Oklahoma Voice: US Education Department delays plan to garnish wages of student borrowers in default

Oklahoma Voice: US Education Department delays plan to garnish wages of student borrowers in default

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education, for now, is backtracking on plans to garnish wages and seize tax refunds of student loan borrowers in default, the department announced Friday.

EXCLUSIVE: Linda McMahon Explains Why Department Paused Involuntary Student Loan Collection

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Education paused involuntary collection of defaulted student loans, but Secretary of Education Linda McMahon told The Daily Signal the process will restart “sooner rather than later.” McMahon said the department delayed the plan to garnish wages from defaulted borrowers in order to create time to make people aware of their options. Why did the Education Department pause involuntary collection of stude…

US Education Department delays plan to garnish wages of student borrowers in default | The Highland County Press

The U.S. Department of Education, for now, is backtracking on plans to garnish wages and seize tax refunds of student loan borrowers in default, the department announced Friday.

Education Department Delays Plan to Garnish Wages of Student Borrowers in Default

The U.S. Department of Education, for now, is backtracking on plans to garnish wages and seize tax refunds of student loan borrowers in default, the department announced last week. Less than a month after the agency said it would begin garnishing wages by sending notices to roughly 1,000 borrowers in default the first full week of January, the department said that the temporary delay would allow it to implement “major student loan repayment refo…

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