Yes under certain conditions you may be discharged from your loan or you may have a portion of your loan canceled based on your employment or volunteer service.
What are the eligibility requirements for the cancellation of a Perkins loan?
Do you have a Perkins Loan?
Yes I do.
Have you served full-time in a public or non-profit elementary or secondary school as a teacher?
Yes I have as a teacher in a school serving students from low income families.
You mentioned a school serving student from low income families. Please confirm that you were a teacher in such a school.
No I did not.
Have you been a special education teacher?
No I have not been a special education teacher.
Have you been a teacher in the fields of mathematics, science, foreign languages, or bilingual education, or in any other field of expertise determined by a state education agency to have a shortage of qualified teachers in that state?
No I have not.