MIGUEL CARDONA

It's been almost three years since borrowers with federal student loans have had to make a payment, and the White House has now given them even more time.

U.S. has told millions of people with student loans that their applications for relief were approved — but there's a hitch.

The president has extended the student loan repayment pause into 2023. Biden said he wants to give lawsuits against debt cancellation time to play out, and the Supreme Court time to weigh in.

The Dept. of Education began notifying borrowers that they are approved for student debt forgiveness, but lawsuits are still blocking relief.

The Department of Education on Saturday began sending emails to notify borrowers they were approved for debt relief, even as its held up in court.

The Biden administration announced updated guidelines that will make it easier for those struggling with their student debt to discharge it in bankruptcy.

The Biden administration has stopped accepting applications for federal student loan forgiveness after a court struck down the plan on Thursday evening.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — President Joe Biden's education secretary has tested positive for COVID-19. Miguel Cardona, who has been vaccinated and boosted against the virus, tested positive Tuesday and has mild symptoms, the Education Department said in a statement. He tested positive the morning after he attended Halloween festivities at the White House. Cardona, 47, separately welcomed elementary school trick-or-treaters to the Education Department on Monday and later spoke at the Association of Art Museum Directors’ annual meeting. ___The Associated Press education team receives support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

President Joe Biden’s education secretary has tested positive for COVID-19.

The new rules take hold in July and are separate from President Joe Biden's sweeping student debt forgiveness plan, which has been held up in court amid a legal challenge from Republican-led states. Under the existing rules, teachers, nurses and other public workers can get the rest of their federal student debt erased after making 120 monthly payments. Borrowers in certain situations will also be able to make progress toward debt forgiveness even if they aren’t making payments. That program cancels federal student debt for people who are permanently disabled and unable to generate significant income. Loosening the rules around existing debt forgiveness programs has been a priority for the Biden administration, which has already granted $38 billion in debt cancellation for defrauded students, public students and others.

The Biden administration is moving forward with an overhaul of several student debt forgiveness programs, aiming to make it easier for borrowers to get cancellation if they are duped by their colleges or if they put in a decade of work as public servants.

The Biden administration is moving forward with an overhaul of several student debt forgiveness programs, aiming to make it easier for borrowers to get relief if they are duped by their colleges or if they put in a decade of work as public servants. The Education Department on Monday finalized a package of rules that it proposed earlier this year. The new rules take hold in July and are separate from President Joe Biden’s sweeping student debt forgiveness plan, which has been held up in court amid a legal challenge from Republican-led states.

The Biden administration is moving forward with an overhaul of several student debt forgiveness programs, aiming to make it easier for borrowers to get relief if they are duped by their colleges or if they put in a decade of work as public servants. The Education Department on Monday finalized a package of rules that it proposed earlier this year. The new rules take hold in July and are separate from President Joe Biden’s sweeping student debt forgiveness plan, which has been held up in court amid a legal challenge from Republican-led states.

The U.S. Department of Education announced sweeping new changes to the federal student loan system, including additional consumer protections for borrowers.

Affirmative action and the Supreme Court – court needs to end Harvard’s discrimination against Asian Americans. Discrimination of any kind is morally wrong.

The U.S. Education Department announced plans Tuesday to permanently change the long-troubled program to grant more borrowers forgiveness. The department had already made several temporary changes.

The Biden administration is making permanent changes to its public service loan forgiveness plan to make it easier for borrowers to have their loans forgiven.

A large majority of Florida eighth graders do not read proficiently and struggle with 8th grade-level math skills.

Teachers' union head kept a low profile after new national test scores showed a significant drop in math and reading among U.S. students impacted by remote learning during the pandemic

A federal appeals court is willing to hear a lawsuit from Republican-leaning states.

Key figures including Betsy DeVos and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and parental rights organizations reacted to the poor U.S. report card on math and reading scores.

A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, putting on hold any debt relief. >> Read more trending newsThe ruling comes after six states brought a suit aimed at stopping the program that cancels a portion of student loan debt for those with federally backed student loans. The program cancels $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 a year, or households making less than $250,000. The application portal went live last week and by Friday, more than 22 million people had applied for loan forgiveness. Administration officials stressed over the weekend that while the program was suspended by the court, the application process will continue.

The test measures reading and math proficiency for fourth- and eighth-graders. It's administered every two years, but the pandemic delayed the 2021 report until now.

New national test results show that the pandemic spared no part of the country as it caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children.

Nearly 22 million people — more than half of qualifying borrowers — have signed up. The Biden administration says it is continuing to accept and review applications during the temporary hold.

Nashville, Tenn. — (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona's household as a child was filled with music. But he says in too many school systems, students don't have access to music education or instruments. Cardona believes music education is a part of the solution to rebuilding students and their schools. "And those music teachers know how to reconnect them to community.”Cardona was in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday to meet with educators from across the U.S. who were selected as music teachers of excellence through the Country Music Association Foundation. Some students said that music programs were the main thing that kept them in school during the pandemic.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona grew up in a musical household playing instruments with his family.

