Student Loans After SAVE: From the Court Block to the Repayment Assistance Plan
Federal repayment policy entered limbo after courts blocked the Biden administration’s SAVE plan in 2024, placing roughly eight million enrollees into a zero-interest administrative forbearance. The Eighth Circuit’s 2025 ruling broadened the injunction, disrupted income-driven repayment processing, and was followed by a final judgment in 2026 ending SAVE; interest had already resumed for borrowers in the forbearance in August 2025.
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