Forgive all undergraduate tuition-related federal student debt from two- and four-year public colleges and universities and private HBCUs and MSIs for debt-holders earning up to $125,000.
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- Biden Medium post — Joe Biden Outlines New Steps to Ease Economic Burden on Working Peoplehttps://medium.com/@JoeBiden/joe-biden-outlines-new-steps-to-ease-economic-burden-on-working-people-e3e121037322 ↗
“Forgive all undergraduate tuition-related federal student debt from two- and four-year public colleges and universities for debt-holders earning up to $125,000; this benefit also applies to individuals holding federal student loans for tuition from private HBCUs and MSIs.”
- The White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/24/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-student-loan-relief-for-borrowers-who-need-it-most/ ↗
“up to $20,000 in debt cancellation to Pell Grant recipients with loans held by the Department of Education, and up to $10,000 in debt cancellation to non-Pell Grant recipients.”
- The White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2025/01/13/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-approving-student-debt-cancellation-for-over-5-million-americans/ ↗
“Today, my Administration is approving student loan relief for more than 150,000 borrowers – bringing the total number of Americans who have had their student debt cancelled by my Administration to over 5 million.”
“The Supreme Court on Friday invalidated President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, ruling that a 2003 federal law does not allow the program to wipe out nearly half-a-trillion dollars in debt.”
- The White House (Biden archive), official transcripthttps://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/06/30/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-supreme-courts-decision-on-the-administrations-student-debt-relief-program/ ↗
“Today, the Supreme Court sided with them. I believe the Court's decision to strike down my student debt relief program was a mistake, was wrong.”
“The Supreme Court on Friday struck down the Biden administration's program to forgive student loan debt for more than 43 million American borrowers.”
- Biden Campaign via Democracy in Action archivehttps://www.democracyinaction.us/2020/biden/bidenpolicy100819education.html ↗
“Providing two years of community college or other high-quality training program without debt for any hard-working individual looking to learn and improve their skills to keep up with the changing nature of work.”
- The White House (Biden archives)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/28/fact-sheet-the-american-families-plan/ ↗
“Offer two years of free community college to all Americans, including DREAMers.”
“Free community college is no longer a part of that package”
- Biden Campaign Press Release — Joe Biden Outlines Plan for Students, Educators, and Our Future (American Presidency Project)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/biden-campaign-press-release-joe-biden-outlines-plan-for-students-educators-and-our-future ↗
“Biden will triple funding for Title I and require districts to use these funds to offer educators competitive salaries and make other critical investments prior to directing the funds to other purposes.”
- U.S. Department of Educationhttps://www.ed.gov/sites/ed/files/about/overview/budget/budget22/summary/22summary.pdf ↗
“The fiscal year 2022 Request includes $20 billion for a new Title I Equity Grants program as part of President Biden's commitment to dramatically increase funding for Title I schools.”
- U.S. Department of Educationhttps://www.ed.gov/sites/ed/files/about/overview/budget/budget25/summary/25summary.pdf ↗
“$18.6 billion for Title I, an increase of $200 million compared to the fiscal year 2024 annualized CR level”
“A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit then issued a sweeping injunction blocking the SAVE plan.”
- Public Law 117-2, American Rescue Plan Act (govinfo.gov)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-117publ2/pdf/PLAW-117publ2.pdf ↗
“Gross income does not include any amount which (but for this subsection) would be includible in gross income by reason of the discharge (in whole or in part) after December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2026”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-07-10/pdf/2023-13112.pdf ↗
“The Department disagrees with the suggestion and will keep the maximum time to forgiveness at 20 years for borrowers with only undergraduate loans and 25 years for borrowers with any graduate loans.”
- The White House (Biden archive)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/09/16/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-1-3-billion-in-additional-funding-and-a-record-of-over-17-billion-in-total-support-for-historically-black-colleges-and-universities-hbcus/ ↗
“the Biden-Harris Administration has set another record of over $17 billion in federal investments in HBCUs from Fiscal Years (FY) 2021 through current available data for FY 2024”
- Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Educationhttps://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/dear-colleague-letters/2024-01-31/2024-2025-federal-pell-grant-maximum-and-minimum-award-amounts-updated-april-5-2024 ↗
“Under these continuing appropriations, for the 2024-2025 award year, the maximum Pell Grant award remains fixed at $7,395.”
- The White House (Biden archive)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/11/fact-sheet-the-presidents-budget-for-fiscal-year-2025/ ↗
“The Budget builds on successful bipartisan efforts to increase the maximum Pell Grant award by $900 over the past two years—the largest increase in more than 10 years.”
- The Hillhttps://thehill.com/homenews/education/5090323-biden-student-debt-relief-loan-forgiveness/amp/ ↗
“The administration touted 1.7 million borrowers received forgiveness under the Borrower Defense program, 1 million from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, almost 1.5 million from income-driven repayment and more than 600,000 for those with permanent or total disabilities.”
- The White House (Biden archives)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/30/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-provide-debt-relief-and-support-for-student-loan-borrowers/ ↗
“Not charge borrowers with unpaid monthly interest, so that unlike other existing income-driven repayment plans, no borrower's loan balance will grow as long as they make their monthly payments”
- U.S. Department of Educationhttps://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-announces-agreement-missouri-end-biden-administrations-illegal-save-plan ↗
“In February 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit enjoined implementation of the entire SAVE Plan.”
- The White House (Biden archives)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/02/21/fact-sheet-president-biden-cancels-student-debt-for-more-than-150000-student-loan-borrowers-ahead-of-schedule/ ↗
“Already, 7.5 million borrowers are enrolled in the SAVE Plan, and 4.3 million borrowers have a $0 monthly payment.”
“District court in Kansas issues order preventing implementation of SAVE provisions set to take effect on July 1 (5% payment rate)”
- Office of Sen. Chris Van Hollen (senate.gov)https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/04/07/2025/van-hollen-huffman-introduce-bill-to-fully-fund-special-education ↗
“According to the Congressional Research Service, current funding is at less than 12 percent, and the IDEA shortfall in the 2024-2025 school year nationwide was $38.66 billion.”
- White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/28/fact-sheet-the-presidents-budget-for-fiscal-year-2023/ ↗
“The Budget increases support for children with disabilities by providing a $3.3 billion increase for IDEA Grants to States – the largest two-year increase ever for the program.”
- White House (archived)https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/10/28/build-back-better-framework/ ↗
“Expand access to free high-quality preschool for more than 6 million children.”
“West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin doomed President Biden's roughly $2 trillion social spending and climate legislation known as Build Back Better on Sunday”
“Thanks to these improvements, as of today, over 1 million public service workers have been approved for debt cancellation through PSLF.”
- Federal Register (govinfo.gov)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-11-01/pdf/2022-23447.pdf ↗
“we are amending the regulations governing Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) in the Direct Loan program to improve the application process, and to clarify and expand definitions for full-time employment, qualifying employers, and qualifying monthly payments”
“we amend the Title IV Revenue and Non-Federal Education Assistance Funds regulations (referred to as "90/10" or the "90/10 Rule") to implement the statutory change in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP)”
“The Secretary establishes and amends regulations related to gainful employment (GE) to address ongoing concerns about educational programs designed to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation”
- Inside Higher Edhttps://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/04/08/borrower-defense-rules-blocked-again ↗
“Simply put, the statute does not permit the department to terrify first and clarify later.”