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UNCLASSIFIED DRAFT Student Loan Repayment Program Policy Guide. 4. Processes and Procedures. 4.1. Eligibility Criteria 4.1.1. Employees The SLRP is offered as a recruitment or retention incentive in situations in which the incentive is. justified for a critical or hard-to-fill position, for a position with historical employee retention challenges, and for employees who are highly skilled and most critical for fulfilling the needs of. each unit, FBIHQ division, FO, and the FBI as a whole.. Each year an employee applies to the program, (excluding employees who are receiving their first payments from the SLRP as a recruitment incentive), the following employee eligibility criteria must be met in addition to the loan eligibility criteria listed in subsectio at.1.? Interns must be converted to permanent excepted appointments to be eligible for SLRP 4.1.1.1. Performance Rating of Record. rating of record on file. The most recent performance wrap-up must have an overall rating of at least "Consistent Performer" or the equivalent. Employees who receive student loan repayment benefits as a recruitment incentive are exempt from the performance wrap-up rating. requirements. 4.1.1.2. Appointment Type The SLRP benefit is for any highly qualified job candidate (for recruitment purposes) or. employee (for retention purposes) assigned to an appointment other than a time-limited appointment or a time-limited appointment that will (1) have at least three years remaining under. the appointment at the start of the service obligation period or (2) lead to conversion to another appointment with sufficient duration to project employment with the FBI for at least three years beyond the start of the service obligation period. 4.1.1.3. Formal Disciplinary History. HRD must ensure that name checks are conducted on all SLRP selectees in accordance with the demisroeActioos.NaecckAolicyDrcoe(osD The recipient is ineligible for further SLRP repayments from the FBI if the recipient separates from the FBI or violates a condition of the CSA, if the agreement specifically provides that eligibility is lost when the condition is violated. The level of academic degree earned, the. academic field of the degree eaned, and even a failure to earn a degree are not eligibility or ineligibility factors. 4.1.2. Student Loan Eligibility 4.1.2.1. Basic Requirements SLRP incentive repayments apply only to student loans that are: 7 CLASSIFICATION