rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/the-gop-wants-to-cut-public-service-loan-forgiveness?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-the-gop-wants-to-cut-public-service-loan-forgiveness' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> AFT Activist https://actionnetwork.org/groups/aft-main-e-activist-group https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/default_facebook_images/000/004/355/original/Screen_Shot_2021-09-24_at_10.34.08_AM.png?1632494514 For a decade, a federal program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness has worked to ease that burden for Americans while also promoting service to our nation. In exchange for 10 years of working in our military, public schools, or civil service or nonprofit service organizations, qualified borrowers can have the balance of their debt forgiven after 10 years of making qualifying repayments. There are 32 million Americans currently eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and millions of Americans rely on it to help pay back the costs of their education. At its core, the program represents the most basic values of higher education and service to America, and those values must be protected. Unfortunately, some in the Republican majority of the House of Representatives have other ideas. While they call it the PROSPER (Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform) Act, it is anything but, as it slashes many of the programs designed to help people afford an education and promote national service. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/the-gop-wants-to-cut-public-service-loan-forgiveness