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Education Partial Announced
Income-driven repayment applications reopened after being pulled offline
IBR, PAYE and ICR applications restored
Original action
After an appeals-court ruling paused the SAVE plan, the administration took down income-driven repayment (IDR) applications and directed servicers to stop processing them.
- Department of Education
Reversal
After the American Federation of Teachers sued, the Department reopened online IDR applications for Income-Based Repayment, Pay As You Earn, and Income-Contingent Repayment.
- Mechanism: administrative-action
Notes
Applications reopened but a large processing backlog (hundreds of thousands of requests) persisted into late 2025.