student loans

ED announces PSLF overhaul, aims to boost 2% approval rate

10/06/21

Education Department Secretary Cardona today announced a remarkably bold, yet sadly incomplete, emergency suspension of regulatory barriers to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

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Thoughts on Student Loans and the FRESH Start Act

08/04/21

A new bill from Senators Durbin and Cornyn promises a way out of student loan debt through a change in the bankruptcy laws. The Fresh START Through Bankruptcy Act of 2021 makes one principal change. After 10 years from the date they first came due, federal student loans would be freely dischargeable. Before 10 years, student loans would be dischargeable only if the debtor could show undue hardship, which is the standard currently.

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Second Circuit Says Student Obligation Was Not Excepted From Discharge

07/21/21

Congress has made it very difficult to discharge a student loan. However, as illustrated by a recent decision from the Second Circuit, not all obligations owed by students in connection with their schooling are excepted from discharge. Homaidan v. Sallie Mae, Inc., 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 20934 (2nd Cir. 7/15/21).

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The Department of Education Can Help With Student Loans in Bankruptcy

07/20/21

With the Second Circuit's decision last week regarding private student loans, student loan discharge in bankruptcy is in the news. As Slipster Adam Levitin blogged, the "big picture" effect of this decision--and the 5th and 10th Circuits--is unclear.

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