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A little-known nonprofit created by Indiana lawmakers more than four decades ago could become a major lender for student loan borrowers due to tighter federal student loan restrictions.
In justifying the change, Trump officials said the Education Department is “ill-equipped” to handle such a big loan portfolio.
There were about 5.3 million borrowers who had not made a payment on their federal student loans for at least 360 days as of June 30.
Even as the Education Department reopens loan forgiveness, the ongoing government shutdown could slow the agency’s ability to process discharges quickly.
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, about 1 in 4 people with student loan accounts were more than 90 days behind on payments at the end of March.
Millions of Americans are suddenly facing dramatically lower credit scores from delinquent student loans, making it tougher for them to secure housing, insurance, car loans and even employment at a vulnerable time for the U.S. economy.
The announcement marks an end to a period of leniency that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. No federal student loans have been referred for collection since March 2020, including those in default.
The settlement stems from a 2017 lawsuit brought by the bureau that casts Navient as a company that was far more concerned with its financial interests than the needs of vulnerable student loan borrowers.
Cost estimates of the new Saving on a Valuable Education plan vary from $276 billion to $475 billion over 10 years.
The ruling comes the same day that the Biden administration announced another round of student loan relief, this time totaling $1.2 billion in forgiveness for roughly 35,000 borrowers who are eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
The judges’ rulings prevent the U.S. Department of Education from helping many of the intended borrowers ease their loan repayment burdens going forward under a rule set to go into effect July 1.
Indianapolis was home to one of the system’s schools, the Art Institute of Indianapolis, from 2006 to 2018.
The administration began sending email notifications on Wednesday to some of the borrowers who will benefit from what the White House has called the SAVE, or Saving on a Valuable Education, program.
Borrowers will be eligible for cancellation if they are enrolled in the new SAVE plan, if they originally borrowed $12,000 or less to attend college, and if they have made at least 10 years of payments.
The Education Department on Monday released a draft of new federal rules paving the way for a second federal attempt at loan relief.
The latest attempt will rest on a sweeping law known as the Higher Education Act, which gives the education secretary authority to waive student loans, although how far that power extends is the subject of legal debate.
Millions of Americans must start repaying their federal student loans again in October, with monthly payments averaging hundreds of dollars. Here’s what you should know.
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit issued an injunction to prevent the government from implementing regulations that took effect last month while it considers a lawsuit brought by Career Colleges and Schools of Texas.
The Biden administration calls it a “student loan safety net.” Opponents call it a backdoor attempt to make college free. And it could be the next battleground in the legal fight over student loan relief.
Hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers will soon be required to make payments on their federal student loans after a 3-1/2-year pandemic pause—and some of those borrowers are more prepared for that day than others.
