Biden to announce new student loan forgiveness proposals
This round of Biden's student loan forgiveness proposals targets the interest that adds up over time on student loans.
This round of Biden's student loan forgiveness proposals targets the interest that adds up over time on student loans.
Earlier this week, the Biden administration announced $1.2 billion in forgiveness for 153,000 borrowers.
Receiving financial aid can be the difference in whether some attend college or not, making the application process critical.
This latest $4.8 billion in relief brings the grand total of approved debt cancellation by the administration to $132 billion for over 3.6 million Americans.
The number of people seeking help on the platform to pay student loans has exploded over the last year, the crowdfunding site says.
As student loan repayments restart in October, the Biden administration said 125,000 people with student loans will have their debt erased.
Americans with student loan debt need to begin repaying their loans again after a hiatus of more than three years.
Biden administration officials say the new federal program could cut monthly loan payments for 20 million people.
The White House says that the plan is based on the borrower's income and family size, not their loan balances.
Only one-third of borrowers are aware that loan repayments will restart in October, a new survey found.
"We'll use every tool at our disposal to get you the student debt relief you need to reach your dreams," President Biden said.
For many, while inflation is still high and the price for almost everything costing more, it could come as a shock to some having to budget those loan payments.
For three years during the pandemic, students, former students and their families had their federal student loan payments suspended.
The debt ceiling deal includes a provision to end the pandemic-related federal student loan payment pause
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If the Supreme Court strikes down the program, the Biden administration could make some modifications to the policy and try again. KDKA's Jessica Guay shares the latest information.
Some education experts see the plan as a more powerful tool to make college affordable than the proposal to slash or eliminate student debt for 40 million Americans, which is before the Supreme Court.
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A Pennsylvania man is accused of killing his grandmother because he thought she was the devil.
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Women's sports are getting a big boost in Pittsburgh.
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