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Income Contingent Repayment Plan Options

Education · education-loans · Published 2024-11-15 · Effective 2026-07-01 · 89 FR 90221

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Document number
2024-26698
Federal Register citation
89 FR 90221
CFR reference
34 CFR 685
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule; request for comments.
Category
education-loans
Agency
US Department of Education
Publication date
2024-11-15
Effective date
2026-07-01
Docket
Docket ID ED-2024-OPE-0135

Abstract

The Department of Education (Department) issues this interim final rule (IFR) to amend the regulations governing income contingent repayment (ICR) plans available to Federal student loan borrowers to make certain that the Department meets its statutory obligation under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, (HEA) to offer borrowers access to an income contingent repayment plan. The scope of this rule is narrow. It just revises the end date for most borrowers to enroll in ICR or Pay as You Earn plans from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2027. This time-limited change to eligibility restrictions that went into effect on July 1, 2024, will allow the Department to meet its statutory obligations while it undertakes the necessary administrative changes to make its repayment plans that would otherwise be available for borrowers compliant with the terms of an injunction from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Eighth Circuit).

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