Who qualifies for discharge due to false certification?
If you were admitted to a school in without a high school degree after 7-1-87, you are generally able to get a false certification discharge. The Department will find the school falsified your ability to benefit in the program unless you did one of the following: • 1. passed an “ability to benefit” test approved by the Department (or prior to1991 by an accrediting agency) that was administered properly, • 2. successfully completed a program of developmental or remedial education provided by the school, or • 3. enrolled before 7-1-91 and received at GED before completing your program of instruction. If your loan is discharged, you will owe no more payments, you will get a refund of past payments. Moreover, the servicing agency will tell credit reporting agencies that the loan was discharged. Any negative credit history should be deleted. You can now apply for more federal student financial aid. The full criteria by which borrowers may qualify for a false certification discharge may be f
