The Trump administration announced a three-phase transition that will eventually include management of most federal student loans as well as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
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Federal oversight protects student borrowers. Some of it has stopped, watchdog says
Without this Education Department oversight, borrowers could “be placed in the wrong loan repayment status, billed for incorrect amounts” and more, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says.
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Millions of student loan borrowers aren’t repaying their loans — and defaults are up
New data offers further confirmation of a crisis in the U.S. student loan portfolio, in which too many borrowers are not repaying their student loans.
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Student loan borrowers in default may soon see their wages garnished
About 5.5 million borrowers are currently in default. They haven’t risked wage garnishment since the beginning of the pandemic, when policymakers paused the practice.
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Federal student loans are changing. Here’s what to expect in 2026
The SAVE Plan is ending and repayment options will change dramatically in the new year.
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Millions of borrowers in Biden’s SAVE plan would start paying under new settlement
Legal challenges put SAVE borrowers in limbo for months, a time during which they were not required to make payments on their loans. That would change if the proposed settlement is approved.
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50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.
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Trump administration shares new moves to dismantle more of the Education Department
Some of the responsibilities the administration aims to move were explicitly assigned to the U.S. Education Department by Congress, raising questions about the legality of these changes.
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Federal special education staff may get their jobs back. But for how long?
A new deal to end the government shutdown may briefly restore staff to U.S. Education Department offices that had been gutted by layoffs.
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Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment
A federal judge says the Trump administration “overplayed its hand” by inserting partisan language into workers’ out-of-office autoreplies.
