NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings expects to rate the Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA), student loan asset-backed notes, series 2009-1 (LIBOR floating rate notes) class A-1 & A-2 as follows:

-- $67,700,000 class A-1 notes 'AAA/LS1'; Outlook Stable;
-- $118,300,000 class A-2 notes 'AAA/LS1'; Outlook Stable.

For more information, see the MOHELA, series 2009-1 presale report, available to all investors on Fitch's web site, 'www.fitchratings.com'.

These rating actions reflect the application of Fitch's current criteria which are available at 'www.fitchratings.com' and specifically include the following reports:

-- 'Rating US Federal Family Education Loan Program Student Loan ABS Criteria,' dated April 11, 2008; and
-- 'Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria', dated Sept. 30, 2009.

Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'.

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Fitch Ratings, New York
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