WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Millions of borrowers benefit from Public Service Loan Forgiveness, a program to forgive federal student loans.
“One of the populations that the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program helps is, service members, military service members,” Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) said.
Courtney says military members aren’t getting full credit for their deployed service. He blames current rules and poor communication between the Departments of Education and Defense for preventing a full discharge of the loans.
“The data shows that military service members are really struggling in terms of getting discharges done in a timely fashion,” Courtney said.
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Courtney introduced a bipartisan bill to ensure service members have their service period counted toward student loan forgiveness.
“You’re serving overseas wearing the uniform of this country, those months of service will continue to be counted towards the ten-year goal of getting to, a full discharge,” Corutney said.