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Student Debt Relief for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loans), the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, the Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins) Program, and the Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) Program; Withdrawal
The Education Department published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on December 26, 2024.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that, under the Secretary's authority to waive repayment of a loan provided by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), proposed to do the following: amend regulations regarding waiver of certain student loan debts; provide targeted debt relief as part of efforts to address the burden of student loan debt; and modify the Department's existing debt collection regulations to provide greater specificity regarding certain non- exhaustive situations in which the Secretary may exercise discretion to waive all or part of any debts owed to the Department.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-30606
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Withdrawal of notice of proposed rulemaking and termination of rulemaking proceeding
- Agency
- Education Department
- Published
- December 26, 2024
- Dates
- The notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register at 89 FR 27564 on April 17, 2024, is withdrawn as of December 20, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket ID ED-2023-OPE-0123
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1840-AD93
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 34 CFR 30; 34 CFR 682
- Pages
- 2
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