PRESS RELEASE

FROM THE
LOUISIANA OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE:               August 6, 1999
CONTACT:       Sigmund Morel
PHONE:            225-925-7727
FAX:                 225-922-0790
 
Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance to be Closed for Strategic Planning

The Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) will be closed from noon on Tuesday, August 10, through Wednesday, August 11, for its annual Strategic Planning Conference. The agency will reopen at 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, August 12.

LOSFA is the state agency charged with administering all postsecondary state scholarship and grant programs (including the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students, or TOPS), the guaranteed student loan program and the START Saving Program.

Students wishing to check their TOPS eligibility status while the agency is closed may do so by accessing the LOSFA website at http://osfa.state.la.us.