Being murdered is no reason to forgive student loan, New Jersey agency says

[Ban Hammer 13,333]

Amid a haze of grief after her son’s murder last year, Marcia DeOliveira-Longinetti faced an endless list of tasks – helping the police gain access to Kevin’s phone and email; canceling his subscriptions, credit cards and bank accounts; and arranging his burial in New Jersey.

And then there were the college loans.

When DeOliveira-Longinetti called about his federal loans, an administrator offered condolences and assured her the remaining balance would be written off.

But she got a far different response from a New Jersey state agency that had also lent her son money.

“Please accept our condolences on your loss,” a letter from that agency, the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, said. “After careful consideration of the information you provided, the authority has determined that your request does not meet the threshold for loan forgiveness. Monthly bill statements will continue to be sent to you.”

DeOliveira-Longinetti, who co-signed on the loans, was shocked and confused. But her experience with the authority, which runs by far the largest state-based student loan program in the country, is hardly an isolated one, an investigation by ProPublica, in collaboration with The New York Times, found.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article87576072.html

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

She is co signer on the loan. Him dying by whatever means, does not relive her obligation.

When you co sign, you are agreeing to pay the loan back if the other person can't for whatever reason.

I see people bit by it all the timw.

Never Co sign unless you are prepared to make the payment

[Merrytooth 5,748]

She is co signer on the loan. Him dying by whatever means, does not relive her obligation.

When you co sign, you are agreeing to pay the loan back if the other person can't for whatever reason.

I see people bit by it all the timw.

Never Co sign unless you are prepared to make the payment

Make sense.

[Rob L 3,811]

The New Jersey student loan program is corrupt and badly in need of reform. This is a known fact that should rest at the feet of Gov Christie and the NJ legislature

[Expat1 971]

They may be corrupt but expecting someone who signed their name on a line promising to pay a loan to pay it has nothing to do with corruption

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

The whole student loan program has become another big govt handout program. Why do you think Hillary wants to forgive them all. I see people weekly who have 50k to 100k of student loans that have the functioning level of an roach and work at McDonalds. Of course they are all in default.

[Expat1 971]

They should add cooking in hot oil to the liberal arts core curriculum at all universities so at least they are trained to immediately enter the workforce

[TBoneTX 45,267]

The college graduate with a science degree asks, "Why does it work?"

The graduate with an engineering degree asks, "How does it work?"

The graduate with an economics degree asks, "How much does it cost?"

The graduate with a liberal-arts degree asks, "Would you like fries with that?"

[Expat1 971]

The college graduate with a science degree asks, "Why does it work?"

The graduate with an engineering degree asks, "How does it work?"

The graduate with an economics degree asks, "How much does it cost?"

The graduate with a liberal-arts degree asks, "Would you like fries with that?"

No man, we have one here who stands above the rest, earns a salary in the top 5%, and is the one who reads the comics to all the others

[ExPatty 502]

tuition is a joke in this country, but if you co-sign a loan it means something.