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Appeals court rejects Education Department’s bid to delay borrower defense decisions
The decision is just the latest in the Sweet v. McMahon case, which was originally filed in 2019 under the first Trump administration. At the time, borrowers alleged that the Education Department was stonewalling their applications for borrower defense.
As of this April, the Education Department had discharged or refunded $12 billion for almost 300,000 borrowers under the settlement, the agency said in recent court documents.
Education Department Must Wipe Out Student Loans For 500,000 Borrowers Under Settlement, Says Court
Borrowers scored a major victory on Friday after a federal appeals court rejected a challenge to a landmark settlement agreement, and required the Education Department and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to continue discharging the federal student loans for more than 500,000 Americans. The ruling represents the department’s latest loss in the long running saga over the Sweet v. McMahon settlement.
Appeals Court Rejects Department of Education's Bid To Delay Sweet Settlement Relief
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied ED's latest challenge to key deadlines in the landmark settlement, which has secured $23 billion in relief for more than 500,000 borrowers.
1.5 million borrowers were promised student loan relief. A new lawsuit wants proof it happened
A new lawsuit alleges the U.S. Department of Education may not be discharging certain federal student loans as previously promised.
The lawsuit, filed by the Project on Predatory Student Lending, seeks data showing which loans have actually received discharges.
Feds promised $23B in student loan forgiveness for 1.5M borrowers. Lawsuit asks, did it happen?
Years after the Department of Education promised to erase more than $23 billion in debt for 1.5 million student loan borrowers, a new lawsuit questions whether that promise was ever kept.
New Student Loan Lawsuit Filed on Forgiveness Promised to Over a Million
A new lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Education (ED) alleges the agency has failed to provide transparency regarding the status of promised student loan discharges affecting more than 1.5 million borrowers.
The legal challenge raises questions about whether billions of dollars in approved debt relief have actually been delivered.
PPSL Sues Department of Education for Records on Promised Student Loan Relief
After the Department failed to respond to 15 FOIA requests, some pending for over two years, PPSL seeks records on relief promised to more than 1.5 million borrowers
Op-Ed: Loan Caps Will Steer Students Toward Riskier Private Lending
New federal caps on student borrowing are, in theory, designed to finally push colleges to rein in the cost of graduate education. But less than two months before those limits take effect, universities and private lenders are already building private lending pipelines that could keep tuition high while pushing students and their families into riskier debt.
After failing to deliver on promises of rewarding careers, some for-profit schools leave students with lifetime of debt
Students seeking better jobs turn to for-profit colleges, often taking out federal loans only to discover many programs misled them with degrees that can be essentially worthless.
Appeals Court Denies Department of Education’s Request to Delay Settlement Relief in Sweet v. McMahon Borrower Defense Lawsuit
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied ED’s request for an emergency stay pending appeal, allowing settlement relief to proceed