Coalition Letter to the Department of Education Regarding Changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Abstract

We, the more than 200 undersigned union, student, consumer, higher education, public health, workforce, public interest, professional, military, and faith organizations representing millions of public service workers and student loan borrowers are writing to urge you to take administrative action to ensure that all public service workers who have completed a decade of service receive the debt relief they were promised. As part of this administrative action, the Department of Education must guarantee that any and all changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program aren't just prospective but provide retroactive relief to all dedicated public service workers with student debt. This action should be immediate and need not wait for the Department of Education to write new rules.