Yeah, the #DeptEd #NCES servers are definitely struggling today.

Seeing this on an NCES sub-site today, though the homepage appears to still be up.

#DeptEd

Added data from globalchange.gov (and more #DeptEd and #CDC data) today.

https://git.lsit.ucsb.edu/publicdata/globalchange-gov

globalchange-gov

globalchange.gov archives

Git for LSIT at UCSB
Now including data from #DeptEd as well. Added more CDC data. More on the way!

https://git.lsit.ucsb.edu/publicdata/DeptEd
DeptEd

Public Data from Department of Education and NCES.

Git for LSIT at UCSB
DeptEd

Public Data from Department of Education and NCES.

Git for LSIT at UCSB
Just got a letter from #DeptEd that says (despite news reports to the contrary) that the new administrative forbearance for #studentloans will count towards #PSLF and IDR forgiveness credits. That's at least a sliver of good news in the midst of a lot of bad news.

Depending on which paperwork from #MOHELA is valid, I either should have had around 1.5 years of payments as of last November or I still need to make 8 years worth of payments. I have been working in public sector since 2012.

#StudentLoans #DeptEd #PSLF

OK, after a lot of back-and-forth, they finally agreed to re-process the paperwork I (properly re-) submitted in December to fix their previous Consolidation screw up. They also agree to put in a administrative forbearance through May to give them time to process the paperwork and count that time toward PSLF.

I advised that my payment count has dropped since consolidating and that I would be checking in *after* the SAVE/IDR mess is finally cleared up.

#StudentLoans #DeptEd #PSLF

The #MOHELA lady came back and said they it's not possible to stay on the #SAVE plan when you consolidate direct loans and so MOHELA didn't mess up (near verbatim quote). I protested saying I have the paperwork to show that SAVE application along with the Consolidation from #DeptEd. She admitted that she sees that, too, and... place me back on hold.

#StudentLoans

Roughly 2 hours in, I got transferred to someone in training who said they couldn't reprocess my already approved IDR/SAVE application, but that I would need to re-apply which triggered a higher payment and said I would need to take a general, not administrative forbearance to cover their mess up. It was at this moment, I decided lost my cool and was placed back on hold while they "consult about further options".

#MOHELA #StudentLoans #DeptEd