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Trump administration drops legal fight to overhaul student loan forgiveness program
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The Trump administration moved Wednesday to end its legal fight to overhaul a popular student loan forgiveness program.
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by Carl Fox at CDN - The administration agreed to drop two appeals of a June ruling that blocked its plan to cut some employers out of Public Service Loan Forgiveness, while a separate appeal and reported collection plans remain.
The Department of Justice ended its effort to overhaul a student loan forgiveness program without explanation. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program forgives loans for qualified public employees after a decade of payments, a move designed to make public-sector jobs more attractive.
The Trump administration has abandoned its goal to reform the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, dropping a legal fight over the changes this week. The Education Department wanted to place limits on who could qualify for PSLF, which gives student loan forgiveness to people in government…
Two different federal judges in June ruled that the Education Department’s changes to the program were unlawful. On Wednesday, the Trump administration dropped its appeals.
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