President Joe Biden has officially kicked off the application process for his student debt cancellation program, opening the door for millions of Americans to apply for up to $20,000 in forgiveness.

President Joe Biden has officially kicked off the application process for his student debt cancellation program.

A small business advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration’s efforts to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona left out academics from a statement about schooling priorities as literacy rates plummeted nationwide.

Many Americans have been asking for years for the government to cancel student loan debt, but why is it happening now?

President Biden and Vice President Harris told a task force "extremist Republicans" and the Supreme court's Dobbs ruling are creating a "health care crisis."

A libertarian group in California filed a legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation on Tuesday, calling it an illegal overreach that would increase state tax burdens for some Americans who get their debt forgiven.

Kamala Harris was mocked by a variety of Twitter users in the latest example of the vice president giving an incoherent speech many on the internet found humorous.

In the search for next steps on the government's loan forgiveness plan, some borrowers are finding fake emails and texts instead of real answers.

Several members of Congress sounded the alarm on the lack of insight into how education funds from the American Rescue Plan have been used by schools.

House Democrats are proposing new legislation that would increase federal student aid, lower interest rates on loans and take other steps to make college more affordable.

Just hours after a Montana judge blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate, the Republican-run state said it would defy the order.

Everywhere, it seems, the return to school has been shadowed by worries of a teacher shortage.

A memo from Trump's administration said he couldn't cancel student debt broadly. Biden's Education Department has a response: that's wrong.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona discusses the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program and how it will impact Americans' futures.

The walkout by the Columbus Education Association began Monday and could end as soon as this coming Monday. It's the union's first strike since 1975.

The Biden administration is tying its authority to cancel student debt to the coronavirus pandemic and to a 2003 law aimed at providing help to members of the military.

President Biden announced a sweeping effort to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients, and up to $10,000 for other qualifying borrowers.

The Biden administration has already canceled more student loan debt than any other administration in U.S. history.

On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Dr. Deborah Birx joined Margaret Brennan.

"The dollars are there to make sure that we can open up our schools with sufficient educators," the education secretary said.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on "Face the Nation" on January 2, 2022.

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Rep. Mike Turner, Dr. Deborah Birx and more will appear on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" this Sunday.

Proposal would extend student loans payment pause, eventually cancel loans (NCD)Student loan borrowers will know “soon” if the pause in federal loan payments will be extended, according to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. The Responsible Education Assistance Through Loan (REAL) Reforms Act would rescind the student loan pause. pic.twitter.com/ARK4FjVX3D — SLSA (@SLSAorg) August 16, 2022The pause affects those with federal student loans. Biden had been pressed to forgive up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt. He said he would not consider that amount, but has indicated he is considering forgiving up to $10,000 in student loan debt.

With just days until an Aug. 31 deadline, it's still unclear if payments and interest will actually resume in September.

Education Sec. Miguel Cardona said he is "having conversations daily with the White House" on the student-loan payment pause that's expiring Aug. 31.

The U.S. Department of Education announced on Tuesday that it would cancel the student loans for 208,000 borrowers who attended ITT Technical Institute.

Students who used federal loans to attend ITT Technical Institute as far back as 2005 will automatically get that debt canceled.

Jill Biden says she didn't doubt that she could keep teaching as first lady and overcame skepticism that she could handle both jobs by instructing her staff to “figure it out.”.

First lady Jill Biden smiled and waved as two unidentified hecklers shouted at her while she walked into an ice cream shop in New Haven, Connecticut on Wednesday.

Jill Biden Teachers First Lady Jill Biden smiles as she is introduced before speaking during the American Federation of Teachers convention, Friday, July 15, 2022, in Boston. Now that most schools have reopened, many have been racing to make up for lost time and gaps in learning. Biden, a professor at Northern Virginia Community College, and Cardona, were opening the tour Wednesday by visiting a Horizons National summer learning program held at the private Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut, for local public elementary school students. Horizons National is a nonprofit providing summer learning programs in 20 states, according to the first lady's office. Cardona is also a career educator and a Connecticut native who was that state's education commissioner when President Biden nominated him for the federal post.

Jill Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona are kicking off a summer learning tour this week with stops in Connecticut, Georgia and Michigan over two days.

New rules proposed by the Biden administration on Wednesday would make it easier for borrowers to get their federal student debt forgiven through several existing programs.

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it was moving to make sweeping changes to the federal student loan system.

Under the proposed settlement, anyone who attended an eligible school and applied for cancellation as of Wednesday would get their federal student loans and interest fully forgiven. The for-profit company closed its campuses amid widespread findings of fraud, prompting thousands of students to apply for debt cancellation. Earlier this month the Biden administration agreed to cancel federal student debt for anyone who attended a Corinthian school from the company's founding in 1995 to its collapse two decades later. The settlement adds to the administration's effort to cancel student debt for certain groups of borrowers. Biden has also faced mounting pressure to pursue mass student debt cancellation.

The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who say they were defrauded by their colleges.

Approximately 200,000 borrowers will be affected, according to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.

