Corinthian borrowers who are not eligible for
closed school discharges may still be eligible for cancellation of their federal loans through false certification or unpaid refund.
The students will have expanded eligibility to apply for
closed school discharges.
Such a change in the law would, for tax purposes, treat these discharges on par with
closed school discharges and forgiveness for public service employment, which are not taxed.
Corinthian borrowers who are not eligible for
closed school discharges may still be eligible for cancellation of their federal loans through false certification or unpaid refund.
If your school closes suddenly while you're still pursuing your degree, you could be eligible for
a Closed School Discharge.
There are certain criteria that make you eligible for
a closed school discharge, and there are certain steps you need to take to get a discharge.
If you attended a Corinthian school (Everest, WyoTech, or Heald) that closed while you were attending or soon after you withdrew, you may be eligible for
a closed school discharge.
Only federal loans are eligible for
the closed school discharge described here.
If you refuse the teach - out option, but you later enroll at another school in substantially the same program in which you had been enrolled, the school gives you credit for work completed at your current school, and you complete the program at that school, you may not qualify for
closed school discharge.
One program is called
the Closed School Discharge, and it's for students who receive loans to attend a particular school that then closes, making it impossible for you to finish your program there.
However, if you enroll in this comparable program and complete it, but the new school does not give you credit for any course work completed at the closed school, you would be eligible for
a closed school discharge.
This effectively means that several additional former Charlotte law school students can now apply to have their federal student loans discharged under
a closed school discharge procedure.
To apply for loan forgiveness through
a closed school discharge, you can do either of the following:
What is the deadline for applying for
a closed school discharge?
How do I apply for
a closed school discharge?
If you attended an ITT school that closed while you were attending or soon after you withdrew, and you did not complete your program of study, you may be eligible for
a closed school discharge.
There are certain criteria that make you eligible for
a closed school discharge, and there are certain steps you need to take to get a discharge.
Others include
closed school discharge or unpaid refund discharge.
If your Park West location closed while you were attending or soon after you withdrew, and you did not complete your program of study, you may be eligible for
a closed school discharge.
A closed school discharge is a 100 % discharge of the federal Direct Loans, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loans, or Federal Perkins Loans you took out to attend the closed school and a reimbursement of amounts you have already paid to the government.
If Mattia College closed while you were attending or soon after you withdrew, and you did not complete your program of study, you may be eligible for
a closed school discharge.
A taxpayer whose federal student loan is discharged under
the closed school discharge process does not need to report the amount of the discharged loan in gross income on a federal income tax return.
You will not be eligible for
a closed school discharge if you complete your program through a teach - out at another school or if you complete the program at another school through the transfer of one or more credits from the closed school.
The closed school discharge form states that this provision only applies if the program you complete at another school is the same or comparable to your program of study at the closed school.
If you are not eligible for
a closed school discharge, you should consider other options for relief including possibly false certification discharge or defenses to repayment.
You are eligible for
a closed school discharge only if you were unable to complete the educational program because your school closed.
Q: Can I borrow to return to school if the decision on
my closed school discharge is pending?
Students who did this would not be eligible for Corinthian College student loan forgiveness through a «
closed school discharge».
Closed School Discharge, Borrower Defenses, State Tuition Recovery Funds In previous posts, we
A closed school discharge for federal loans is generally available to borrowers who attended a school that closed while they were enrolled or who withdrew within 120 days before the school's closure.
A: No,
the closed school discharge is «all or nothing» — the borrower is either eligible for a complete discharge of all of her federal loans taken out to attend ITT or she is ineligible for any closed school discharge.
Automatic
closed school discharge relief will apply to eligible students who attended Corinthian and the many other schools that have closed since November 2013, including ITT.
The closed school discharge reasoning applies to Direct loans, Federal Family Education Loans, and Perkins Loans.
• Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) Discharge • Death Discharge •
Closed School Discharge • False Certification of Student Eligibility or Unauthorized Payment Discharge • Unpaid Refund Discharge • Teacher Loan Forgiveness • Public Service Loan Forgiveness • Perkins Loan Cancellation and Discharge
Not exact matches
Many loans that were used to fund education at a
school that has
closed will be eligible for a 100 %
discharge.
Discharges can occur for multiple reasons such as the
school that you attended
closed down, or you received false certification from the college you attended.
Of the 569 students who attended the four
closing high
schools during the 2010 - 11
school year, only 47 percent graduated with a local or Regents diploma (lower than the citywide average by 15 percent) and 22 percent of them dropped out or were
discharged (more than twice the citywide average).
If you transfer into a similar program, you won't be eligible for a
closed school loan
discharge of the federal student loans you took out to go to ITT Tech — whether you transfer through a teach - out agreement with your new
school, by transferring your credits, or by any other comparable means.
Students who attended a Corinthian
school (Everest, WyoTech, or Heald)-- regardless of whether it
closed — who believe they were defrauded or that their
school otherwise violated applicable state law may be eligible for loan forgiveness (
discharge) based on a borrower defense to repayment.
Discharges of federal loans are available to students of
closed schools, those with total disabilities, or when the borrower dies, or when the
school improperly certifies eligibility, or if the
school does not pay an owed refund.
ED has provided information regarding the options students currently have, including
closed school loan
discharges.
If the
school does not
close, you may continue your enrollment in the program, but you will not be able to receive new federal student assistance, and will not qualify for
discharge of federal loans already received for attendance at that
school.
* Note: A
closed school loan
discharge normally applies only to students who withdrew (without completing their program) within 120 days of the
school's
closing date, or were attending when the
school closed.
If the
school closes, you may qualify for
discharge of federal loans already received for attendance at that
school.
Or the obligation to make further payments on your loan might be
discharged based on specific factors such as your
school closing or your becoming totally and permanently disabled.
If your application for loan
discharge based on a condition such as
closed school, false certification, forgery, total and permanent disability, or unpaid refund was denied, but you believe you qualify for the
discharge and want to request a reconsideration of your application, contact the party identified in the denial letter that you received.
Similar to language on the federal student aid website, articles like this one in SF Chronicle explain that «if you qualify [for
closed -
school discharge, for example], your remaining debt will be forgiven and you will be reimbursed for loan payments already made.»
Also last Friday, Secretary DeVos extended the eligibility window to
discharge student loan debt for students who attended the now -
closed Charlotte
School of Law.
I was recently granted a
closed school loan
discharge.
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