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ABA Argues Edits of ECF and PSLF Forms Require Judicial Review

Posted on September 7, 2017 by askHFTD — No Comments ↓

If you look carefully at the Employment Certification Form and PSLF Forgiveness Form, you will notice a few changes: 1. Not-for-profit organizations that are not tax-exempt under 501c3 now have a “primary purpose” requirement (see page 2, Q13 of ECF…

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PSLF Application Has Finally Arrived!

Posted on September 2, 2017 by askHFTD — No Comments ↓

The official PSLF application is here (released Friday, September 1, 2017)! It may seem surreal to some who have waited at least 10 years for this moment, but the application is here and will allow student borrowers to see the…

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Sneak Peek: Department of Education PSLF Decision-Making

Posted on August 24, 2017 by askHFTD — No Comments ↓

From the ongoing litigation between the ABA and Department of Education (ED), we’re able to get a glance at the ED’s internal PSLF decision-making process. In the ABA’s most recently filed Memo 08.21.17, we see that FedLoan Servicing will e-mail the…

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President Trump’s Budget Proposal & PSLF

Posted on May 23, 2017 by askHFTD — No Comments ↓

Even though we receive a leaked preview of President Trump’s Budget Proposal and the proposed changes to PSLF, we were missing this key provision see in the actual text of the proposal, which was released today May 23, 2017: “All…

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President Trump’s Leaked Budget Proposal & PSLF

Posted on May 21, 2017 by askHFTD — No Comments ↓

Ah, leaks. This time, it’s with President Trump’s budget proposal, and we get a glimpse of his upcoming budget proposal about a week early, thanks to a rogue Education Department employee. From the leak, we have learned that President Trump…

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Department of Education: ECF Does Not Confirm PSLF

Posted on March 29, 2017 by askHFTD — No Comments ↓

In the American Bar Association (ABA) lawsuit against the Department of Education (ED), we’re seeing some clarity on the ED’s position on the Employment Certification Form (ECF). The issue is whether the ECF is approval for PSLF purposes. While the ABA…

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President Trump and Future of PSLF

Posted on February 10, 2017 by askHFTD — No Comments ↓

Since President Trump has been in office, we have seen a rise in concerns of the future PSLF. We do not believe PSLF will be retroactively eliminated, for a number of reasons, some of which we blogged about earlier. We…

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Lawyers Sue Department of Education for PSLF

Posted on December 22, 2016 by askHFTD — No Comments ↓

On December 20, 2016, the American Bar Association (ABA), a very powerful lawyer organization filed suit against the Department of Education for retroactively denying lawyers eligibility under PSLF. The ABA is a professional membership organization for lawyers that does a lot of…

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PSLF Statistics Released on Dec. 20, 2016

Posted on December 21, 2016 by askHFTD — No Comments ↓

On December 20, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid (FSA) office posted a series of updates to its data center, a collection of key performance data about the federal student aid portfolio. The updates include a report…

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President-Elect Donald Trump on Student Loans

Posted on November 10, 2016 by askHFTD — No Comments ↓

We wanted to compile our previous posts on Donald Trump’s student loan positions below. Check back for updates. Donald Trump on Income-Based Repayment (IBR) and Loan Forgiveness On Wednesday, October 12, 2016, Donald Trump made his most detailed comments on…

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