Dental groups urge safeguards in student loan forgiveness rule

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A group of dental organizations is calling on the Department of Education to exercise caution before finalizing a proposed rule that would expel employers from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program for 10 years if they are found to be taking part in activities with a “substantial illegal purpose.” The goal of the proposed rule is to prevent taxpayer-funded loan forgiveness from benefiting employees of organizations engaged in unlawful activities. “While we support the intended purpose of this rule change - which is to remove bad actors from the PSLF program - we would like to see safeguards in place to ensure participating dentists are not penalized should their employer’s qualifying status be suddenly removed,” the coalition of 13 organizations wrote.

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