HB 480 Best in Class
We as Science, Math and Special Education teachers were promised by the Student Loan People that we would be able to receive loan forgiveness for 20\% of the total of the loan for each year we taught... continue reading »
"Best In Class Interest Forgiveness Program"
"Restoring the promise to new and 2nd career teachers and their families will stimulate Kentucky's economy. We teachers and our families are currently financially paralyzed by loans that were promised to be forgiven. Please support us, teachers who changed"
"This was promised to me when I started teaching If I had known it would not be available I would have chosen a higher paying lower stress job."
"I doubled on our courses to qualify for loans figuring that I would have Best In Class after completion. Now you tell me that the funds are there. Wait a minute, that can't be!"
"I was had the plans to be very dependent on the forgiveness!"
"I'm committed to the students of the commonwealth, are you committed to upholding a promise to us?"
"It seems to me that if there was a commitment made by both parties and one side fulfilled its side of the bargain, that it is only legitimate to expect the second party to fulfill theirs."
"Many people enrolled in programs and courses "in good faith" that their loans would be paid off. Faith in Governement is at an all time low, this just reinforces peoples perception that the Governement only looks after theirselves-Perception is Reality."
"Special Education Teacher (Bullitt East High School)"
"You should uphold your end of the deal as we are required to pay for our student loans."
"A promise is a promise and it should mean something, especially to a father of four who took out student loans becuase they said this would be done."
"Please give us the help that we need."