What Happens To Student Loan Forgiveness If Trump Abolishes The Department Of Education?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : And if a new federal agency overseeing the system lacks sufficient experience, staffing, or funding to manage hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt and millions of individual accounts, borrowers could bear the brunt of those consequences in the form of slower processing, administrative errors, and less accountability.
43% : Still, Trump reiterated last week that he still supports trying to dismantle the department, saying he wants a "virtual closure of Department of Education in Washington" in an interview with Time.
41% : Here's what student loan borrowers should know about the possible dismantling of the Department of Education.
35% : "I say it all the time, I'm dying to get back to do this: We will ultimately eliminate the federal Department of Education," said Trump in September during a a campaign rally in Wisconsin.
7% : Trump also criticized President Joe Biden's efforts to enact broad student loan forgiveness.

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