• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
LLODO – News – Tech and Education

LLODO - News - Tech and Education

Breaking News, Latest News about education, Technoly

  • News Tech
  • World News
  • Education
  • Science
You are here: Home / Education / States, advocates push Education Department to forgive loans of students with disabilities – The Hill

States, advocates push Education Department to forgive loans of students with disabilities – The Hill

03/04/2020 by admin

Student loan officials from seven states and the District of Columbia are urging Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul to forgive student loans for tens of thousands of borrowers with permanent disabilities. 

Student loan ombudspersons say 53,343 disabled borrowers in their jurisdiction have received notices they may qualify to have their loans forgiven under Title IV of the Higher Education Act, but just 10 percent have been granted relief, according to NBC News.

“It is therefore critical that as Secretary you use your regulatory authority and access to borrower information to create the least onerous path to relief for this population, both as they apply for relief and to satisfy the monitoring requirements,” a letter, signed by ombudspersons in Colorado, Illinois, Nevada, Maine, New York, Virginia, Washington and the District of Columbia read. 

Student loan borrowers with significant, permanent disabilities who can no longer work enough to support themselves or repay their debts can have their federal student loans forgiven. The ombudspersons called on DeVos and Saul to automatically discharge student loans for eligible borrowers under the Total and Permanent Disability loan discharge program. 

Meanwhile, a second letter signed by student loan advocates was sent to DeVos asking her to automatically discharge the federal student loans of 350,000 student borrowers with disabilities nationwide who are eligible. 

“She is going so far as to seize the disability benefits that many borrowers with disabilities depend on to survive, all to collect on loans she knows they do not owe,” National Student Legal Defense senior counsel Alex Elson said in a statement. “Secretary DeVos has the power to end this injustice immediately.”

The Education Department requires eligible borrowers to apply for help, but the advocates and officials argue the application process is burdensome and unnecessary.

The requests come after the Trump administration last year agreed to forgive student loan debt of veterans with disabilities. 

In a statement to NBC, the Education Department said the process requires borrowers to submit applications before a loan discharge can be completed. 

“But we are interested in providing automatic discharge to these borrowers and believe the FUTURE Act makes this a possibility – but will require the department to undergo negotiated rulemaking,” Angela Morabito, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, told NBC News. 

The FUTURE Act was signed into law in December and aims to streamline parts of the student aid system.

===========
Website source

Related posts:

  1. DeVos appointee who oversaw America’s student-loan portfolio resigns as Biden education secretary pledges to ease student-debt burden – MarketWatch
  2. Education, public safety measures falter at Statehouse | News | kmaland.com – KMAland
  3. Early childhood education leaders say misinformation in statehouse led to funding bill’s death – KTVB.com
  4. Oklahoma Dept. of Education allocates $49 million – KoamNewsNow.com
  5. Decibel Therapeutics, Strategic Education See Activist Action – Barron’s
  6. Colorado schools won’t lose funding this school year — and 3 other education bills to watch – The Denver Post
  7. Education news from around Idaho – Idaho EdNews
  8. Sex education opt-in bill advances to the Senate – Idaho EdNews
  9. South Bay education leaders: Teachers need vaccines faster – San José Spotlight – San José Spotlight

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: News Education

Primary Sidebar

Featured Posts

[LLODO] Missing Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew’s home sells for $1.6M nearly 10 months after disappearance

03/06/2021

[LLODO]

03/06/2021

[LLODO] ‘We knew all along’ Cuomo was hiding nursing home data: VoicesForSeniors co-founder

03/06/2021

[LLODO] At least 7 injured in New York as vehicle plows through outdoor dining area

03/06/2021

[LLODO] Atlanta food forest becomes a resource for those in need amid the pandemic

03/06/2021

Categories

  • Applications (750)
  • Business (6,322)
  • Education (2,645)
  • Health (4,182)
  • Iphone (2,005)
  • News Tech (11,826)
  • Reviews (6,041)
  • Science (1,567)
  • Technology (13,615)
  • World News (904)

Home - About Us - Privacy Policy - Contact Us - Site map
Copyright © 2021 · LLODO.COM - Internet Do - QA Do Eng