       3.3  
$70,000.00-$74,999.99       452       32,719,315       2.9  
$75,000.00-$79,999.99       427       33,048,755       2.9  
$80,000.00-$84,999.99       357       29,436,178       2.6  
$85,000.00-$89,999.99       310       27,088,882       2.4  
$90,000.00-$94,999.99       250       23,095,031       2.0  
$95,000.00-$99,999.99       223       21,766,665       1.9  
$100,000.00 and above
      1,499       215,014,427       18.7  
                             
Total
      38,697     $ 1,147,070,214       100.0 %



DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY DELINQUENCY STATUS AS OF THE
STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
   
Number of Days Delinquent
 
Number of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
0-30 days                                                        
    59,999     $ 1,024,925,457       89.4 %
31-60 days                                                        
    1,845       41,582,456       3.6  
61-90 days                                                        
    915       23,320,723       2.0  
91-120 days                                                        
    533       14,590,100       1.3  
121-150 days                                                        
    337       9,738,524       0.8  
151-180 days                                                        
    257       7,266,431       0.6  
181-210 days                                                        
    235       6,002,954       0.5  
Greater than 210 days                                                        
    755       19,643,570       1.7  
                         
Total
    64,876     $ 1,147,070,214       100.0 %

 
 
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY REMAINING TERM TO SCHEDULED MATURITY
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
                   
Number of Months
Remaining to
Scheduled Maturity
 
Number of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
0 to 3           
    51     $ 27,427       *  
4 to12                                                        
    290       394,808       *  
13 to 24                                                        
    720       1,925,202       0.2 %
25 to 36                                                        
    688       2,813,524       0.2  
37 to 48                                                        
    1,821       6,091,725       0.5  
49 to 60                                                        
    1,050       6,694,080       0.6  
61 to 72                                                        
    2,065       12,516,379       1.1  
73 to 84                                                        
    7,314       37,507,047       3.3  
85 to 96                                                        
    2,141       15,918,914       1.4  
97 to 108                                                        
    2,326       20,152,728       1.8  
109 to 120                                                        
    1,981       21,072,441       1.8  
121 to 132                                                        
    3,497       50,932,976       4.4  
133 to 144                                                        
    9,204       107,001,898       9.3  
145 to 156                                                        
    2,873       39,750,024       3.5  
157 to 168                                                        
    2,366       35,155,210       3.1  
169 to 180                                                        
    2,051       33,814,249       2.9  
181 to 192                                                        
    2,364       44,275,653       3.9  
193 to 204                                                        
    5,148       95,434,405       8.3  
205 to 216                                                        
    2,007       43,035,211       3.8  
217 to 228                                                        
    1,590       37,586,054       3.3  
229 to 240                                                        
    1,545       41,989,696       3.7  
241 to 252                                                        
    1,533       45,988,645       4.0  
253 to 264                                                        
    3,886       127,837,083       11.1  
265 to 276                                                        
    1,332       49,224,465       4.3  
277 to 288                                                        
    1,038       42,919,548       3.7  
289 to 300                                                        
    1,091       48,919,666       4.3  
301 to 312                                                        
    814       39,230,202       3.4  
313 to 324                                                        
    567       30,422,773       2.7  
325 to 336                                                        
    371       23,732,822       2.1  
337 to 348                                                        
    308       20,592,706       1.8  
349 to 360                                                        
    472       35,909,430       3.1  
361 and above                                                        
    372       28,203,222       2.5  
                         
Total                                              
    64,876     $ 1,147,070,214       100.0 %
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*    Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.
                 

We have determined the number of months remaining to scheduled maturity shown in the table from the statistical disclosure date to the stated maturity date of the applicable trust student loan without giving effect to any deferment or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future.  See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum and “The Student Loan Pools –Sallie Mae’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.

 
 
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY CURRENT BORROWER PAYMENT STATUS
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
                   
Current Borrower Payment Status
 
Number of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
Deferment                                                        
    5,428     $ 118,146,091       10.3 %
Forbearance                                                        
    4,117       108,217,567       9.4  
Repayment
                       
First year in repayment  
    1,399        51,529,120        4.5   
Second year in repayment
    1,085       36,309,164       3.2  
Third year in repayment                                              
    1,781       51,492,706       4.5  
More than 3 years in repayment
    51,066       781,375,567       68.1  
                         
Total                                              
    64,876     $ 1,147,070,214       100.0 %

Current borrower payment status refers to the status of the borrower of each trust student loan as of the statistical disclosure date.  The borrower:

·  
may have temporarily ceased repaying the loan through a deferment or a forbearance period; or

·  
may be currently required to repay the loan – repayment.

