Supreme Court declined to block $6 billion student loan settlement. Here's who qualifies for forgiveness

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The U.S. Department of Education can proceed delivering $6 billion in student loan forgiveness to defrauded students, after Supreme Court's decision.

Consumer advocates applauded the justices' decision.

"Today's swift and decisive action from the highest court should end, once and for all, any ongoing debate about the legitimacy of this settlement," said Eileen Connor, president and director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending. Career Education Colleges and Universities, a trade association representing for-profit colleges, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Relief is a result of class-action lawsuit by borrowers

Starting around 2015, the U.S. Department of Education was flooded with requests for loan forgiveness from students who said their school had misled them.

 

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Hey Trump family! Pay your debts, deadbeats.

Pay. Your. Debts. Deadbeats.

I better qualify because I was censored to for homeland security at university of Phoenix and I was hacked after my first assignment. It would just spin and not send. I refused to pay for schooling that I didn’t get a fair chance to complete school.

Screw that.

students deserve refunds with interest

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