Title IX Sexual Assault FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 27, 2022. The Biden administration proposed a dramatic rewrite of campus sexual assault rules on Thursday, June 23, moving to expand protections for LGBTQ students, bolster the rights of victims and widen colleges' responsibilities in addressing sexual misconduct. Advocates say DeVos' rules have gone too far in protecting students accused of sexual misconduct, at the expense of victims. Biden marked the anniversary of Title IX by acknowledging the impact the law has had in advancing equity but acknowledging there was more to do. As a result, some campuses have seen steep decreases in the number of Title IX complaints coming in from students.

Title IX Sexual Assault FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 27, 2022. The Biden administration proposed a dramatic rewrite of campus sexual assault rules on Thursday, June 23, moving to expand protections for LGBTQ students, bolster the rights of victims and widen colleges' responsibilities in addressing sexual misconduct. The proposal was announced on the 50th anniversary of the Title IX women’s rights law. Cardona said Title IX has been “instrumental” in fighting sexual assault and violence in education. President Joe Biden's education secretary, Miguel Cardona, said Title IX has been "instrumental" in fighting sexual assault and violence in education.

The rights of LGBTQ students would become enshrined in federal law and victims of campus sexual assault would gain new protections under new rules proposed by the Biden administration.

The 17 people injured during a mass shooting last week in Uvalde, Texas, are trying to heal in a community marked by mourning the deaths of 21 others.

Student Debt Corinthian Colleges FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during the 2022 National and State Teachers of the Year event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 27, 2022. The Biden administration says it will forgive all remaining federal student debt for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain. Anyone who attended the now-defunct chain from its founding in 1995 to its collapse in 2015 will get his or her federal student debt wiped clean. Those with a remaining balance on their Corinthian debt will also get refunds on payments already made, department officials said. The administration's announcement on the Corinthian debt cancellation comes as President Joe Biden faces mounting pressure to enact broader student loan forgiveness for millions of people.

President Joe Biden hasn't made a decision yet on how he'll handle the student loan debt issue, but his administration is trying to bring closure to one of the most notorious cases of fraud in American higher education.

The Biden administration says it will forgive all remaining federal student debt for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says he's ashamed the United States is "becoming desensitized to the murder of children” and he's calling for action to prevent more lives from being lost in school shootings like the one in Uvalde, Texas.

Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján says Thursday that he’s 90% recovered from his stroke.

The Biden administration has announced that federal student loan payments will remain paused through Aug. 31, extending a freeze that began in 2020 but was set to end after this month.

The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic.

Gay rights advocates are suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to block a new law forbidding classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.

President Joe Biden has marked Transgender Day of Visibility by denouncing what he's calling “hateful bills” being passed at the state level.

Florida has come under intense national scrutiny over legislation that critics have labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

In another clash between the Biden administration and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has spoke with LGBTQ students in Florida.

In another clash between the Biden administration and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has spoke with LGBTQ students in Florida.

Vice President Kamala Harris says historically Black colleges and universities that were victimized by recent bomb threats are eligible for federal grants to help improve security and mental health on campus.

The giant American Rescue Plan that provides $1.9 trillion in pandemic relief turns one year old on Friday.

Vice President Kamala Harris is in Selma, Alabama, to mark the anniversary of a defining moment in the fight for equal voting rights.

The Biden administration says it will cancel more than $70 million in student debt for borrowers who say they were defrauded by the for-profit DeVry University.

Jill Biden has turned Valentine's Day into a teachable moment for some second graders at a Washington, D.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says the nation’s schools must act more urgently to help millions of students who have fallen behind during the pandemic.

Mask requirements are returning in some school districts that had dropped them.

The Biden administration is extending a student loan moratorium that has allowed tens of millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic.

Schools across the U.S. are using portions of the windfall of federal coronavirus relief money to quickly expand their capacity to address students’ struggles with mental health.

The Biden administration is encouraging local school districts to host clinics to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to kids and information to parents on the benefits of the shots.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have recognized the 2021 and 2020 national teachers of the year and all teachers for the work they do.

A student debt forgiveness program with notoriously complex eligibility rules is getting an overhaul from the Biden administration, with the intent of extending debt relief to thousands of public workers.

The Biden administration is temporarily relaxing the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirements.

The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that it has provided nearly $150,000 to the Alachua County School Board to cover a state penalty targeting board members’ salaries.

Connecticut and a handful of other states have recently decided to mandate students be taught about Native American culture and history.

Alaska Gov_ Mike Dunleavy said President Joe Biden’s effort to require millions of U_S_ workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is “ill conceived, divisive, and un-American.”.

The Education Department says it’s investigating five Republican-led states that have banned or limited mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions.

The Education Department has announced it will forgive student debt for more than 100,000 borrowers who attended colleges in the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute chain but left before graduating.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit over a South Carolina law that bans school districts from imposing mask mandates.

The Biden administration says the historic amount of federal pandemic aid flowing to the nation's K-12 schools presents a moment for reimagining all aspects of American education.