Student-loan forgiveness: Biden made his final move on debt relief

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Student-loan forgiveness: Biden made his final move on debt relief
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Student-loan forgiveness under President Joe Biden has officially reached the end of the road.On Thursday, Biden's Education Department announced over $600 million in debt cancellation for 4,550 borrowers on income-based repayment plans and 4,100 borrowers who the department found were defrauded by DeVry University.This latest announcement marks the final student-loan forgiveness action under the Biden administration.

The Education Department also announced on Thursday that it had completed the account adjustments for borrowers on income-driven repayment plans, which corrected borrowers' payment counts and ensured their progress toward forgiveness was up-to-date. The department said that borrowers who recently transitioned to different servicers might see an additional one or two months of payments credited in the coming weeks.

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