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Ed. Dept. Delays Start of Student Loan Collections Until 2025

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The Department of Education is making its student loan collection on-ramp a little longer, announcing that it will start reporting late or missed student loan payments to credit bureaus in early 2025, a delay from the originally planned start date this month.

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Student Loan Moratorium Costing Gov’t $5B per Month, Think-Tank Claims in Suit

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The moratorium on student loan payments has cost the federal government $160 billion in lost assets and the federal government should be ordered to force individuals with unpaid student loan debts to start repaying them, according to a nonprofit think-tank that is seeking a preliminary injunction against the Department of Education.

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Senators Accuse CEO of Student Loan Servicer of Lying in Congressional Testimony

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The Chief Executive of one of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies is being accused of lying in testimony before Congress, as the companies winds down its operations servicing student loans on behalf of the federal government.

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Ed. Dept. Will Not Use Tax Refunds, Social Security to Collect on Defaulted Student Loans Until November

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The Department of Education has announced it will suspend the seizure of tax refunds, Social Security payments, and other government payments to collect on defaulted student loans through November.

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Ed. Dept. Launches New Income-Driven Repayment Program

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The Department of Education, along with the federal government, yesterday announced it had launched its updated income-driven repayment application tool for individuals with unpaid student loans, a tool that could help reduce the student loan payments for up to 30 million borrowers.

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Judge Dismisses Suit Challenging Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

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A District Court judge in Michigan has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged an initiative from the federal government seeking to forgive $39 million of student loan debt, determining the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue. Well, that didn’t take very long.

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Gov’t Cancels $7.4B in Student Loans

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The federal government announced on Friday that it had approved an additional $7.4 billion in student loan debt relief for nearly 300,000 borrowers, many of whom were signed up for the administration’s new income-driven repayment program.