While I don’t think this will apply to me since I attended ITT from 2003 -2005. Congrats to these folks. Gives me hope that something will get done eventually. Not sure what’s going on with my DTR. Tried going to the DOE website but that’s a nightmare.
Wow! that is great news!!! The Power of the People!
My husband and I both attended ITT in Ca in 2001. Does this only apply to more recent claims? How do I check on my claim? Thank you for keeping us updated.
My claim was submitted in early 2016 during the Obama administration. I attended ITT 2005-2009. I’m not holding my breath and won’t believe any of this until my account says “$0.00 owed”. Plus I have a feeling they won’t take care of any ITT students that attended the school prior to it closing.
Seth Pontiff
Thank you,a question does this also involve Art Institute of Philadelphia?
Thomas,
Fantastic news! Do you know of any source where I can check to see when/if my claim is going to be discharged? I graduated ITT in 2009 and put in an application 3 years ago to have my loans discharged so naturally I want to stay on top of this. Any advice?
Many thanks!!
-Mike
I attended itt tech how do I know if I’m one of the ones to get relief
I attended ITT. How are people being notified?
Same. I called them the day this was announced and my application is still under review. Same results as when I called them 4 months ago 
Here is a bit of an update with what we know and don’t know at the moment.
The big question that all ITT students have is how to tell if you are included in this latest announcement. The truth is that at the moment there isn’t a way to tell. The only thing we can say definitively right now is that anyone who attended ITT who previously got their DTR denied is not included in this announcement (although there is reason to hope & keep fighting!)
As many of you know, the Borrower Defense Hotline is pretty useless. They won’t be able to tell you whether you are included or not.
The Department of Education says they will start notifying people soon. But based on our past experience we know that can take a long time, and a lot of people can fall through the cracks. In March the Department announced 72,000 people were getting 100% discharge and many of them (maybe even as many as half) have not been notified yet three months later. So it could take many months for them to notify you.
So what can you do? It might be worthwhile to call the Federal Student Aid Ombudsman’s office and ask them if you are included: 1-877-557-2575
I want to be clear about what you can expect when you do this. I don’t think the Ombudsman’s office will be able to give you an answer. The reason to do this is that unlike calling the hotline, this might get the attention of the Department of Education. If you ask to open a case file it will create a papertrail. Don’t let them refer you to the Borrower Defense Hotline. Tell them clearly that the hotline does not have any information and that you want to open a case file with the Ombudsman’s office to make sure you get a clear answer.
Here is more info about the Ombudsman’s office:
https://studentaid.gov/feedback-ombudsman/disputes/prepare#how-contact
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I just filed a complaint on their website and added my Borrower’s Defense to Repayment application number.
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Hey Thomas,
I sincerely believe this will be the last action Biden will take pertaining to student loan forgiveness. He may extend the pause on student loan collection which will then pretty much solidify that he will do nothing further, or he would cancel by executive order.
I am wondering if you have heard anything about the bankruptcy laws changing, allowing student loans to be claimed in bankruptcy?
Thank you for your time.
Brad
Have you heard any news on former students that attended Corinthian College. I went to Branford Hall in Springfield Mass.
My borrower defence application was up for review a few weeks ago. I am so jealous, but happy for all of the ITT students. Congratulations to all of you.
I hope to GOD we’re next.
This is excellent and I sincerely appreciate you answering me to the best of your abilities. Many thanks Thomas!!
Just tried calling the number, at 4:30pm on Monday June 21. It states their contact center is currently closed, but is open Monday through Friday 8am to 8pm Eastern Time, then it hung up on me.
Even if I hit 2 for spanish, it just gives me the same info.
I will try again tomorrow morning and see if anything changes.
Uhg, I’m sorry. Everything at the Department of Education is broken.
Harvard’s Project on Predatory Student Lending just published an FAQ about the recent ITT announcement:
Everytime I call they say my claim is involved in the class action lawsuit Sweet vs Cardona. They say they can’t give me any information until the case is resolved. I went to ITT in Ohio from 2014-2015.
Question:
Does this include recompense of qualified monies paid on said debt under the original BDR standards or is this cancellation of outstanding debt only?
If it is the latter then I have to say in regards to the DoE’s efforts…
Still fleeced and well forgotten w/ thousands of dollars less in my bank account.
Forgive the rudeness, but count me out of celebrating another empty achievement by the DoE to make my imaginary leger of illegitimate debt go ‘POOF!’ while they continue to chop up the $18k I paid into it right to my face so they can dole it out to debt servicing corporations and other high ranking gaping rectums that exploit the motivation to be educated for a profit.
Unacceptable and unsatisfactory.
But more importantly, politically liable to turn a lot more angry student debtors against the Democratic Party for good this time especially if this is how the Biden administration is shaping up to handle BDR’s. Which is to say a clunky, means tested debt jubilee that never gets fully implemented and sucks up all the media attention while the defrauded cash paid in goes out the back never to be seen again. Having the gall to renege on your own Executive Order that was the impetus for the program is a new low as well. (#13607 to be specific).
In closing, if the DoE by way of the Democratic Party (in true laissez faire form), chooses to only forgive debt by shoveling budget money down the gullet of our loan crisis in order to satiate the market economy tapeworm that’s been attached to it for decades and passes on the opportunity once again to take the same funds and divert lump sums to Fed Loan and other servicers to then be automatically disbursed into the direct deposit accounts associated with the defrauded loan…then ‘celebratory’ will be the last thing I’ll be.
Betsy DeVos is a megalomaniacal, sociopathic Calvinist that shared a childhood w/ the homicidal founder of the most infamous mercenary contracting firm in history next to the Crusades of the Catholic Church so what’s this DoE’s excuse? Just didn’t wanna? Please. We’ve done this dance before.
Congrats on the movement and gratitude for all the hard work Debt Collective does on my behalf despite the thorny attitude on this topic.
Good Evening Thomas,
First off, I cannot stress the importance and significance of your help to everyone. You’re seriously an angel and just a giant asset to the community. Kudos to you!
Secondly, I wanted to pick your brain for a moment.
I received (finally) the other day a response from the Department of Education that my Borrower Defense To Repayment application has been approved.
A few days later, I received mail from my Federal Loan servicer, FED Loan Servicing that they received the information from the Department of Education and if I want, I can fill out the Closed School Discharge Application they sent to me.
I went to ITT-Tech and graduated in 2009 and this discharge only applies to Federal loans… Do you think I hold off on filing the Closed School Discharge paper since I had my Borrower Defense to Repayment approved? I would think that I would have to wait for the next steps from the Department of Education as they said it can take up to 180 days for the full discharge.
Confused and excited.
Many thanks!!
-Mike
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