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One example is that They told people 10 years ago that the job they were working qualified and they got letters each year saying all good and then changed their

One example is that They told people 10 years ago that the job they were working qualified and they got letters each year saying all good and then changed their mind about the job qualifying. So now these people are screwed.

civilian 8y ago
Can you back that with a citation? I'm reading this form and it seems pretty straightforward who a qualifying employer is. https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/sites/default/files/public-service-application-for-forgiveness.pdf https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/sites/default/files/public-serv... > A Qualifying employer includes the government, a notfor-profit organization that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a private not-forprofit organization that provides certain public services. and it goes on to give definitions of "government" and "not for profit" orgs.
- jhfdbkofdcho 8y ago
  In a 54-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly said changes to the eligibility requirements, made several years after the program began, were “arbitrary and capricious.” Kelly called one of the Education Department’s main arguments “nonsense” and said a series of internal Education Department emails “decimates” another argument. Kelly ruled in favor of three individual plaintiffs who worked several years in public service and were initially approved for loan forgiveness, only to be notified years later that the approval was retroactively denied by the Education Department based on new rules. https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/02/judge-overturns-changes-to-student-loan-forgiveness-program-by-e/ https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2...
- jhfdbkofdcho 8y ago
  Here’s another example but it’s about being in the wrong loan program or repayment plan. But the fact pattern is similar. The servicers and the dept of Ed did a bad job implementing this program. “Lawson-Ross said she spoke to staff at Great Lakes around 10 times to confirm that she was on track for the forgiveness. "They told me, 'Don't worry about it. You're good to go,'" she said. Had she known her loans didn't actually qualify, she could have simply rolled them into a kind that did.” https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/18/borrowers-denied-public-service-loan-forgiveness-file-lawsuits.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/18/borrowers-denied-public-serv...

civilian 8y ago

Can you back that with a citation? I'm reading this form and it seems pretty straightforward who a qualifying employer is. https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/sites/default/files/public-service-application-for-forgiveness.pdf https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/sites/default/files/public-serv... > A Qualifying employer includes the government, a notfor-profit organization that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a private not-forprofit organization that provides certain public services. and it goes on to give definitions of "government" and "not for profit" orgs.

jhfdbkofdcho 8y ago
In a 54-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly said changes to the eligibility requirements, made several years after the program began, were “arbitrary and capricious.” Kelly called one of the Education Department’s main arguments “nonsense” and said a series of internal Education Department emails “decimates” another argument. Kelly ruled in favor of three individual plaintiffs who worked several years in public service and were initially approved for loan forgiveness, only to be notified years later that the approval was retroactively denied by the Education Department based on new rules. https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/02/judge-overturns-changes-to-student-loan-forgiveness-program-by-e/ https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2...
jhfdbkofdcho 8y ago
Here’s another example but it’s about being in the wrong loan program or repayment plan. But the fact pattern is similar. The servicers and the dept of Ed did a bad job implementing this program. “Lawson-Ross said she spoke to staff at Great Lakes around 10 times to confirm that she was on track for the forgiveness. "They told me, 'Don't worry about it. You're good to go,'" she said. Had she known her loans didn't actually qualify, she could have simply rolled them into a kind that did.” https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/18/borrowers-denied-public-service-loan-forgiveness-file-lawsuits.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/18/borrowers-denied-public-serv...