{"id":1200,"date":"2024-04-16T14:34:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T18:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/camilleri\/?p=1200"},"modified":"2024-04-16T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T19:17:07","slug":"student-loan-relief-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/camilleri\/2024\/04\/16\/student-loan-relief-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Camilleri urges MDE to open more application periods for student loan relief grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p style=\"text-align: center;\">School districts should be wary of private companies offering assistance, Camilleri says<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">LANSING (April 11, 2024) \u2014 With a deadline fast approaching, State Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton), the Senate Chair of the Pre-K-12 Education Budget, is urging the Michigan Department of Education to open additional application periods for school districts to take advantage of the state\u2019s Student Loan Repayment Program grants for educators.<\/p>\n<p>Local and intermediate school districts have until today, April 11, to apply for funding through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mde\/services\/ed-serv\/educator-retention-supports\/student-loan-repayment-program\">Section 27k Student Loan Repayment Program<\/a>, which provides $200 to $400 per month to eligible school employees currently paying on their student loans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current year\u2019s budget provides $225 million to help ease the financial burden of Michigan\u2019s hardworking educators \u2014 and there\u2019s still plenty of funding remaining,\u201d Camilleri said. \u201cOur goal in providing this funding is to help school districts improve compensation for their educators so they can attract and retain high-quality staff. That\u2019s why I\u2019m calling on the Michigan Department of Education to open additional application periods so we can help as many educators as possible, and to ensure rules, procedures and guidelines are clear to help districts and educators take advantage of this funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Camilleri is warning school districts to exercise caution when using private vendors to \u201chelp\u201d school employees with federal student loan relief. One company, Fiducius, is being paid by many school districts to administer this process for them, but is asking for unrequired personal information in what should be a free and easy process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany school districts are contracting with companies to administer this debt relief program, not realizing that there could be long-term costs to employees, especially if they are steered into private debt consolidation loans that make them ineligible for federal relief,\u201d Camilleri said. \u201cWhat\u2019s more, some of these private firms are collecting a trove of unnecessary personal data from applicants \u2013 including W-2s, pay stubs and tax returns \u2013 none of which is necessary to access federal student loan relief programs. Such actions should stop, and MDE should clarify published rules to ensure it\u2019s known that such documents are unnecessary in this process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is imperative that school districts protect their employees from being taken advantage of by unscrupulous financial services profiteers,\u201d Camilleri said. \u201cThese companies are making a profit off Michigan taxpayers while mining educators\u2019 private information and increasing risk of identity theft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School districts should be wary of private companies offering assistance, Camilleri says LANSING (April 11, 2024) \u2014 With a deadline fast approaching, State Sen. 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