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Reconciliation Deep Dive: House Committee Proposes Major Overhaul of Federal Student Loans, Repayment, and PSLF
May 6, 2025 - Last week, the House Committee on Education & Workforce released and advanced its portion of a reconciliation bill, outlining significant proposed changes to the federal student loan system. The legislation touches nearly every aspect of bo... -
ED Files Memorandum in Opposition to American Federation of Teachers’ IDR Lawsuit
April 15, 2025 - On April 8th, the Department of Education (ED) published a memorandum in opposition to the recent restraining order filed against them by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), in which AFT charged that ED was blocking borrowers’ progress t... -
Court Ruling Affirms Blocking of SAVE Plan While Next Steps for the Program Remain Uncertain
February 25, 2025 - In the spring of 2024, a federal court issued an injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Education (ED) from fully implementing the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan. Since that ruling the program’s fate has remained unc... -
ED Gives Institutions Two Weeks to Comply with New Nondiscrimination Obligations or Risk Losing Federal Funding
February 18, 2025 - The Trump Administration, in a Dear Colleague letter sent over the weekend, has signaled its intent to withhold federal funding from institutions that it determines “have discriminated against students on the basis of race.”