Take action before Oct. 31, 2022!
Go to studentaid.gov/pslf, log in with your Federal Student Aid ID
(or create one if you do not have one) and make sure your contact
information is up to date. The U.S. Department of Education uses this as
their primary method of contact to reach you about the progress of your
PSLF application.
If you have a Direct Loan, have made 120 payments, and have applied
for PSLF, you should receive automatic forgiveness or updates about your
payment count soon.
If you have a Direct Loan and have NOT applied for PSLF, you need to
apply for PSLF immediately, even if you haven't reached 120 payments yet.
If you have a Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) or Perkins loan, you
must first consolidate into a Direct Loan, then apply for PSLF before the
waiver period ends Oct. 31, 2022.
To begin your PSLF application, visit studentaid.gov/pslf to use the
Department of Education's PSLF Help Tool.
I N O C T . 2 0 21, the Biden Administration issued a "Limited Waiver " of some of the strict requirements of the Public
Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Qualifying payments now include older federal loans, as well as non-Income
Driven Repayment and late payments.
While many have already received forgiveness under this temporary waiver, or are working toward eligibility, the U.S.
Dept. of Education estimates that hundreds of thousands more borrowers will be on average two years closer to loan for-
giveness because of the waiver 's provisions.
Educators and other public service workers must submit a PSLF application before Oct. 31, 2022, to receive the benefits
of the Limited Waiver. Find information at cta.org/public-service-loan-forgiveness-pslf-and-temporary-waiver.
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Learn More
Visit NEA's Student Debt page at nea.org/your-rights-workplace/student-debt-support/
navigate-your-student-debt, where you find helpful information and tools, including the podcast " The PSLF
Changes that Could Change Your Life".
Watch the NEA webinar "Educators of Color and Public Service Loan Forgiveness" at
tinyurl.com/PSLFeducatorsofcolor. Check out the NEA Student Debt Navigator powered by Savi, a tool to find
options to better manage your student loan debt (tinyurl.com/NEAstudentdebtnavigator).
Why You Should Apply
You should submit the PSLF application
even if you have not yet made 120 qualifying
payments or reached 10 years of service.
Submitting the application will help confirm
you are on the right track by ensuring you
are making qualifying payments and work-
ing for a qualifying employer.
It will also allow Federal Student Aid
(FSA) to alert you if any changes are nec-
essary and, under the temporary waiver,
ensure any payments you've made that
qualify under the temporary waiver but
would not otherwise qualify under the reg-
ular PSLF requirements are counted toward
your total.
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