The hard clocks: PSLF reconsideration must be requested within 90 days of the denial notice (34 CFR 685.219(g)(1)); a California AB 376 demand starts a 30-day cure window and a 45-day pre-suit clock. Federal discharge applications (false certification, closed school) have NO deadline — ignore anyone selling urgency.

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My school closed before I could finish

Q: My school closed before I could finish — what can I do?

Federal closed-school discharge (34 CFR §685.214). 34 CFR §685.214(d)(1)(i)(B): the student was enrolled when the school closed "or the student withdrew from the school not more than 180 calendar days before the school closed"; the Secretary may extend for exceptional circumstances ((h))

The answer: there is a real legal lane for this. "My school closed before I could finish" proceeds as a Federal closed-school discharge (34 CFR §685.214). If granted: full discharge with refunds and credit repair (34 CFR §685.214(b)); if you never applied and a year has passed since closure, discharge should have happened AUTOMATICALLY (§685.214(c)(1)).

The legal basis, verbatim

34 CFR §685.214(d)(1)(i)(B): the student was enrolled when the school closed "or the student withdrew from the school not more than 180 calendar days before the school closed"; the Secretary may extend for exceptional circumstances ((h))

34 CFR §685.214(d)(1)(i)(A): loan proceeds received "on or after January 1, 1986"

34 CFR §685.214(d)(1)(i)(C) (on or after 2023-07-01): the borrower did not complete the program via another branch/location or an approved teach-out

34 CFR §685.214(c)(1): WITHOUT any application, the Secretary discharges the loan 1 year after the closure date if the borrower did not complete a teach-out/branch continuation

What winning gets you

Full discharge of the loan, accrued charges, and collection costs (34 CFR §685.215(b)(1) / §685.214(b)(1))
Reimbursement of amounts already paid, voluntary or collected (§685.215(b)(3) / §685.214(b)(2))
Default status removed; Title IV eligibility restored (§685.215(b)(4) / §685.214(b)(3))
Adverse credit history deleted at every consumer reporting agency ED reported to (§685.215(b)(5) / §685.214(b)(4))

The documentation checklist

Enrollment records showing you were enrolled at closure or your withdrawal date
The school's closure date (ED publishes closure dates; the engine computes your 180-day window from it)
Statement that you did not complete via a teach-out or another branch (for post-2023-07-01 applications)

What they may say — and the reality

ED will check teach-out completion — accepting but NOT completing a teach-out preserves eligibility (34 CFR §685.214(c)(2))
Withdrew more than 180 days before closure: ask for the exceptional-circumstances extension (§685.214(h)) — e.g. the school ended your program early or told you it was closing

Engine notes

If you never applied, ED discharges AUTOMATICALLY 1 year after the closure date (§685.214(c)(1)) — if more than a year has passed and you still carry the loan, the packet demands the automatic discharge
No filing deadline exists for the borrower's own discharge application — ignore anyone selling urgency (34 CFR §685.215/§685.214 contain none)
[GAP] loan_type not supplied — screens assume a federal Direct Loan; check your loan type at studentaid.gov (private loans have NO federal discharge rights)
[GAP] closure_date not supplied — window and automatic-discharge math skipped; ED publishes official closure dates

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Generated 2026-07-08 by EduPulse (The Aslan Group LLC) from the same source-cited legal reference data our paid engine uses (34 CFR §§685.214/685.215/685.219, eCFR issue 2026-07-06; Cal. Civ. Code §§1788.100–1788.106). Informational, not legal advice. We never request FSA credentials and cannot expedite federal processing. Contact: info@theaslangroupllc.com