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<tr><td><b>Comment Number: </b></td><td>543519-00008  </td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Received: </b></td><td>10/16/2009 12:56:54 PM</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Commenter: </b></td><td>Deanne Loonin  </td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Organization: </b></td><td>National Consumer Law Center</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>State: </b></td><td>MA</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Agency: </b></td><td>Federal Trade Commission</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Rule: </b></td><td>16 C.F.R. Part 254: Private Vocational and Distance Education Schools ("Vocational School Guides")</td></tr>

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<hr><P><b>Comments:</b></p>

The National Consumer Law Center on behalf of our low-income clients, PIRG (the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups) and Public Advocates, Inc. thank the FTC for the opportunity to submit these comments.

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