See Appendix A to the preliminary remarketing memorandum and “The Student Loan Pools –Sallie Mae’s Student Loan Financing Business” in the original prospectus.

The weighted average number of months in repayment for all trust student loans currently in repayment is approximately 81.8 calculated as the term to maturity at the commencement of repayment less the number of months remaining to scheduled maturity as of the statistical disclosure date.

 
 
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SCHEDULED WEIGHTED AVERAGE REMAINING MONTHS IN
STATUS OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY
CURRENT BORROWER PAYMENT STATUS AS OF THE
STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
   
   
Scheduled Months in Status Remaining
 
Current Borrower Payment Status
 
Deferment
   
Forbearance
   
Repayment
 
Deferment                                                        
    12.2       -       244.2  
Forbearance                                                        
    -       4.7       251.9  
Repayment                                                        
    -       -       205.8  

We have determined the scheduled weighted average remaining months in status shown in the previous table without giving effect to any deferment or forbearance periods that may be granted in the future.  Of the $118,146,091 aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans in deferment as of the statistical disclosure date, $53,531,476 or approximately 45.3% of such loans are to borrowers who had not graduated as of that date.  We expect that a significant portion of these loans could qualify for additional deferments or forbearances at the end of their current deferment periods as the related borrowers continue their education beyond their current degree programs.  As a result, the overall duration of any applicable deferment and forbearance periods as well as the likelihood of future deferment and forbearance periods within this pool of trust student loans is likely to be higher than in other pools of student loans without similar numbers of in-school consolidation loans.  See Appendix A to the original prospectus.

 
 
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GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
   
State
 
Number
of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
Alabama                                                        
    487     $ 9,563,858       0.8 %
Alaska                                                        
    87       1,285,622       0.1  
Arizona                                                        
    1,245       22,948,520       2.0  
Arkansas                                                        
    402       7,367,382       0.6  
California                                                        
    7,536       145,765,513       12.7  
Colorado                                                        
    1,036       16,397,369       1.4  
Connecticut                                                        
    965       15,311,678       1.3  
Delaware                                                        
    156       2,855,162       0.2  
District of Columbia                                                        
    322       6,526,199       0.6  
Florida                                                        
    3,535       74,541,373       6.5  
Georgia                                                        
    2,310       49,072,876       4.3  
Hawaii                                                        
    172       3,188,640       0.3  
Idaho           
    211       3,260,568       0.3  
Illinois                                                        
    3,307       52,236,999       4.6  
Indiana                                                        
    997       14,124,896       1.2  
Iowa           
    434       7,203,358       0.6  
Kansas                                                        
    1,032       15,379,426       1.3  
Kentucky                                                        
    450       8,007,799       0.7  
Louisiana                                                        
    1,735       31,052,700       2.7  
Maine                                                        
    165       3,003,216       0.3  
Maryland                                                        
    1,719       34,044,700       3.0  
Massachusetts                                                        
    2,179       31,666,488       2.8  
Michigan                                                        
    1,683       31,895,978       2.8  
Minnesota                                                        
    1,160       17,518,257       1.5  
Mississippi                                                        
    554       10,174,693       0.9  
Missouri                                                        
    1,516       26,528,501       2.3  
Montana                                                        
    102       1,758,504       0.2  
Nebraska                                                        
    129       2,191,474       0.2  
Nevada                                                        
    469       9,153,881       0.8  
New Hampshire                                                        
    264       4,293,931       0.4  
New Jersey                                                        
    1,732       31,808,200       2.8  
New Mexico                                                        
    247       4,457,439       0.4  
New York                                                        
    4,890       84,684,461       7.4  
North Carolina                                                        
    1,604       27,609,291       2.4  
North Dakota                                                        
    40       708,155       0.1  
Ohio           
    309       5,828,379       0.5  
Oklahoma                                                        
    1,593       26,884,046       2.3  
Oregon                                                        
    1,316       22,303,117       1.9  
Pennsylvania                                                        
    2,277       38,740,414       3.4  
Rhode Island                                                        
    153       3,035,632       0.3  
South Carolina                                                        
    649       12,918,617       1.1  
South Dakota                                                        
    59       745,541       0.1  
Tennessee                                                        
    1,141       20,512,112       1.8  
Texas                                                        
    6,008       102,232,702       8.9  
Utah           
    221       3,706,916       0.3  
Vermont                                                        
    78       1,094,577       0.1  
Virginia                                                        
    2,097       35,514,575       3.1  
Washington                                                        
    2,264       34,240,016       3.0  
West Virginia                                                        
    249       4,087,916       0.4  
Wisconsin                                                        
    969       16,053,561       1.4  
Wyoming                                                        
    68       925,385       0.1  
Other           
    553       10,659,602       0.9  
Total                                              
    64,876     $ 1,147,070,214       100.0 %

