The American Federation of Teachers filed a class action lawsuit Friday against Education Secretary Linda McMahon alleging she systematically prevented over 90,000 borrowers from receiving public service loan forgiveness as required by law.
The lawsuit claims borrowers who applied for debt relief have not received information on the status of their applications, requiring them to continue making payments they thought would be forgiven.
“Teachers, nurses and first responders give up higher pay to serve their communities,” AFT President Randi Weingarten said at a news conference in Boston on Friday announcing the lawsuit, in which she is named as the lead plaintiff. “They held up their part of the bargain. The federal government has…