Topic: U.S. Congress

AFT president speaks out against problems with student loan forgiveness program

Eleven years ago, Congress created the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to forgive the education debts of borrowers who dedicate a decade of their lives to jobs in the public sector--including teachers--and who make ongoing payments for those 10 years. Texas AFT and our national affiliate, the American Federation of Teachers, have included the program as one of the components...