In the litigation, the Department provided the court this table showing, for each Everest, Wyotech, and Heald program, the percentage of the borrower's federal loans it plans to discharge if
their application for borrower defense relief is approved.
You can mail your completed
Application for Borrower Defense to Loan Repayment to this address:
If
your application for borrower defense is denied or partially approved, then when you are taken out of forbearance or stopped collections, the interest that accumulated will be added to the amount you owed when you entered forbearance or stopped collections, and the total amount you owe in the future may be higher.
What happens to my loans while ED is reviewing
my application for borrower defense to repayment?
are
the application for the borrowers defense to repayment still postponed till Besty Devos law suits are settled?
I just submitted
an application for the Borrowers Defense.
It is not clear exactly how many of the submitted
applications for Borrower Defense forgiveness have actually been granted.
Not exact matches
While
borrower defense applications typically require the
borrower to specifically show that his or her school violated state law, the Everest and WyoTech findings qualify students enrolled in the covered programs and time periods to apply
for a discharge of their federal Direct Loans through an expedited process using a simple attestation form.
ED will contact you as it processes your
application for loan forgiveness based on
borrower defense.
If you attended a school other than Heald, Everest, or WyoTech and believe you may be eligible
for borrower defense to repayment, you can find more information and applications on our Borrower Defense to Repayme
borrower defense to repayment, you can find more information and applications on our Borrower Defense to Repaymen
defense to repayment, you can find more information and
applications on our
Borrower Defense to Repayme
Borrower Defense to Repaymen
Defense to Repayment page.
The forbearance or stopped collections will affect all of a
borrower's federal loans that are serviced by a federal loan servicer (or defaulted and serviced by a private collection agency), including loans that are not eligible
for a
borrower defense to repayment loan discharge, such as loans taken out to attend a different institution than the one related to your
application.
If you would like
for your federal student loans to be placed in forbearance and
for collections on your loan to stop until your
application is reviewed and processed, please select that option within your
borrower defense application.
The forbearance or stopped collections will affect all of a
borrower's federal loans, including loans that are not eligible
for a
borrower defense to repayment loan discharge, such as loans taken out to attend a different institution than the one related to your
application.
Corinthian Colleges, including Everest, Heald, and WyoTech, are examples of
borrower defense situations where the federal government is willing to consider student
applications for forgiveness based on the misconduct of the school.
For example, personal injury claims or claims based on allegations of harassment are not bases for a borrower defense applicati
For example, personal injury claims or claims based on allegations of harassment are not bases
for a borrower defense applicati
for a
borrower defense application.
If you would like to apply
for borrower defense against multiple schools that you attended and
for which you took out federal student loans, you must submit separate
applications for each school of attendance.
All other
borrowers applying
for borrower defense MUST submit their
application using one of the U.S. Department of Education (ED)
borrower defense application forms provided in the sections below.
Coalition comments to Department of Education Regarding Proposed
Borrower Defense Application Form, August 26, 2016 Model
Application for Defense to Repayment (DTR) and Model
Borrower Defense Application Form
Late last week, we learned that no
applications for loan forgiveness have been processed under
borrower defense to repayment regulations since the new administration took over in late January.
Other Corinthian
Borrowers: Corinthian borrowers who enrolled outside of the program dates listed in the above charts can apply for borrower defense relief using the general application and process available to all student loan b
Borrowers: Corinthian
borrowers who enrolled outside of the program dates listed in the above charts can apply for borrower defense relief using the general application and process available to all student loan b
borrowers who enrolled outside of the program dates listed in the above charts can apply
for borrower defense relief using the general
application and process available to all student loan
borrowersborrowers.