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#Teachers sue #Trump admin for stopping affordable #StudentLoan repayment plans

The American Federation of Teachers represents 1.8 million educators.

By Leah Sarnoff, March 19, 2025

"One of America's largest unions is taking aim at President Donald Trump's administration for shutting down access to affordable student loan repayment plans -- saying the decision is 'effectively breaking' the system.

"The American Federation of Teachers (#AFT), representing 1.8 million educators across the country, filed a lawsuit against the #DepartmentOfEducation in Washington, D.C., hoping to restore the programs that have now been shuttered for three weeks.

"The filing alleges the administration halting the application process for all Income-Driven Repayment (#IDR) plans and ordering student loan servicers to stop all processing violates #FederalLaw.

"AFT sued the United States Department of Education (ED) for effectively breaking the student loan system, denying borrowers' access to affordable loan payments and blocking progress towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness (#PSLF), in violation of federal law,' the union said in a statement Wednesday."

abcnews.go.com/Politics/teache
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ABC News · Teachers sue Trump admin for stopping affordable student loan repayment plansBy Leah Sarnoff

"The Donald Trump administration has taken down the online application form for several popular student debt repayment plans, causing confusion among borrowers and likely creating complications for millions of Americans with outstanding loans.

"Those seeking payment plans are unable to access the applications for income-driven repayment plans (IDR), which cap what borrowers must pay each month at a percent of their earnings, as well as the online application to consolidate their loans on the US Department of Education website."
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f

The Guardian · Trump administration quietly shutters online form for student debt repaymentBy Marina Dunbar

Stigmatude: The attitude personified by lack of understanding and acceptance of people living with invisible disabilities and mental illness, that ableists and many others perpetuate. –OutOfExile_IDR

Disabled people are real... Real cool.

"Mr. Cool" – David Pate-150 on tik-tok is living proof.
Dude's a rockstar!!
Let's remove the stigmatude for all.

Check out David's moves:
tiktok.com/@davidpate150/video

David's page:
tiktok.com/@davidpate150

Link to the video below:
tiktok.com/@davidpate150/video

Thanks to @Yak for posting this video and for his support of the disability community. Thanks to all of you as well.

#Disability #DownSyndrome #EndAbleism #equality & #Love4All #IDR is #InvisibleDisabilityRights
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