[AISLE-Share] Federal Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program

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It took me a year of applications and phone calls and letters to convince them that I was a teacher with everything from scheduled classes and outside door duty to lesson plans and observations. I finally had 5k forgiven....about 5 yrs ago. 


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-------- Original message --------From: Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> Date: 7/17/18  10:54 AM  (GMT-06:00) To: aisle at list.railslibraries.info Subject: Re: [AISLE-Share] Federal Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program 
I tried to get loan forgiveness. According to the Fed Ed Dept, we teacher-librarians are NOT teachers. We cannot utilize the Teacher Forgiveness Loan. However, we are lumped in with other civil servants and are eligible for that program--maybe Public Service Loan Forgiveness. In the first one you  get your loan forgiven after 5 years. In the second it is after 10 years. I was signed up to pay back over 10 years, so I am not able to take advantage of either. In fact, Fed Ed keeps sending me emails that I should change my repayment plan so that I can advantage of the forgiveness. Why would I do that? I will be repaid this year anyway. What really made me mad about it was that even though I had paperwork from my district stating that I teach literacy skills to 700 students every week, they said I was not a "teacher" and sent a print out of my district web page that says that I am the librarian. Needless to say, I am not a fan of the Fed Ed Dept for this and many other reasons!
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 8:33 AM, Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
Hi all,I am NOT an expert in any way regarding loan forgiveness, but I was recently looking at this website for my son-in-law who is considering a career change:
https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/charts

For librarians under the Federal Perkins Loan Chart:  (This is a graphic and may not display in everyone's email but you can use the above link to find it after scrolling past the Direct Loan and FFEL Program loan forgiveness information.)

Librarian with a master's degree working in a Title I-eligible elementary or secondary school or in a public library serving Title I-eligible schools (for service that includes Aug. 14, 2008, or began on or after that date)Up to 100 percent



On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 7:03 PM, Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
Actually, I would also like to know this information.Maybe reply to the listserve so we can all benefit?


Mariela Siegert
Adjunct Faculty, SOIS at Dominican UniversityAISLE Board Member​School Librarian​, Westfield Middle School​ in Bloomingdale, IL​marris116 at gmail.com@marris116Instagram:  msiegert_WFMS_Library

On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 12:27 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
Good Morning!
Have any Secondary School Librarians had success with the Federal Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program?  Please contact me off list.
Thanks!
Rose
rjanusz at dupage88.net




Rose Janusz, MLIS
Library Media Center DirectorDuPage High School District 88Ph. (630) 628-2611  
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