October 28, 2022 Fact Sheet: Charting the Path Forward for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Fact Sheet: Charting the Path Forward for Public Service Loan Forgiveness The Biden-Harris Administration released its plan for the PSLF program after the Limited PSLF Waiver ends on October 31, 2022. The Department still encourages borrowers to take the necessary steps to apply for the waiver by October 31, 2022. However, the plan includes benefits that borrowers with PSLF loans will receive in July 2023 as part of a one-time account adjustment announced earlier this year.
September 23, 2022 PSLF Waiver Extension Letter PSLF Waiver Extension Letter We urge the administration to extend the PSLF limited waiver and thereby make the program more accessible to eligible borrowers and more effective at relieving the burdens of student debt from those committed to serving their communities.
January 19, 2022 PSLF Limited Waiver Fact Sheet Student loan borrowers working towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) have struggled to navigate the program’s frustratingly complex rules and requirements. A “limited waiver” of specific PSLF program requirements was…
January 28, 2020 National Education Association Student Debt Among Educators From pre-K to Ph.D., our right to learn, grow, and thrive should be based on how big we dream and how hard we work. However, for too long, the student…
May 16, 2023 National Education Association Get a Fresh Start after Default The Biden Administration has developed a life-changing program that will bring borrowers out of default and give them access to Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).
February 16, 2022 Access Lex Roadblocks to Repayment Infographic This infographic demonstrates what roadblocks Black law students may face on the path to student loan repayment.
September 21, 2021 Report from ABA Young Lawyers Division and AccessLex Institute Center for Legal Education Excellence Student Debt: The Holistic Impact on Today’s Young Lawyer
August 12, 2021 Student Borrower Protection Center and American Federation of Teachers SBPC and AFT Investigation on Mismanagement and Abuse on Scandal-Plagued Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
April 22, 2021 U.S. Government Accountability Office Public Service Loan Forgiveness: DOD and Its Personnel Could Benefit from Additional Program Information
December 22, 2020 Student Borrower Protection Center Broken Promises: How the Department of Education’s Failures and Industry’s Abuses Deny FFEL Borrowers Public Service Loan Forgiveness As part of a joint investigation launched by the Student Borrower Protection Center and the American Federation of Teachers, this report examines the challenges that borrowers with Federal Family Education Loans (FFEL…
November 11, 2020 Report from the SBPC Protecting Military Borrowers This report examines the roadblocks that members of the military face in accessing Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)—roadblocks that affect the financial security of these servicemembers and the military readiness…
January 30, 2020 Christopher J. Ryan, Jr. Paying for Law School: Law Student Loan Indebtedness and Career Choices Student loan debt has reached crisis levels, topping $1.64 trillion dollars this year and surpassing credit card debt to become the second largest source of debt held by Americans. When…