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The Biden administration has implemented new rules governing a well-known student loan forgiveness program for borrowers who work in the nonprofit and public sectors.<\/p>\n

The updated regulations simplify the definition of full-time employment. The changes also expand the program to include certain occupations that previously had been excluded from loan forgiveness. And the new rules are already live.<\/p>\n

Student Loan Forgiveness Under PSLF<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Public Service Loan Forgiveness is geared towards borrowers working in nonprofit or government positions. Those who make 120 qualifying monthly payments \u2014 the equivalent of 10 years \u2014 can receive complete federal student loan forgiveness.<\/p>\n

The original PSLF rules were fairly strict when it came to defining what counted as qualifying employment or a qualifying payment. To start, only payments made on Direct federal student loans under a 10-year Standard plan or Income-Driven Repayment plan could count. And only full-time, direct W-2 employment for qualifying organizations (mostly 501(c)(3) organizations and government entities) was eligible. To meet PSLF requirements, borrowers had to be considered \u201cfull-time\u201d by their employer while working at least 30 hours per week or more.<\/p>\n

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Waivers Have Provided Expanded Student Loan Forgiveness Through PSLF<\/h2>\n

During the last two years, the Biden administration established two temporary programs intended to expand access to PSLF and address historical problems with the program, such as rampant misinformation and poor administering by both the government and its contracted loan servicers.<\/p>\n

These initiatives \u2014 the Limited PSLF Waiver, which ended last fall, and the IDR Account Adjustment, which is ongoing \u2014 relaxed the strict rules governing what constitutes a \u201cqualifying payment.\u201d The waivers have allowed many past periods of repayment, deferment, and forbearance that had been rejected to now count toward loan forgiveness under PSLF. So far, more than 700,000 borrowers have received student loan forgiveness through PSLF under these waiver initiatives \u2014 more than a 100-fold increase compared to earlier years.<\/p>\n

But with some minor exceptions, the waiver and account adjustment did not do much to alter what is considered qualifying PSLF employment<\/em>. To make changes on that front, the Biden administration opted to update the regulations governing the PSLF program.<\/p>\n

New Rules Expand Qualifying Jobs For Student Loan Forgiveness<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Biden administration enacted new PSLF regulations on July 1. These rules update the definition of qualifying employment in three key ways, expanding pathways to student loan forgiveness for key groups of borrowers:<\/p>\n