This bill, named Domenic and Ed's Law, allows parent borrowers to have their federal student loans discharged if the student on whose behalf they borrowed becomes permanently and totally disabled or dies. The legislation modifies the Higher Education Act to extend loan forgiveness protections to parents, not just students themselves, when a child experiences severe disability lasting at least 60 months or death. The bill applies to all outstanding parent loans regardless of when they were taken out or when the disability began. No specific funding or implementation timeline is mentioned in the legislation. The measure would benefit parents who borrowed through federal student loan programs on behalf of disabled or deceased children by eliminating their repayment obligation.
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