Student Loans

Greetings. Here are a couple of link addresses in regards to having your Stafford Student Loans Forgiven: www.studentaid.ed.gov and www.studentaid.ed.gov/loanforgivenessforteachers

I think it is great that special education teachers are being acknowledge for their hard work. What I think is unreasonable is only providing these perks for recruiting teachers into the field. If you had worked as a special education teacher prior to October 1, 1998 and also had an outstanding balance on your loans. You are not eligible to have your student loans forgiven. These loans are only forgiven if you had borrowed money from your lender after October 1, 1998.

All special education teachers, should be able to qualify for a loan forgiveness program regardless of the October 1, 1998 time line. It is unfair not to recognize the hard work that we each have done.

Ms. C