UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~PURSUANT~~Pursuant TOto ~~SECTION~~ Section 13 ORor 15(d) OFof ~~THE~~the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~SECURITIES~~Date ~~EXCHANGE~~of ~~ACT~~Report OF(Date ~~1934~~of Earliest Event Reported): January 22, 2018

~~Date~~SLM ofStudent ~~Report~~Loan ~~(Date~~Trust of2005-9 ~~earliest event reported): October 20, 2017~~________________________________________

SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-9

(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	333-103545/ 333-103545-07	04-3480392
Delaware	333-208734 333-103545-07	04-3480392
(State or other jurisdiction of formation)	(Commission File Numbers)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
	c/o Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas 60 Wall Street, 60th Floor Mail Stop NYC60-2606 New York, New York 10005 _________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)

~~c/o~~Issuer’s ~~Deutsche~~telephone ~~Bank~~number, ~~Trust~~including ~~Company~~area ~~Americas~~code: (703) 984-5858

60Not ~~Wall~~Applicable ______________________________________________ ~~Street~~Former name or former address, ~~60th~~if ~~Floor~~changed since last report

~~Mail~~Check ~~Stop~~the ~~NYC60~~appropriate box below if the Form 8-~~2606~~K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

~~New~~[ ] Written ~~York,~~communications ~~New~~pursuant ~~York~~to ~~10005~~Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(~~Address~~c) ofunder ~~principal~~the ~~executive~~Exchange ~~offices~~Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (703) 984-5858

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On ~~October~~January 2522, ~~2017~~2018, ~~the~~Navient ~~terms~~Solutions, ofLLC, in its capacity as administrator, furnished to the ~~class~~applicable ~~A-7A~~remarketing ~~notes~~agents a final remarketing prospectus (the “~~Notes~~Remarketing Prospectus”) ~~issued~~and bya free-writing prospectus relating to the ratings of the SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-9 ~~are~~Class ~~scheduled~~A-7A toReset beRate ~~reset~~Notes ~~from~~(the ~~their~~“Ratings ~~current~~FWP”) ~~terms,~~for indistribution ~~accordance~~to ~~with~~certain ~~the~~qualified ~~terms~~institutional buyers for purposes of remarketing the ~~related~~SLM ~~indenture~~Student Loan Trust 2005-9 Class A-7A Reset Rate Notes. The Remarketing Prospectus and ~~remarketing~~the ~~agreement~~Ratings FWP are attached as exhibits to this current report.

~~Pursuant~~ITEM ~~to the remarketing process, the new spread on the Notes was required to be determined by no later than 3:00 P~~9.~~M.,~~01 Financial ~~New York City time~~Statements, onPro ~~October~~Forma ~~20,~~Financial ~~2017. However,~~Statements sufficient committed purchasers were not obtained for all of the tendered Notes at the spread proposed by the remarketing agents. As a result, a failed remarketing has been declared. Consequently, all existing class A-7A noteholders will be required to retain their Notes on the reset date. The related interest rate for the Notes will be the failed remarketing rate which is equal to three-month EURIBOR plus 0.55% per annum and ~~the related reset period will be three months. As such, the next applicable reset date will be January 25, 2018.~~Exhibits

1(a) Not applicable

(b)

Not applicable

(c)

Not applicable

(d)

Exhibits

99.1 Remarketing Prospectus for SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-9 dated January 12, 2018.

99.2 Ratings FWP for SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-9 dated January 12, 2018.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the ~~Trust~~issuing entity has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2005-9
	By:	NAVIENT SOLUTIONS, LLC, in its capacity as administrator of the Trust
	By: NAVIENT SOLUTIONS, LLC, in its capacity as Administrator of the Trust
Dated: October 20, 2017	By:	/s/ C. Scott Booher
Dated: January 22, 2018	By:	/s/ C. Scott Booher
	Name:	C. Scott Booher
		Name: C. Scott Booher
	Title:	Vice President
		Title: Vice President

2SLM STUDENT LOAN TRUST 2005-9

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Remarketing Prospectus for SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-9 dated January 12, 2018.

99.2		Ratings FWP for SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-9 dated January 12, 2018.

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