U.S. Department of Education

Negotiated Rulemaking- Data Requests

Student Loan Debt Relief

October 10 – 11, 2023

Data requests from the Zoom Chat during Session 1. ED responses shared via email by FMCS with 

negotiators. 

Requester Data Request Response 

David Ramirez - Student Loan 

Borrowers - 2 years or less

Is there data on how many 

borrowers did not enroll despite 

being notified of their eligibility 

for relief? What strategies does 

the Department use, if any, in 

following up with those 

individuals?

Data Not Filled Response

Thank you for your interest in 

the data you requested. We 

appreciate your commitment 

to ensuring you have what you 

need to fulfill your role as 

negotiator. After careful 

review, we determined that we 

could not fulfill your request. 

The Department has limited 

resources for producing and 

validating data and given the 

breadth of our initiatives we 

are unable to process requests 

that do not directly support our 

work in these negotiations. We 

also want to make sure you are 

aware that the Department 

posts a significant amount of 

data on its Open Data Platform 

at Data Explorer - Department 

of Education Open Data 

Platform.
Vincent Andrews - Veterans or 

Veteran Organization

How much data has been 

conducted on the impact of 

how waivers will impact 

individual constituencies? What 

borrowers will benefit most 

from waivers?

Data Not Filled Response

Thank you for your interest in 

the data you requested. We 

appreciate your commitment 

to ensuring you have what you 

need to fulfill your role as 

negotiator. After careful 

review, we determined that we 

could not fulfill your request. 

The Department has limited 

resources for producing and

validating data and given the 

breadth of our initiatives we 

are unable to process requests 

that do not directly support our 

work in these negotiations. We 

also want to make sure you are 

aware that the Department 

posts a significant amount of 

data on its Open Data Platform 

at Data Explorer - Department 

of Education Open Data 

Platform.

Ashley Pizzuti - Student Loan 

Borrowers - 2 years or less

I would like to see a list of BDTR 

applications currently by school. 

These should include those who 

have already received 

forgiveness due to litigation. 

Corinthian, ITT, Sweet v. 

Cardona Class members 

borrowers for example. The list 

should include any school with 

more than BDTR applications 

and if that school is currently 

operating or if they have closed

Data Not Filled Response

Thank you for your interest in 

the data you requested. We 

appreciate your commitment 

to ensuring you have what you 

need to fulfill your role as 

negotiator. After careful 

review, we determined that we 

could not fulfill your request. 

The Department has limited 

resources for producing and 

validating data and given the 

breadth of our initiatives we 

are unable to process requests 

that do not directly support our 

work in these negotiations. We 

also want to make sure you are 

aware that the Department 

posts a significant amount of 

data on its Open Data Platform 

at Data Explorer - Department 

of Education Open Data 

Platform.
Wisdom Cole - Civil Rights 

Organization

Would like data on the 

Departments effectiveness of 

outreach participation rates in 

IDR and forgiveness programs. 

Would like to see clear concise 

data points that can show who 

is applying amongst those who 

are most impacted by debt.

Data Not Filled Response

Thank you for your interest in 

the data you requested. We 

appreciate your commitment 

to ensuring you have what you 

need to fulfill your role as 

negotiator. After careful 

review, we determined that we 

could not fulfill your request. 

The Department has limited 

resources for producing and 

validating data and given the 

breadth of our initiatives we 

are unable to process requests 

that do not directly support our 

work in these negotiations. We 

also want to make sure you are 

aware that the Department 

posts a significant amount of 

data on its Open Data Platform 

at Data Explorer - Department 

of Education Open Data 

Platform.