 
 
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We have based the geographic distribution shown in the table on the billing addresses of the borrowers of the trust student loans shown on the servicer’s records as of the statistical disclosure date.

Each of the trust student loans provides or will provide for the amortization of its outstanding principal balance over a series of regular payments.  Except as described below, each regular payment consists of an installment of interest which is calculated on the basis of the outstanding principal balance of the trust student loan.  The amount received is applied first to interest accrued to the date of payment and the balance of the payment, if any, is applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance.  Accordingly, if a borrower pays a regular installment before its scheduled due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for the period since the preceding payment was made will be less than it would have been had the payment been made as scheduled, and the portion of the payment applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance will be correspondingly greater.  Conversely, if a borrower pays a monthly installment after its scheduled due date, the portion of the payment allocable to interest for the period since the preceding payment was made will be greater than it would have been had the payment been made as scheduled, and the portion of the payment applied to reduce the unpaid principal balance will be correspondingly less.

In either case, subject to any applicable deferment periods or forbearance periods, and except as provided below, the borrower pays a regular installment until the final scheduled payment date, at which time the amount of the final installment is increased or decreased as necessary to repay the then outstanding principal balance of that trust student loan.

The servicer makes available to borrowers of student loans it holds (including the trust student loans) payment terms that may result in the lengthening of the remaining term of the student loans.  For example, not all of the loans sold to the trust provide for level payments throughout the repayment term of the loans.  Some student loans provide for interest only payments to be made for a designated portion of the term of the loans, with amortization of the principal of the loans occurring only when payments increase in the latter stage of the term of the loans.  Other loans provide for a graduated phase in of the amortization of principal with a greater portion of principal amortization being required in the latter stages than would be the case if amortization were on a level payment basis.  The servicer also offers an income-sensitive repayment plan, under which repayments are based on the borrower’s income.  Under that plan, ultimate repayment may be delayed up to five years.  Borrowers under trust student loans will continue to be eligible for the graduated payment and income-sensitive repayment plans.  These programs are applicable to the trust student loans and may be offered by the servicer to related borrowers at its discretion.

 
 
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The following table provides certain information about trust student loans subject to the repayment terms described in the preceding paragraphs.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY REPAYMENT
TERMS AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
   
Loan Repayment Terms
 
Number of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
Level Repayment                                                        
    41,464     $ 647,510,695       56.4 %
Other Repayment Options(1)                                                        
    23,412       499,559,519       43.6  
                         
Total                                              
    64,876     $ 1,147,070,214       100.0 %
                         
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(1)    Graduated repayment loans include loans with interest-only periods.
                 

With respect to interest-only loans, as of the statistical disclosure date, there are 3,566 loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $114,875,577 currently in an interest-only period.  These interest-only loans represent approximately 10.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the trust student loans.  Interest-only periods range up to 48 months in overall length.

The servicer may in the future offer repayment terms similar to those described above to borrowers of trust student loans who are not entitled to these repayment terms as of the statistical disclosure date.  If repayment terms are offered to and accepted by those borrowers, the weighted average life of the securities could be lengthened.


DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS BY LOAN
TYPE AS OF THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
   
 
Loan Type
 
Number of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
Subsidized                                                        
    32,105     $ 515,402,887       44.9 %
Unsubsidized                                                        
    32,771       631,667,327       55.1  
                         
Total                                              
    64,876     $ 1,147,070,214       100.0 %


 
 
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The following table provides information about the trust student loans regarding date of disbursement.
 

DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY DATE OF DISBURSEMENT AS OF
THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
   
 
Disbursement Date
 
Number of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
September 30, 1993 and earlier                                                        
    297     $ 5,658,778       0.5 %
October 1, 1993 through June 30, 2006
    64,579       1,141,411,436       99.5  
July 1, 2006 and later                                                        
    0       0       0.0  
                         
Total                                              
    64,876     $ 1,147,070,214       100.0 %
                         




 
 
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Guaranty Agencies for the Trust Student Loans.  The eligible lender trustee has entered into a separate guarantee agreement with each of the guaranty agencies listed below, under which each of the guarantors has agreed to serve as guarantor for specified trust student loans.

The following table provides information with respect to the portion of the trust student loans guaranteed by each guarantor.


DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST STUDENT LOANS
BY GUARANTY AGENCY AS OF
THE STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE DATE
 
   
 Name of Guaranty Agency  
Number of Loans
   
Aggregate Outstanding
Principal Balance
   
Percent of Pool
by Outstanding Principal Balance
 
American Student Assistance                                                                     
    3,478     $ 48,481,218       4.2 %
College Assist                                                                     
    60       750,635       0.1  
Educational Credit Management Corporation
    1,585       31,064,345       2.7  
Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation
    649       17,646,610       1.5  
Illinois Student Assistance Commission                                                                     
    3,190       45,654,172       4.0  
Iowa College Student Aid Commission                                                                     
    330       4,340,491       0.4  
Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
    256       4,523,644       0.4  
Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance
    685       9,865,015       0.9  
Michigan Guaranty Agency                                                                     
    1,203       19,390,478       1.7  
Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program
    5       99,967       *  
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority
    1,466       20,805,563       1.8  
New York State Higher Education Services
Corporation                                                                     
    6,358       104,174,583       9.1  
Northwest Education Loan Association                                                                     
    6,476       97,327,444       8.5  
Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program
    1,734       28,433,980       2.5  
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
    5,339       87,873,395       7.7  
Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas
    262       4,095,151       0.4  
Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation
    899       14,226,096       1.2  
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
    5,819       98,241,632       8.6  
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.                                                                     
    25,082       510,075,796       44.5  
                         
Total                                              
    64,876     $ 1,147,070,214       100.0 %
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*     Represents a percentage greater than 0% but less than 0.05%.
                       
 

 
 
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SIGNIFICANT GUARANTOR
INFORMATION


The information shown for the Significant Guarantor relates to all student loans, including but not limited to trust student loans, guaranteed by the Significant Guarantor.

We obtained the following information from various sources, including from the Significant Guarantor and/or from the Department of Education.  None of the depositor, SLM ECFC, the servicer, their affiliates or the remarketing agents has audited or independently verified this information for accuracy or completeness.

UNITED STUDENT AID FUNDS, INC.
 
United Student Aid Funds, Inc. (“USA Funds”) was organized as a private, nonprofit corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware in 1960.   In accordance with its Certificate of Incorporation, USA Funds: (i) maintains facilities for the provision of guarantee services with respect to approved education loans made to or for the benefit of eligible students who are enrolled at or plan to attend approved educational institutions; (ii) guarantees education loans made pursuant to certain loan programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (“the Act”), as well as loans made under certain private loan programs; and (iii) serves as the designated guarantor for education-loan programs under the Act in Arizona, Hawaii and certain Pacific Islands, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada and Wyoming.
 
USA Funds contracts with Sallie Mae, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SLM Corporation. USA Funds also contracts with Student Assistance Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of SLM Corporation. SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by nor are they agencies of the United States of America.
 
Effective December 13, 2004, USA Funds became the sole member of the Northwest Education Loan Association, a guarantor serving the states of Washington, Idaho and the Northwest.
 
For the purpose of providing loan guarantees under the Act, USA Funds has entered into various agreements (collectively, the “Federal Reinsurance Agreements”) with the U.S. Secretary of Education (the “Secretary”). Pursuant to the Federal Reinsurance Agreements, USA Funds serves as a “guaranty agency” as defined in Section 435(j) of the Act. The Act allows the Secretary, after giving the guaranty agency notice and the opportunity for a hearing, to terminate the Federal Reinsurance Agreements if the Secretary determines that the administrative or financial condition of the guaranty agency jeopardizes the agency’s continued ability to perform its responsibilities under its guaranty agreement, it is necessary to protect the federal financial interest, or to ensure the continued availability of loans to student- or parent-borrowers.
 
