Re: student loan forgiveness
Posted by Susan Stumm on 9/20/07
On 1/09/07, ncm wrote: > On 8/05/06, Douglas Freiwald wrote: >> What a sham!!! >> >> I can't believe I would get anything from the federal >> government. I applied for the student loan forgiveness >> program after teaching in Title I school and I was turned >> down. I guess working and going to school(prior to 1998) >> and taking care of my wife and children was selfish of me. >> This is the second time the federal government has screwed >> me on traing programs with narrow minded legislation. > > know what you mean. I got my sped degree between 1996-1998 > and didn't qualify either. All my younger colleagues > qualified, yet I got screwed. Is there any way to petition > congress on a change?
I have been working in a Title 1 school since 1999. They say that I'm not elegible for any type of forgiveness because I didn't sign up with the Apple Program before I graduated. I was never informed of the program. What can I do? My loans have been acrruing interest for years!