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There are an estimated 2 million borrowers who are currently enrolled in IBR. Many of them are approaching forgiveness but face delays and may still be required to make monthly payments even if they qualify for forgiveness.

The Department of Education said it paused time-based student loan forgiveness under the Income-Based Repayment plan as it updates payment counts to reflect a court injunction from earlier this year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to allow frozen education money to be sent to states.

Nothing in any recent court rulings requires the department to halt debt forgiveness under IBR, and it's unclear why the federal government has paused it.

The Income-Based Repayment plan provides borrowers with a feasible option to repay their student loans, and here’s what you need to know.

The Trump Administration can push through with its plans to dismantle the Department of Education after the Supreme Court allowed it to continue laying off nearly 1,400 employees.

The Trump administration has created a partnership between Labor and Education departments to build an integrated federal education and workforce system as part of an effort to downsize the government.

WASHINGTON − An ideologically divided Supreme Court on July 14 allowed the Trump administration to fire hundreds of workers from the Education Department and continue other efforts to dismantle the agency. The court's three liberal justices opposed the order, the latest win for President Donald Trump at the high court.

A coalition of school districts, teachers' unions, nonprofits and parents has filed a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of illegally withholding nearly $7 billion in Congress-approved education funding.