Reinsurance is paid to USA Funds by the Secretary in accordance with a formula based on the annual default rate of loans guaranteed by USA Funds under the Act and the disbursement date of loans. The rate of reinsurance ranges from 100 percent to 75 percent
 
 
 
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of USA Funds’ losses on default-claim payments made to lenders. The Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (the “1998 Reauthorization Law”) reduced the reinsurance coverage for loans in default made on or after Oct. 1, 1998, to a range from 95 percent to 75 percent based upon the annual default claims rate of the guaranty agency.  Reinsurance on non-default claims remains at 100 percent.
 
The 1998 Reauthorization Law requires guaranty agencies to establish two (2) separate funds, a federal reserve fund (property of the United States) and an agency operating fund (property of the guaranty agency). The federal reserve fund is to be used to pay lender claims and to pay a default-aversion fee to the agency operating fund. The agency operating fund is to be used by the guaranty agency to pay its operating expenses.
 
On March 30, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152), which ended the origination and guarantee of new loans under the Federal Family Education Loan Program effective July 1, 2010.  As a result of the new statute, USA Funds will continue to administer a portfolio of outstanding FFELP loans, but no longer may guarantee new federal student loans.
 
As of September 30, 2010, USA Funds held net assets on behalf of the federal reserve fund of approximately $366 million. Through September 30, 2010, the outstanding, unpaid, aggregate amount of principal and interest on loans that had been directly guaranteed by USA Funds under the Federal Family Education Loan Program was approximately $92 billion.  Also, as of September 30, 2010, USA Funds had operating fund assets totaling slightly over $1 billion, which includes the $366 million of net assets held on behalf of the federal reserve fund.
 
USA Funds’ “reserve ratio” complies with the U.S. Department of Education definition, which is determined by dividing the fund balance reserves, including non-cash allowance and other non-cash, in a guarantor’s federal reserve fund, by the total amount of loans outstanding. Following this formula, the reserve ratio for the federal reserve fund administered by USA Funds for the last five fiscal years was as follows:
 
 
Reserve Ratio
 
Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.                                                                   
0.26%
0.28%
0.33%
0.38%
0.40%
 
 
 
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USA Funds’ “guarantee volume” is the approximate aggregate principal amount of federally reinsured education loans (including subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford and PLUS loans but excluding consolidation loans) guaranteed by USA Funds.  For the last five fiscal years, the “guarantee volume” was as follows:
 
 
Loans Guaranteed
 
Federal Fiscal Year
 
($ in millions)
Guarantor
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.
$12,586
$15,581
$17,202
$20,067
$7,705
 
 
USA Funds’ “recovery rate,” which provides a measure of the effectiveness of the collection efforts against defaulted borrowers after the guarantee claim has been satisfied, is determined by dividing the amount recovered from borrowers by USA Funds during the fiscal year by the aggregate amount of default claims paid by USA Funds outstanding at the end of the prior fiscal year.  For the last five fiscal years, the “recovery rate” was as follows:
 
 
Recovery Rate
 
Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.
38.03%
40.30%
45.60%
36.19%
32.90%

USA Funds’ “claims rate” represents the percentage of federal reinsurance claims paid by the Secretary during any fiscal year, less amounts remitted to the Secretary for defaulted loans that are rehabilitated relative to USA Funds’ existing portfolio of loans in repayment at the end of the prior fiscal year. For the last five fiscal years, the “claims rate” was as follows:
 
 
Claims Rate
 
Federal Fiscal Year
Guarantor
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
United Student Aid Funds, Inc.                                                                   
1.21%
2.13%
2.07%
1.92%
1.69%

In addition, USA Funds’ “loss rate” represents the percentage of claims purchased from lenders but not covered by reinsurance.  For the last five fiscal years, the “loss rate” was as follows: 2010 – 4.70 percent; 2009 – 4.62 percent; 2008 – 4.26 percent; 2007 – 4.07 percent; 2006 – 3.84 percent.
 
USA Funds is headquartered in Fishers, Indiana.  USA Funds will provide a copy of its most recent annual report upon receipt of a written request directed to its headquarters at P.O. Box 6028, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6028, Attention: Director, Corporate Communications.
 
 
 
 
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