STUDENT LOAN

The Federal Student Aid Office has more than 1,000 employees, but it is uncertain if they would be transferred to the SBA.

Democrats and student loan borrowers worry this access may violate federal privacy laws. However, even if the access was unlawful, borrowers were unlikely to see any relief.

The draft order acknowledges that only Congress has the power to shut down the department, so it directs the agency to start reducing its size. The official said the public announcement may happen later this month.

Several states sued the Education Department to prevent it from implementing billions-worth of student-loan forgiveness.

In a brief order, the top court refused to lift a nationwide injunction issued by an appeals court, which had blocked the plan from going into effect.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the request of seven Republican-led states to suspend parts of the Department of Education's debt relief plan, which had not been previously blocked by a lower court.

President Joe Biden has forgiven more student loans, amounting to $1.2 billion.

The court rulings temporarily prevent the Biden administration from forgiving more federal student debt under the SAVE plan.

The Biden administration approved the cancellation of $7.7 billion student loan of 160,500 borrowers to help ease the burden of household education debt.

Biden's forthcoming plan is expected to broaden federal student loan relief to specific yet-to-be-identified groups of borrowers under the Higher Education Act.

Democratic lawmakers voice concerns over the impact of mounting student debt on Social Security benefits for millions of older Americans.

The Biden-Harris administration announces automatic discharge of $1.2 billion in student loans for nearly 153,000 eligible borrowers under the SAVE Plan.

The revised plan focuses on individuals with balances exceeding their original borrowings and students from institutions of questionable quality.

The U.S. Department of Education declared that the rollout of the revamped Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has encountered problems, causing postponement in colleges receiving applicant information

After the Supreme Court struck down his student loan forgiveness program, President Joe Biden introduced a new plan to accomplish the program's goals.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide by the end of this month the fate of race-conscious collegiate admission policies, one of the major disputes - also including cases involving LGBT rights and student debt forgiveness - still yet to be resolved as the justices speed toward the end of their current term.

The Biden administration announced it fully approved over 16 million applicants for its student loan relief program, but still awaits a Supreme Court ruling.

The Education Department corrected a previous email that mistakenly indicated borrowers were approved for loan forgiveness.

The Education Department said they are seeking "corrective action" after nearly 9 million Americans were falsely told they wer approved for loan forgiveness.

The Supreme Court announced it would hear challenges to Biden's student debt relief program beginning in February 2023.

The pause has been extended 8 times since March 2020 after the pandemic affected lenders' ability to pay.