Two federal judges on Tuesday struck down the Trump administration’s restrictions on a popular student-loan-forgiveness program for public servants, a day before the new rule was set to take effect.
U.S. District Judge Myong J. Joun in Massachusetts sided with a group of nonprofits, states, cities and unions that challenged the legality of the administration’s revised eligibility requirements for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), which cancels the education debt of government and nonprofit employees after 10 years of service and 120 monthly loan payments.
In a separate but related case, U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali in the District of Columbia ruled on Tuesday in favor of civil rights groups that sued the Education Department to stop the eligibility changes.
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