Biden Withdraws Student Loan Forgiveness Programs

President Joe Biden has made a number of makes an attempt to forgive scholar mortgage debt throughout his administration.

President Joe Biden’s administration stated on Dec. 20 that it’s withdrawing efforts to implement two scholar mortgage forgiveness plans.

Two filings to The Federal Register described the Division of Schooling’s choice to withdraw the efforts. Undersecretary of the Division of Schooling James Kvaal additionally notified a federal court docket of the modifications on Dec. 20.

Each filings within the Federal Register described operational challenges.

“Upon additional consideration of the operational challenges in implementing the proposals within the [Notice of Proposed Rulemaking], the Secretary withdraws the [notice] and terminates the rulemaking continuing,” the Division of Schooling stated within the filings.

The choice was made throughout the waning days of the Biden administration because it faces a court docket battle over the president’s scholar debt aid efforts. In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court docket struck down certainly one of Biden’s debt aid plans within the case Biden v. Nebraska.

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