Biden Administration Stops Accepting Applications for Student Loan Forgiveness Program

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President Joe Biden’s administration has stopped accepting applications for the student loan relief program.

“Courts have issued orders blocking our student debt relief program. As a result, at this time, we are not accepting applications,” the administration’s webpage for the program states.

The Department of Education did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Several courts have ruled the program is unconstitutional. One ruling was handed down this week by a federal judge in Texas.

U.S. District Judge Mark Pitman, a Trump appointee, ordered the program unlawful and vacated it.

In another recent ruling, an appeals court paused the program while it considers a request for a long-term injunction.

The administration has appealed the rulings, which it noted on the webpage.

Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, a Biden appointee, announced the program in August. They have said the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (HEROES) Act of 2003 gives Cardona the authority to grant the widespread relief because of the COVID-19 national emergency.

Litigation against the effort has said the HEROES Act does not empower the administration to offer relief to tens of millions of borrowers. Plaintiffs have also said the program violated the Administrative Procedure Act, which requires a public comment period before a new program is started.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement Thursday that tens of millions of people have already filed for the program, and many have been approved.

“For the 26 million borrowers who have already given the Department of Education the necessary information to be considered for debt relief—16 million of whom have already been approved for relief—the Department will hold onto their information so it can quickly process their relief once we prevail in court,” she said.

Cardona said he was disappointed in Pittman’s ruling.

By Zachary Stieber

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