Federal Education Department Faces Major Changes: SAVE Plan Targeted, Supreme Court Allows Firings

The Trump administration is moving to end the SAVE student loan repayment plan for millions of borrowers, requiring them to enroll in a new plan and begin repayments. Concurrently, the Supreme Court has allowed the administration to proceed with mass firings of nearly 1,400 employees at the Education Department. Education Secretary Linda McMahon stated that federal aid for low-income students and special education would continue to flow as the department shifts some grant programs to other agencies.