总统乔·拜登预计将讨论一个新专业的框架学生贷款债务减免计划学生贷款周一在前往威斯康星州的途中,熟悉白宫计划的消息人士向ABC新闻证实了这一消息。
拜登定于周一前往麦迪逊,这是一所主要大学的所在地,也是一个关键的战场州。
消息人士称,一项可能影响数百万借款人的拟议规则可能即将敲定。白宫尚未证实任何细节。
最新的提议是首次报道由华尔街日报在周五。
消息人士告诉ABC新闻,与学生贷款债务减免计划席卷全国的学生贷款不同击倒最高法院去年规定,这一新法案将要求借款人属于特定类别才能获得救济,例如可能出现财务困难或持有的债务因利息而高于最初借款金额。
消息人士称,这一区别是一种更有针对性的债务取消方法,这是白宫这次对其法律立场充满信心的部分原因,如果新提案也受到挑战的话。
近几个月来,教育部一直在与利益相关者举行公开听证会,这一举措被认为是最佳做法,也是巩固新法规合理性和地位的一种方式。
最高法院于2023年6月驳回了拜登政府对学生贷款债务减免计划的首次贷款。在一项6比3的裁决中,法院裁定教育部在消除超过4000亿美元的联邦学生贷款债务时超越了其权限。
该计划将免除年收入低于12.5万美元的借款人高达1万美元的债务。申请佩尔助学金支付大学学费的借款人可能会被取消高达2万美元的贷款。
4300万美国人将有资格参加该计划,教育部在因法律挑战而停止之前已经批准了1600万借款人的申请。
拜登将解决学生贷款债务作为一项关键的竞选承诺,他在裁决后表示,“斗争尚未结束。”
Biden to discuss new student loan forgiveness plan in Wisconsin on Monday: Sources
PresidentJoe Bidenis expected to discuss the framework for a new majorstudent loan forgiveness planon Monday during a trip to Wisconsin, sources familiar with the White House's plans confirm to ABC News.
Biden is scheduled to travel on Monday to Madison, home to a major university and in a crucial battleground state.
A proposed rule that could impact millions of borrowers may be close to being finalized, sources said. The White House would not yet confirm any details.
The latest proposal wasfirst reportedby The Wall Street Journal on Friday.
Sources told ABC News that unlike the sweeping student loan forgiveness plan that wasstruck downby the Supreme Court last year, this new one will require borrowers to fall into specific categories to get relief, such as possible financial hardship or holding debt that because of interest is now bigger than the amount originally borrowed.
That distinction -- a more targeted approach to debt cancellation -- is part of what makes the White House confident in their legal footing this time should a new proposal be challenged as well, sources said.
The Department of Education has been engaged in recent months in public listening sessions with stakeholders -- a move considered best practice and a way to firm up justification and standing for new regulations.
The Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration's initial loan forgiveness plan in June 2023. In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled the Department of Education exceeded its authority when it moved to wipe out more than $400 billion in federal student loan debt.
The program would have forgiven up to $10,000 in debt for borrowers making less than $125,000 a year. Borrowers who took out Pell Grants to pay for college could have had up to $20,000 canceled.
Forty-three million Americans would have qualified for the program, and the Education Department had already approved applications for 16 million borrowers before halting due to legal challenges.
Biden, who made tackling student loan debt a key campaign pledge, said following the ruling that "the fight is not over."