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UNCLASSIFIED Student Loan Repayment Program Policy Guide 4.2.2.4. Budget and Funding The amount of money awarded to selected recipients is based on the overall SLRP budget, which varies from year to year. The availability of funds for the current program year will dictate the repayment amount for which a reported student loan can be approved for an applicant who is accepted into the SLRP.. 4.3. Canvass Announcement and Application Submission Process 4.3.1. Announcement and its Dissemination. The SLRP, HRD disseminates an announcement annually when it is ready to accept applications for the current FY. The announcement includes instructions and information about overall application procedures and processing. The announcement specifies the open period for acceptance of applications for the current FY and the time frame for the completion of the associated management justification and two levels of review. 4.3.2. Application Submission: Retention Incentive. Each FY, FBI employees (including first-time applicants and all re-applicants) who meet eligibility criteria and want to be considered for the SLRP must submit their applications-with current information about themselves and their student loans-into EPA$ by the open period deadline. Employees are responsible for submitting complete applications in a timely fashion to ensure that they receive due consideration. The program can only consider applications that are completed with appropriate reviews and submitted by the deadline. Applications will not be. considered if they are partially completed, saved but not submitted, submitted outside of the system workflow, or otherwise unsuccessfully submitted.. Appropriate Ioan documentation must be attached to the application to enable review of the. application for each qualifying student loan. Loan documentation requirements are listed in subsection.4.1.2.2. Applicants must also promptly provide any other information or documentation that is subsequently requested to complete the SLRP, HRD application review Before an application submission is final, applications must go through supervisor review and FBIHQ division or FO head review for proper justification for the use of the SLRP. If an FBI employee's immediate supervisor will not have access to an FBINet (FBI Network) computer during the entire application review period, the employee must designate the next permanent higher-level supervisor in the supervisory or managerial line to fulfill the application's supervisory review requirements. An alternate supervisor must not be designated to accommodate someone's preference. FBI employees, supervisors, and designated FBIHQ division and FO heads must ensure that reviews are submitted on time. 4.3.3. Application Submission: Recruitment Incentive. When the SLRP is offered as a recruitment incentive and specifically mentioned in the conditional job offer from RSSS, RSSS must notify WD to initiate the application for the new FBI employee. The hiring manager or division/FO must provide a justification when the SLRP is approved as a recruitment incentive; the supervisor is not required to complete review questions. The justification must show that the position is considered a critical hire or hard-to-fill position or that it has been difficult to retain employees in the position; it must also identify the new employee's critical skills and/or special qualifications or the FBI's special need for that 10 UNCLASSIFIED