AFSCME members will continue to be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program after a federal judge blocked the administration’s effort to unfairly disqualify certain government and nonprofit employers from the popular program. 

 

The court’s June 30 ruling —in a lawsuit brought by AFSCME and others — ordered the U.S. Department of Education to abandon a rule change. That change would have allowed the administration to exclude organizations for political reasons and denied their workers access to the student debt relief program that makes college more affordable and attracts skilled workers to public service careers. 

 

AFSCME President Lee Saunders called the ruling a major victory for public service workers and the communities they serve.  Read more.