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Trump administration abandons appeals in fight over student loan forgiveness program

Thursday 22 October14:41 · 2h agoAI summary
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The Trump administration has stopped its legal effort to restrict eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, leaving the current rules in place.

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01Summary

  1. 01The administration abandoned its appeal in a legal dispute over the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
  2. 02The Education Department had sought to limit who qualifies for PSLF, which forgives loans after 10 years of payments for government and nonprofit workers.
  3. 03The decision ends the administration's push to reform the program through the courts.

02Why it matters

This means borrowers in public service jobs will continue to have access to loan forgiveness after a decade of payments, without the stricter criteria proposed by the administration.

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