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        <HedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd>0</HedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd>
        <GrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd>0</GrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd>
        <GrossProceedsInvestedInd>0</GrossProceedsInvestedInd>
        <WrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd>1</WrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd>
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      <ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp>
        <BondReferenceCd>A</BondReferenceCd>
        <ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd>1</ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd>
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      <ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp>
        <BondReferenceCd>B</BondReferenceCd>
        <ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd>1</ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd>
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      <ProceduresCorrectiveActionGrp>
        <BondReferenceCd>C</BondReferenceCd>
        <ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd>1</ProceduresCorrectiveActionInd>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Schedule K, Part IV, Line 2c-01/16/2003 73,400,000 NTHEA Series 2003A</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>No rebate liability due as of the last calculation date of May 31, 2014.</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part V, Line 1a</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The number reported is only the number of Form 1098E's provided to student loan borrowers showing interest paid on their loans for the fiscal year.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>NTHEA Board members nominate persons to serve on the Board. However the Governing Bodies of both the Cities of Arlington, Texas and Denton, Texas appoint members to the NTHEA Board of Directors.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The Governing Bodies of both the Cities of Arlington, Texas and Denton, Texas must approve the financings related to a proposed bond issue before NTHEA can issue the bonds.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>The NTHEA Form 990 is prepared by the Director of Accounting of Higher Education Servicing Corporation (HESC). The 990 is then reviewed and approved by the Chief Executive Officer of HESC. HESC is the program management company for NTHEA.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>A member of NTHEA's Bond Counsel Firm attends every Board meeting. The Bond Counsel reviews the conflict of interest policy with the Board members on an annual basis and enforces compliance with the policy.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>NTHEA makes its audited financial statements and reports available to the public by placing them on an investment page that can be accessed from the web. NTHEA does not make its governing documents and conflict of interest policy available to the public.</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Other services include loan servicing fees ($3,154,300), trustee fees ($159,372), bond rating fees ($109,500), bank fees ($47,560), and miscellaneous fees ($26,130).</ExplanationTxt>
      </SupplementalInformationDetail>
      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>Form 990, Part XI, Line 8</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 65 was issued in March 2012 and requires that all unamortized debt issue costs be removed from the statement of net position. NTHEA implemented this statement in its 2014 fiscal year (tax year 2013). As such, NTHEA made a prior period adjustment of ($7,867,515) to write off the balance of its unamortized bond issue costs which decreased the beginning of year fund balance on its 2014 financial statements (tax year 2013).</ExplanationTxt>
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